compiled/edited by BK Munn

This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada.
Part 1 .
Intro:
The bestselling graphic novels and comics collections in Canada, courtesy of BookManager. The full list by BookManager is available, with some work, here. The list is compiled by BookManager based on sales through over 400 independent bookstores, including several comic book stores and the D+Q store. Sales through most comic shops and larger retailers like Chapters-Indigo are not reflected in this list. For balance, you might want to try the Amazon.ca and Chapters-Indigo lists. See here for our previous Sequential list.

Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager

1. (1) Bone: Quest for the Spark, Jeff Smith/Tom Sniegoski
2. (2) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
3. (3) Out from Boneville: Bone #1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (4) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (5) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Riordan/Venditti/Attila Futaki (Hyperion)
6. (7) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
7. (8) Naruto 50, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
8. (6) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (13) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (10) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (9) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (11) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
13. (15) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
14. (28) Zita the Spacegirl, Ben Hatke (First Second)
15. (12) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
16. (16) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
17. (18) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
18. (17) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
19. (23) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
20. (14) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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21. (21) Black Bird 7, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
22. (24) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
23. (22) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)\
24. (20) Bone the Adventure Begin HC, Smith (Scholastic)
25. (25) The Amulet of Samarkand (A Bartimaeus Graphic Novel), Jonathan Stroud/Andrew Donkin/Lee Sullivan (Hyperion)
26. (19) I’m Tempted to Stop Acting Randomly: A Dilbert Collection, Scott Adams (Andrews McMeel)
27. (27) Walking Dead 1, Robert Kirkman/Tony Moore (Image)
28. (26) Picture This, Lynda Barry (D+Q)
29. (-) Anne Frank, Jacobson/Colon (FSG)
30. (-) The Time Machine, Wells/Helfand/Nagulakonda (Campfire Graphic Novels/Steerforth Press)
Bone: Quest for the Spark and Essex County are #5 and #25 overall on Bookmanagers overall list.
Part 2. Canadian Content:
You have to wade through an awful lot of translated Japanese manga, U.S. superhero fantasies, and collected editions of Sherman’s Lagoon to come up with a list of 30 bestselling books created by Canadians. In total, BookManager lists over 4000 graphic novels, trades, and strip collections, the vast majority of which are not by Canadians. On this list, a single sale in a single tiny bookstore can make all the difference. This list does not include books that are only illustrated but not written/created-by Canadians.

Sequential’s All-Canadian Top 30
from BookManager

1. (1) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
2. (2) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
3. (3) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (4) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (6) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (7) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (5) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (11) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
9. (9) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books)
10. (16) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
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11. (13) Red A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre)
12. (15) The Native Trees of Canada, Leanne Shapton (D+Q)
13. (12) Milk Teeth, Julie Morstad (D+Q)
14. (25) Rabbit and Bear Paws 3, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear)
15. (14) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
16. (-) Essex County Hardcover, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
17. (-) The Nobody, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
18. (19) Kill Shakespeare 1, Conor Mccreery/Anthony Del Col/Andy Belanger (IDW)
19. (24) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
20. (18) Sweet Tooth 1, Jeff Lemire (DC)
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21. (27) The Saga of Rex, Michel Gagne (Image)
22. (28) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
23. (21) Sweet Tooth 2, Jeff Lemire (DC)
24. (10) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
25. (8) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
26. (20) Nightschool 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
27. (-) The Great Hopeful Sunday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum)
28. (22) Scott Pilgrim Box, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
29. (17) Palookaville 20, Seth (D+Q)
30. (23) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
Despite being bumped off the Canada Reads train quite early on, all of Jeff Lemire’s books seem to have taken a great leap forward this week.