21.Mar.2012 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Post-March Break
compiled/edited by BK Munn
This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada.
We’re back from a few weeks away from the bestseller list. Let’s see what’s new!
[Note: previous week's rank indicated in (parentheses). N=new and R=returning after an absence from the top 30.]
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. BookManager national sales Rankings are updated weekly. 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 BookManager1. (1) Amulet 4, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
2. (4) Amulet 1, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
3. (5) Tintin Red Rackham’s Treasure, Herge (Egmont)
4. (2) Hark a Vagrant, Kate Beaton (D+Q)
5. (N) Sailor Moon 4, Naoko Takeuchi (Kodansha)
6. (9) Amulet 2, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
7. (16) Amulet 3, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
8. (3) Tintin Secret of the Unicorn, Herge (Egmont)
9. (12) Walking Dead Vol. 1, Kirkman, et al (Image)
10. (R) Bone 5, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (7) Bone 1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (R) Bone 4, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
13. (13) Bone 8, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
14. (30) Tintin Flight 714, Herge (Egmont)
15. (25) Tintin in Tibet (Egmont)
16. (28) Bone 11, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
17. (11) Bone 3, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
18. (26) Bone 7, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
19. (24) Tintin Calculus Affair, Herge (Egmont)
20. (29) Bone 9, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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21. (8) Bone 2, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
22. (N) Garfield 53, Jim Davis et al (Random House)
23. (N) Explorer: Mystery Boxes, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
24. (10) Tintin Crab w Golden Claws, Herge (Egmont)
25. (18) Best of Archie, Various (Archie)
26. (R) Tintin Picarros, Herge (Egmont)
27. (21) Tintin Black Island, Herge (Egmont)
28. (R) Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 5,
James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Yen/Orbit)
29. (N) Black Bird 13, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
30. (N) Uglies: Shay’s Story, Devin Grayson/Steven Cummings/Scott Westerfeld (Random House)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 BookManager1. (1) Hark a Vagrant, Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. (2) Inappropriate Tales for Young People, Graham Roumieu (Random House)
3. (3) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
4. (13) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (14) Jinchalo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q)
6. (16) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill/Ward Churchill (Arsenal Pulp)
7. (26) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
8. (5) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (10) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
10. (6) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
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11. (23) Red Power, Brian Wright-McLeod (Fitzhenry and Whiteside)
12. (25) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
13. (R) Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, Seth (D+Q)
14. (R) Scott Pilgrim Box Set, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
15. (28) Sweet Tooth 4, Jeff Lemire (DC)
16. (29) Skim (pb) Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
17. (R) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
18. (R) Sweet Tooth 1, Jeff Lemire (DC)
19. (16) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
20. (R) The Next Day, Jason Gilmore/Paul Peterson/John Porcellino (Pop Sandbox)
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21. (R) Pure Pajamas, Marc Bell (D+Q)
22. (8) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
23. (27) The Blue Dragon, Robert LePage et al (House of Anansi)
24. (15) Ojingogo , Matthew Forsythe (D+Q)
25. (17) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
26. (20) Kill Shakespeare 1, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
27. (7) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
28. (9) Nightschool, Vol. 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
29. (R) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
30. (R) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
09.Mar.2012 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: In Like a Lion
compiled/edited by BK Munn
This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada.
[Note: previous week's rank indicated in (parentheses). N=new and R=returning after an absence from the top 30.]
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. BookManager national sales Rankings are updated weekly. 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 BookManager1. (1) Amulet 4, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
2. (4) Amulet 1, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
3. (2) Hark a Vagrant, Kate Beaton (D+Q)
3. (3) Tintin Secret of the Unicorn, Herge (Egmont)
4. (5) Tintin Red Rackham’s Treasure, Herge (Egmont)
5. (9) Amulet 2, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
6. (7) Bone 1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (16) Amulet 3, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
8. (12) Walking Dead Vol. 1, Kirkman, et al (Image)
9. (11) Bone 3, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (6) Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People, Graham Roumieu (Random House)
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11. (8) Bone 2, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (13) Bone 8, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
13. (26) Bone 7, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
14. (18) Best of Archie, Various (Archie)
15. (R) Bone 7, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
16. (N) Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 5, James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Yen/Orbit)
17. (10) Tintin Crab w Golden Claws, Herge (Egmont)
18. (R) Walking Dead Vol. 15, Kirkman, et al (Image)
19. (R) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
20. (23) Naruto 54, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
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21. (28) Bone 11, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
22. (R) Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan et al (Disney)
23. 15. (16) Tintin Explorers on the Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
24. (R) Bone 5, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
25. 17. (R) Bad Island, Doug Tenapel (Scholastic)
26. 20. (23) Tintin Cigars of the Pharoah, Herge (Egmont)
27. 29. (18) Bone 9, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
28. 19. (12) Sailor Moon 3, Naoko Takeuchi (Kodansha)
29. (R) Tintin and the Blue Lotus, Herge (Egmont)
30. (N) Soul Eater 8, Atsushi Ohkubo (Yen)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 BookManager1. (1) Hark a Vagrant, Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. (2) Inappropriate Tales for Young People, Graham Roumieu (Random House)
3. (3) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
4. (5) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (6) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (13) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
7. (18) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (14) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
9. (28) Nightschool, Vol. 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
10. (4) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
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11. (8) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
12. (11) You are a Cat! Shirwin Tija (Conundrum)
13. (17) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
14. (15) Jinchalo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q)
15. (R) Ojingogo , Matthew Forsythe (D+Q)
16. (R) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
17. (24) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
18. (16) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill/Ward Churchill (Arsenal Pulp)
19. (20) Nightschool, Vol. 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
20. (9) Kill Shakespeare 1, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
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21. (R) Even The Giants, Jesse Jacobs (AdHouse)
22. (N) True Story, Mike Holmes (invisible)
23. (N) Red Power, Brian Wright-McLeod (Fitzhenry and Whiteside)
24. (R) Nightschool, Vol. 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
25. (7) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
26. (R) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Jognston (Andrews McMeel)
27. (23) The Blue Dragon, Robert LePage et al (House of Anansi)
28. (19) Sweet Tooth 4, Jeff Lemire (DC)
29. (22) Skim (pb) Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
30. (25) Kill Shakespeare 2, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
24.Feb.2012 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Goodbye February
compiled/edited by BK Munn
This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada.
[Note: previous week's rank indicated in (parentheses). N=new and R=returning after an absence from the top 30.]
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. BookManager national sales Rankings are updated weekly. 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 BookManager1. (1) Amulet 4, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
2. (2) Hark a Vagrant, Kate Beaton (D+Q)
3. (3) Tintin Secret of the Unicorn, Herge (Egmont)
4. (4) Amulet 1, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
5. (5) Tintin Red Rackham’s Treasure, Herge (Egmont)
6. (6) Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
7. (8) Bone 1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (7) Bone 2, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (10) Amulet 2, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
10. (9) Tintin Crab w Golden Claws, Herge (Egmont)
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11. (28) Bone 3, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (29) Walking Dead Vol. 1, Kirkman, et al (Image)
13. (R) Bone 8, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
14. (17) Tintin Red Sea Sharks, Herge (Egmont)
15. (16) Tintin Explorers on the Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
16. (11) Amulet 3, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
17. (R) Bad Island, Doug Tenapel (Scholastic)
18. (22) Best of Archie, Various (Archie)
19. (12) Sailor Moon 3, Naoko Takeuchi (Kodansha)
20. (23) Tintin Cigars of the Pharoah, Herge (Egmont)
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21. (15) Tintin Black Island (Egmont)
22. (14) Tintin Shooting Star, Herge (Egmont)
23. (13) Naruto 54, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
24. (R) Tintin Calculus Affair, Herge (Egmont)
25. (19) Tintin in Tibet (Egmont)
26. (20) Bone 7, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
27. (24) Bleach 38, Tite Kubo (VIZ)
28. (26) Bone 11, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
29. (18) Bone 9, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
30. (21) Tintin Flight 714, Herge (Egmont)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 BookManager1. (1) Hark a Vagrant, Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. (2) Inappropriate Tales for Young People, Graham Roumieu (Random House)
3. (3) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
4. (4) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
5. (5) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (8) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (7) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
8. (15) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (20) Kill Shakespeare 1, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
10. (22) Nightschool, Vol. 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
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11. (23) You are a Cat! Shirwin Tija (Conundrum)
12. (R) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
13. (6) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
14. (27) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
15. (N) Jinchalo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q)
16. (10) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill/Ward Churchill (Arsenal Pulp)
17. (11) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
18. (12) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
19. (18) Sweet Tooth 4, Jeff Lemire (DC)
20. (9) Nightschool, Vol. 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
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21. (21) The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, Seth (D+Q)
22. (25) Skim (pb) Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
23. (26) The Blue Dragon, Robert LePage et al (House of Anansi)
24. (14) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
25. (30) Kill Shakespeare 2, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
26. (13) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
27. (16) Nightschool, Vol. 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
28. (17) Nightschool, Vol. 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
29. (19) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick Press)
30. (28) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
16.Feb.2012 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Post-Valentines Edition
compiled/edited by BK Munn
This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada.
[Note: previous week's rank indicated in (parentheses). N=new and R=returning after an absence from the top 30.]
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. BookManager national sales Rankings are updated weekly. 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 BookManager1. (1) Amulet 4, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
2. (2) Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
3. (3) Tintin Secret of the Unicorn, Herge (Egmont)
4. (4) Amulet 1, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
5. (5) Tintin Red Rackham’s Treasure, Herge (Egmont)
6. (6) Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
7. (20) Bone 2, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (7) Bone 1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (8) Tintin Crab w Golden Claws, Herge (Egmont)
10. (10) Amulet 2, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
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11. (9) Amulet 3, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
12. (15) Sailor Moon 3, Naoko Takeuchi (Kodansha)
13. (13) Naruto 54, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
14. (R) Tintin Shooting Star, Herge (Egmont)
15. (17) Tintin Black Island (Egmont)
16. (21) Tintin Explorers on the Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
17. (14) Tintin Red Sea Sharks, Herge (Egmont)
18. (12) Bone 9, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
19. (11) Tintin in Tibet (Egmont)
20. (29) Bone 7, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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21. (R) Tintin Flight 714
22. (R) Best of Archie, Various (Archie)
23. (22) Tintin Cigars of the Pharoah, Herge (Egmont)
24. (N) Bleach 38, Tite Kubo (VIZ)
25. (16) Tintin Destination Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
26. (19) Bone 11, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
27. (24) Tintin Blue Lotus, Herge (Egmont)
28. (R) Bone 3, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
29. (18) Walking Dead Vol. 1, Kirkman, et al (Image)
30. (R) Tintin Prisoners of the Sun, Herge (Egmont)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 BookManager1. (1) Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. (2) Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
3. (4) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
4. (9) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
5. (5) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (6) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
7. (17) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
8. (27) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (11) Nightschool, Vol. 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
10. (14) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill/Ward Churchill (Arsenal Pulp)
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11. (7) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
12. (16) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
13. (8) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
14. (24) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
15. (21) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
16. (10) Nightschool, Vol. 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
17. (12) Nightschool, Vol. 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
18. (13) Sweet Tooth 4, Jeff Lemire (DC)
19. (28) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick Press)
20. (9) Kill Shakespeare 1, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
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21. (15) The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, Seth (D+Q)
22. (18) Nightschool, Vol. 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
23. (19) You are a Cat! Shirwin Tija (Conundrum)
24. (R) Sweet Tooth 1, Jeff Lemire (DC)
25. (22) Skim (pb) Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
26. (23) The Blue Dragon, Robert LePage et al (House of Anansi)
27. (20) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
28. (29) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
29. (R) Reunion, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
30. (25) Kill Shakespeare 2, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
10.Feb.2012 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Winter Blahs Edition
compiled/edited by BK Munn
This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada.
[Note: previous week's rank indicated in (parentheses). N=new and R=returning after an absence from the top 30.]
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. BookManager national sales Rankings are updated weekly. 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 BookManager1. (2) Amulet 4, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
2. (1) Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
3. (3) Tintin Secret of the Unicorn, Herge (Egmont)
4. (4) Amulet 1, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
5. (5) Tintin Red Rackham’s Treasure, Herge (Egmont)
6. (6) Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
7. (7) Bone 1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (8) Tintin Crab w Golden Claws, Herge (Egmont)
9. (11) Amulet 3, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
10. (12) Amulet 2, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
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11. (11) Tintin in Tibet (Egmont)
12. (10) Bone 9, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
13. (14) Naruto 54, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
14. (22) Tintin Red Sea Sharks, Herge (Egmont)
15. (N) Sailor Moon 3, Naoko Takeuchi (Kodansha)
16. (17) Tintin Destination Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
17. (19) Tintin Black Island (Egmont)
18. (13) Walking Dead Vol. 1, Kirkman, et al (Image)
19. (15) Bone 11, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
20. (18) Bone 2, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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21. (16) Tintin Explorers on the Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
22. (21) Tintin Cigars of the Pharoah, Herge (Egmont)
23. (20) Black Butler 8, Yana Toboso (Yen)
24. (23) Tintin Blue Lotus, Herge (Egmont)
25. (22) Tintin Black Gold, Herge (Egmont)
26. (26) Tintin 7 Crystal Balls, Herge (Egmont)
27. (25) Walking Dead Volume 15, Kirkman et al (Image)
28. (N) Bad Island, Doug Tennapel (Scholastic)
29. (R) Bone 7, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
30. (28) Bone 8, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)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 BookManager1. (1) Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. (2) Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
3. (9) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
4. (3) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
5. (5) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (4) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
7. (10) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (7) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
9. (14) Kill Shakespeare 1, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
10. (25) Nightschool, Vol. 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
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11. (27) Nightschool, Vol. 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
12. (R) Nightschool, Vol. 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
13. (N) Sweet Tooth 4, Jeff Lemire (DC)
14. (24) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill/Ward Churchill (Arsenal Pulp)
15. (8) The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, Seth (D+Q)
16. (13) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
17. (6) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
18. (18) Nightschool, Vol. 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
19. (20) You are a Cat! Shirwin Tija (Conundrum)
20. (12) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
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21. (11) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
22. (21) Skim (pb) Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
23. (23) The Blue Dragon, Robert LePage et al (House of Anansi)
24. (26) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
25. (17) Kill Shakespeare 2, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
26. (15) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
27. (R) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
28. (19) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick Press)
29. (R) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
30. (R) Sweet Tooth 3, Jeff Lemire (DC)
02.Feb.2012 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Groundhog Day Edition
compiled/edited by BK Munn
This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada.
Fittingly for Groundghog Day, this week’s list closely resembles last week’s. No new publishing “events,” really. A few perennials bumped a few other perennials, that’s all. For instance, an uptick in the sales of a few Tintin books bumped Louis Riel right out of the Top 30 (to #33). Interestingly, the top 25 comics in the country all fall within the top 1000 bestselling books overall (Kate Beaton is #94 and Walking Dead Volume 15 is #993). I don’t know about you, but I’m quite amazed that 25 of the top 1000 books in Canada are graphic novels. Even more amazing? Those 25 books are by only 8 different creators.
(Note: previous week’s rank indicated in (parentheses). N=new and R=returning after an absence from the top 30.)
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. BookManager national sales Rankings are updated weekly. 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 BookManager1. (1) Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. (2) Amulet 4, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
3. (3) Tintin Secret of the Unicorn, Herge (Egmont)
4. (4) Amulet 1, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
5. (5) Tintin Red Rackham’s Treasure, Herge (Egmont)
6. (6) Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
7. (7) Bone 1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (8) Tintin Crab w Golden Claws, Herge (Egmont)
9. (11) Amulet 3, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
10. (9) Bone 9, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (18) Tintin in Tibet (Egmont)
12. (12) Amulet 2, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
13. (10) Walking Dead Vol. 1, Kirkman, et al (Image)
14. (14) Naruto 54, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
15. (13) Bone 11, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
16. (15) Tintin Explorers on the Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
17. (16) Tintin Destination Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
18. (17) Bone 2, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
19. (19) Tintin Black Island (Egmont)
20. (20) Black Butler 8, Yana Toboso (Yen)
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21. (21) Tintin Cigars of the Pharoah, Herge (Egmont)
22. (N) Tintin Red Sea Sharks, Herge (Egmont)
23. (23) Tintin Blue Lotus, Herge (Egmont)
24. (22) Tintin Black Gold, Herge (Egmont)
25. (25) Walking Dead Volume 15, Kirkman et al (Image)
26. (24) Tintin 7 Crystal Balls, Herge (Egmont)
27. (N) Tintin Shooting Star, Herge (Egmont)
28. (28) Bone 8, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
29. (26) Best of Archie Comics Various Archie and Friends All-stars, Dan DeCarlo et al (Archie)
30. (30) Bone 4, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)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 BookManager1. (1) Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. (2) Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
3. (3) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
4. (5) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
5. (6) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (4) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
7. (26) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
8. (8) The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, Seth (D+Q)
9. (7) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
10. (11) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
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11. (9) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
12. (20) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
13. (10) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
14. (12) Kill Shakespeare 2, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
15. (16) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
17. (18) Kill Shakespeare 1, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
18. (24) Nightschool, Vol. 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
19. (29) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick Press)
20. (22) You are a Cat! Shirwin Tija (Conundrum)
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21. (15) Skim (pb) Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
22. (N) The Next Day, Jason Gilmore/Paul Peterson/John Porcellino (Pop Sandbox)
23. (14) The Blue Dragon, Robert LePage et al (House of Anansi)
24. (R) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill/Ward Churchill (Arsenal Pulp)
25. (19) Nightschool, Vol. 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
26. (13) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
27. (28) Nightschool, Vol. 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
28. (23) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
29. (N) Collier’s Popular Press, David Collier (Conundrum)
30. (R) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
25.Jan.2012 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Jan 25
compiled/edited by BK Munn
This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada.
For our second list of 2012, another radical reorganization. It turns out that Bookmanager classifies both Tintin and the Amulet series primarily as juvenile fiction and not graphic novels so these titles have been missing from previous incarnations of the list. Hardly seems fair that the father of European bande dessinee and the current challenger to the Bone throne should be left off, so here they are added, bumping a ton of stuff (Metamaus, Naruto 53, The Adventures of Herge). Maybe it’s time to separate the children’s and adult categories?
(Note: previous week’s rank indicated in (parentheses). N is new and R means returning after an absence from the top 30.)
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. BookManager national sales Rankings are updated weekly. 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 BookManager1. (1) Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. (N) Amulet 4, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
3. (N) Tintin Secret of the Unicorn, Herge (Egmont)
4. (N) Amulet 1, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
5. (N) Tintin Red Rackham’s Treasure, Herge (Egmont)
6. (2) Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
7. (3) Bone 1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (N) Tintin Crab w Golden Claws, Herge (Egmont)
9. (N) Bone 9, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (5) Walking Dead Vol. 1, Kirkman, et al (Image)
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11. (N) Amulet 3, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
12. (N) Amulet 2, Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic)
13. (6) Bone 11, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
14. (8) Naruto 54, (VIZ)
15. (N) Tintin Explorers on the Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
16. (N) Tintin Destination Moon, Herge (Scholastic)
17. (7) Bone 2, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
18. (N) Tintin in Tibet (Egmont)
19. (N) Tintin Black Island (Egmont)
20. (N) Black Butler 8, Yana Toboso (Yen)
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21. (N) Tintin Cigars of the Pharoah, Herge (Egmont)
22. (N) Tintin Black Gold, Herge (Egmont)
23. (N) Tintin Blue Lotus, Herge (Egmont)
24. (N) Tintin 7 Crystal Balls, Herge (Egmont)
25. (10) Walking Dead Volume 15, Kirkman et al (Image)
26. (9) Best of Archie Comics Various Archie and Friends All-stars, Dan DeCarlo et al (Archie)
27. (12) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
28. (16) Bone 8, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
29. (18) Bone 5, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
30. (4) Bone 4, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)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 BookManager1. (1) Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. (2) Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
3. (3) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
4. (5) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
5. (6) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
6. (4) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (9) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
8. (7) The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, Seth (D+Q)
9. (12) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
10. (8) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
—–11. (10) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
12. (15) Kill Shakespeare 2, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
13. (19) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
14. (11) The Blue Dragon, Robert LePage et al (House of Anansi)
15. (25) Skim (pb) Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
16. (16) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
17. (14) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
18. (N) Kill Shakespeare 2, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
19. (N) Nightschool, Vol. 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
20. (21) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
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21. (22) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
22. (13) You are a Cat! Shirwin Tija (Conundrum)
23. (18) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
24. (28) Nightschool, Vol. 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
25. (N) Cinema Sewer Volume 3 Robin Bougien Fab Pr
26. (17) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
27. (23) Pure Pajamas, Marc Bell (D+Q)
28. (N) Nightschool, Vol. 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
29. (N) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth Annick Press
30. (29) Lost At Sea, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
16.Jan.2012 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: A New Beginning
compiled/edited by BK Munn
(Note: This is the first edition of this list since August 2011. I’m basically starting over at zero, with hopefully some new refinements and additions as the year progresses.)
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. BookManager national sales Rankings are updated weekly. 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 BookManager1. Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
3. Bone 1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. Bone 4, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. Walking Dead Vol. 1, Kirkman, et al (Image)
6. Bone 11, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. Bone 2, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. Naruto 54, (VIZ)
9. Best of Archie Comics Various Archie and Friends All-stars, Dan DeCarlo et al (Archie)
10. Walking Dead Volume 15, Kirkman et al (Image)
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11. Bone 4, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
13. MetaMaus, Spiegelman (Knopf Doubleday)
14. Walking Dead Vol. 2, Kirkman et al (Image)
15. Bone 7, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
16. Bone 8, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
17. The Adventures of Herge Bocquet, (D+Q)
18. Bone 5, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
19. Sunday Brunch: The Best of Zits Sundays Jerry Scott (Andrews McMeel)
20. Bone 3, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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21. Naruto, Vol. 53 Masashi, Kishimoto
22. Walking Dead 3, Kirkman et al (Image)
23. Percy Jackson 1, Rick Riordan et al (Disney)
24. Bone Prequel: Rose, Smith/Vess (Scholastic)
25. Habibi, Craig Thompson (Knopf Doubleday)
26. Asterix and Obelix’s Birthday, Uderzo (Orion)
27. Black Bird 12, (VIZ)
28. Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
29. Bone 6, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
30. Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
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 BookManager1. Hark a Vagrant Kate Beaton (D+Q)
2. Inappropriate Tales for Young People Graham Roumieu (Random House)
3. Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
4. Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
6. Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
7. The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, Seth (D+Q)
8. Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
10. Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
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11. The Blue Dragon, Robert LePage et al (House of Anansi)
12. Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
13. You are a Cat! Shirwin Tija (Conundrum)
14. Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
15. Kill Shakespeare 2, Connor McCreery et al (IDW)
16. Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
17. The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
18. Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
19. Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
20. 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp Press)
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21. Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
22. Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
23. Pure Pajamas, Marc Bell (D+Q)
24. The Listener, David Lester (Arbeiter Ring)
25. Skim (pb) Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
26. Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Yahgulanaas (D&M)
27. Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
28. Nightschool, Vol. 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
29. Lost At Sea, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
30. Kenk, Richard Poplak et al (Pop Sandbox)
05.Aug.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Late Edition
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.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. (1) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
2. (3) Bone 1: Out from Boneville, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
3. (2) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (4) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (20) Negima! 30, Ken Akamatsu (Kodansha)
6. (6) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (8) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (5) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (13) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
10. (14) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (N) The Griff, Christopher Moore/Ian Corson (HarperCollins)
12. (28) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
13. (9) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
14. (24) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
15. (23) Black Bird 9, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
16. (12) Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel, Rick Riordan/Robert Venditti/Attila Futaki (Disney)
17. (18) Simpsons Comic Meltdown, Groening et al (Harper Collins)
18. (19) Cowboy and Aliens, Scott M Rosenberg/Andrew Foley/Luciano Lima (HarperCollins)
19. (26) Naruto 51, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
20. (R) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
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21. (15) Rosario+Vampire: Season II, Vol. 5, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ)
22. (16) Walking Dead 14, Robert Kirkman et al (Image)
23. (R) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
24. (N) Black Butler, Vol. 6, Yana Toboso (Yen)
25. (17) Vampire Knight 12, Matsuri Hino (VIZ)
26. (R) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
27. (R) Black Butler, Vol. 1, Yana Toboso (Yen)
28. (21) Persepolis 1, Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
29. (22) Fullmetal Alchemist 25, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ)
30. (27) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
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) Paying For It, Chester Browb (D+Q)
2. (20) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
3. (3) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (19) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (4) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
6. (2) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
7. (7) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
8. (6) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (5) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand/Broadview)
10. (10) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW)
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11. (22) Big Foot, Grahame Roumieu (Plume)
12. (18) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Yahgulanaas (D+M)
13. (R) The Next Day, John Porcellino et al (PopSandbox)
14. (R) Paul Gets a Summer Job, Michel Rabagliati (D+Q)
15. (R) Paul Goes Fishing, Michel RabaGLIATI (D+Q)
16. (8) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
17. (9) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
18. (12) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
19. (11) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
20. (13) Mid-Life, Joe Ollmann (D+Q)
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21. (15) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
22. (16) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
23. (24) Scott Pilgrim Box, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
24. (26) Reunion, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
25. (27) Sweet Tooth 3, Jeff Lemire (DC)
26. (R) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
27. (R) Kaspar, Diane Obomsowin (D+Q)
28. (R) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum)
29. (14) Sweet Tooth 2, Jeff Lemire (DC)
30. (21) The Listener, David Lester (Arbeiter Ring)
29.Jul.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Winding Down July
compiled/edited by BK Munn
Whew. Over a month since our last list. Let’s see what’s new!
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.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. 5. (6) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
2. 4. (9) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
3. (1) Bone 1: Out from Boneville, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (7) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (8) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
6. (10) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (28) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
8. (9) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (12) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (14) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (N) The Griff, Christopher Moore/Ian Corson (HarperCollins)
12. (6) Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel, Rick Riordan/Robert Venditti/Attila Futaki (Disney)
13. (2) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
14. (3) Naruto 51, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
15. (N) Rosario+Vampire: Season II, Vol. 5, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ)
16. (N) Walking Dead 14, Robert Kirkman et al (Image)
17. (13) Vampire Knight 12, Matsuri Hino (VIZ)
18. (25) Simpsons Comic Meltdown, Groening et al (Harper Collins)
19. (N) Cowboy and Aliens, Scott M Rosenberg/Andrew Foley/Luciano Lima (HarperCollins)
20. (N) Negima! 30, Ken Akamatsu (Kodansha)
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21. (R) Persepolis 1, Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
22. (16) Fullmetal Alchemist 25, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ)
23. (N) Black Bird 9, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
24. (15) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
25. (17) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
26. (11) Maximun Ride 4, James Patterson et al (Yen)
27. (30) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
28. (R) Maximun Ride 1, James Patterson et al (Yen)
29. (R) Anne Frank, Sid Jacobson/Ernie Colan (FSG)
30. (R) Maus 1, Art Speigelman (Knopf)
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) Paying For It, Chester Browb (D+Q)
2. (2) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
3. (8) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (10) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
5. (R) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand/Broadview)
6. (6) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (7) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
8. (5) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (22) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
10. (11) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW)
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11. (4) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
12. (R) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
13. (R) Mid-Life, Joe Ollmann (D+Q)
14. (R) Sweet Tooth 2, Jeff Lemire (DC)
15. (26) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
16. (28) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
17. (14) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
18. (R) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Yahgulanaas (D+M)
19. (9) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
20. (3) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
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21. (13) The Listener, David Lester (Arbeiter Ring)
22. (R) Big Foot, Grahame Roumieu (Plume)
23. (R) Palookaville 20, Seth (D+Q)
24. (R) Scott Pilgrim Box, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
25. (29) The Sugar Bush, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear)
26. (R) Reunion, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
27. (R) Sweet Tooth 3, Jeff Lemire (DC)
28. (15) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
29. (16) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
30. (19) Nightschool 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
24.Jun.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: First List of Summer Edition
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.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. (3) Bone 1: Out from Boneville, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
2. (2) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
3. (17) Naruto 51, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
4. (9) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (6) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
6. (1) Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel, Rick Riordan/Robert Venditti/Attila Futaki
7. (8) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (4) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (16) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (7) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (21) Maximun Ride 4, Kames Patterson et al (Yen)
12. (15) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
13. (19) Vampire Knight 12, Matsuri Hino (VIZ)
14. (5) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
15. (13) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
16. (n) Fullmetal Alchemist 25, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ)
17. (20) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
18. (11) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
19. (r) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
20. (25) Black Bird 8, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
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21. (r) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
22. (28) The Amulet of Samarkand, Jonathan Stroud/Andrew Donkin/Lee Sullivan (Disney)
23. (n) Bleach 35, Tite Kubo (VIZ)
24. (29) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
25. (23) Simpsons Comic Meltdown, Groening et al (Harper Collins)
26. (12) Trickster: Native American Tales, Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Publishing)
27. (r) Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess, George O’Connor (First Secon)d
28. (14) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
29. (10) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
30. (r) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
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) Paying For It, Chester Browb (D+Q)
2. (4) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
3. (3) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (7) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (9) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (6) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
8. (5) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (8) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
10. (11) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
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11. (24) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW
12. (21) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
13. (n) The Listener, David Lester (Arbeiter Ring)
14. (10) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
15. (24) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
16. (29) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
17. (r) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
18. (13) The Next Day, Jason Gilmore/Paul Peterson/John Porcellino (Pop Sandbox)
19. (25) Nightschool 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
20. (28) Chimo, David Collier (Conundrum)
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21. (r) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
22. (16) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
23. (30) Nightschool 4 Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
24. (r) Shenzhen, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
25. (14) Reunion, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
26. (12) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
27. (r) Hunting of the Snark, Mahendra Singh (Melville House)
28. (17) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
29. (r) The Sugar Bush, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear)
30. (r) Ojingogo, Matt Forsythe (D+Q)
Interesting note: the top 20 Canadian books all rank within the top 10,000 books in Canada.
10.Jun.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: New Naruto Edition
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.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. (12) Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel, Rick Riordan/Robert Venditti/Attila Futaki
2. (2) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
3. (1) Bone 1: Out from Boneville, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (7) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (4) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
6. (6) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (5) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (9) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (8) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (3) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
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11. (13) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
12. (n) Trickster: Native American Tales, Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Publishing)
13. (10) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
14. (18) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
15. (14) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
16. (11) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
17. (n) Naruto 51, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
18. (16) Negima! 29, Ken Akamatsu (Kodansha)
19. (n) Vampire Knight 12, Matsuri Hino (VIZ)
20. (17) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
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21. (15) Maximun Ride 4, Kames Patterson et al (Yen)
22. (r) Zeus: King of the Gods, George O’Connor (First Second)
23. (21) Simpsons Comic Meltdown, Groening et al (Harper Collins)
24. (25) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
25. (19) Black Bird 8, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
26. (24) Black Butler 1, Yana Toboso (Yen)
27. (20) Zita the Spacegirl, Ben Hatke (First Second)
28. (r) The Amulet of Samarkand, Jonathan Stroud/Andrew Donkin/Lee Sullivan (Disney)
29. (22) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
30. (r) Maximun Ride 4, Kames Patterson et al (Yen)
I expect that new Naruto to rank higher over the next few weeks, probably accompanied by a return of a few other Nruto volumes to the top 30.
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) Paying For It, Chester Browb (D+Q)
2. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
3. (3) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (4) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
5. (7) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (5) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (8) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (6) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (9) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
10. (29) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
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11. (10) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
12. (13) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
13. (11) The Next Day, Jason Gilmore/Paul Peterson/John Porcellino (Pop Sandbox)
14. (23) Reunion, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
15. (15) Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness, Clem Martini/Olivier Martini (Freehand Books)
16. (14) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
17. (12) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
18. (r) Red: A Haid Manga,Michael Yahgulanaas (D&M)
19. (16) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
20. (r) Bigfoot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
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21. (18) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
22. 17. (14) Killing Velasquez, Philippe Girard (Conundrum)
23. (21) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
24. 19. (17) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
25. 20. (18) Nightschool 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
26. 24. (24) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW)
27. 25. (28) Constructive Abandonment, Michael Dumontier/Neil Farber (D+Q)
28. 27. (22) Chimo, David Collier (Conundrum)
29. (r) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
30. (r) Nightschool 4 Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
Wow, that’s a big jump for 500 Years of Resistance. A regular on this list since its publication last year.
From the publisher:
The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book is a powerful and historically accurate graphic portrayal of Indigenous resistance to the European colonization of the Americas, beginning with the Spanish invasion under Christopher Columbus and ending with the Six Nations land reclamation in Ontario in 2006. Gord Hill spent two years unearthing images and researching historical information to create The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, which presents the story of Aboriginal resistance in a far-reaching format.
Other events depicted include the 1680 Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico; the Inca insurgency in Peru from the 1500s to the 1780s; Pontiac and the 1763 Rebellion & Royal Proclamation; Geronimo and the 1860s Seminole Wars; Crazy Horse and the 1877 War on the Plains; the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s; 1973’s Wounded Knee; the Mohawk Oka Crisis in Quebec in 1990; and the 1995 Aazhoodena/Stoney Point resistance.
With strong, plain language and evocative illustrations, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book documents the fighting spirit and ongoing resistance of Indigenous peoples through 500 years of genocide, massacres, torture, rape, displacement, and assimilation: a necessary antidote to the conventional history of the Americas.
The book includes an introduction by Ward Churchill, a writer, political activist, and co-director of the American Indian Movement of Colorado.
03.Jun.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: June Flowers
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.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. (3) Bone 1: Out from Boneville, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
2. (3) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
3. (4) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
4. (2) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (6) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
6. (5) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (11) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (10) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (8) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (9) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (13) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (7) Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel, Rick Riordan/Robert Venditti/Attila Futaki
13. (16) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
14. (12) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
15. (15) Maximun Ride 4, Kames Patterson et al (Yen)
16. (19) Negima! 29, Ken Akamatsu (Kodansha)
17. (14) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
18. (18) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
19. (17) Black Bird 8, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
20. (r) Zita the Spacegirl, Ben Hatke (First Second)
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21. (21) Simpsons Comic Meltdown, Groening et al (Harper Collins)
22. (30) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
23. (20) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
24. (r) Black Butler 1, Yana Toboso (Yen)
25. (23) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
26. (25) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
27. (n) The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho (HarperCollins)
28. (r) Bone 1 Hardcover, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
29. (22) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
30. (r) Anne Frank, Jacobson/Colon (FSG)
Chester Brown creeps towards the number one spot but the 12 Bone titles on the list tell you who’s still king of the charts.
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) Paying For It, Chester Browb (D+Q)
2. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
3. (4) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (3) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
5. (9) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (5) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (7) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (8) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (6) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
10. (10) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
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11. (11) The Next Day, Jason Gilmore/Paul Peterson/John Porcellino (Pop Sandbox)
12. (13) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
13. (15) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
14. (12) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
15. (19) Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness, Clem Martini/Olivier Martini (Freehand Books)
16. (25) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
17. (14) Killing Velasquez, Philippe Girard (Conundrum)
18. (r) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
19. (17) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
20. (18) Nightschool 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
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21. (21) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
22. (r) Scott Pilgrim Box, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
23. (23) Reunion, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
24. (24) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW)
25. (28) Constructive Abandonment, Michael Dumontier/Neil Farber (D+Q)
26. (20) Mid-Life, Joe Ollman (D+Q)
27. (22) Chimo, David Collier (Conundrum)
28. (29) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books)
29. (16) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
30. (r) Lost at Sea, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
Bryan Lee O’Malley continues on as the Jeff Smith of Canada, dominating the Canadian list with 8 spots.
This week’s spotlight book is Killing Velasquez by Phillipe Girard, published by Conundrum Press and translated from the French by KerryAnn Cochrane. We last enjoyed Girard in his 2010 release Ruts and Gullies, an autobiographical carnet de voyage which chronicled his visit to a Russian comics festival alongside fellow cartoonist and erstwhile publisher Jimmy Beaulieu. Killing Velasquez returns Girard and his effective, bold linework and deadpan delivery to the world of fiction and the highly topical subject of sexual abuse by Catholic priests.
From the publisher:
“On hearing a radio report of an accused priest Philippe is thrown back to a difficult time in his youth. He is faced with his parents’ impending divorce, moves to a new city, goes to a new school, and needs to make new friends. To help him adapt to his new surroundings his mother urges him to join the “Snow Geese,” a youth group led by a nonconformist priest who challenges Philippe to rethink his values. But as Philippe becomes more acquainted with the group and its charismatic leader, masks begin to slip, and he finds himself plunged into the centre of an unexpected drama. With his life turned upside-down, he seeks comfort in reading, and manages to find his bearings again when he discovers the old-fashioned adventure series of Jack Bowmore. Killing Velazquez is an autobiographical tale that gives us a glimpse into the complexities of manipulation and reminds us that sometimes an old book can actually save a life.”
27.May.2011 Canadian Comics Besteller List: May Edition
compiled/edited by BK Munn
Whew, with all the excitement of TCAF and the Victoria Day long-weekend, I plum forgot to put together this list!
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.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. (3) Bone 1: Out from Boneville, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
2. (6) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
3. (n) Paying For It, Chester Brown (D+Q)
4. (r) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
5. (1) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
6. (8) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (r) Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel, Rick Riordan/Robert Venditti/Attila Futaki
8. (4) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (12) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (2) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (9) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (5) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
13. (10) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
14. (7) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
15. (17) Maximun Ride 4, Kames Patterson et al (Yen)
16. (15) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
17. (n) Black Bird 8, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
18. (13) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
19. (n) Negima! 29, Ken Akamatsu (Kodansha)
20. (r) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
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21. (n) Simpsons Comic Meltdown, Groening et al (Harper Collins)
22. (29) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
23. (11) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
24. (29) Maximum Ride 2, James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Yen)
25. (r) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
26. (r) Maximum Ride 1, James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Yen)
27. (24) Walking Dead 1, Kirkman/Moore (Image)
28. (r) Naruto 50, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
29. (n) The Sign of the Four (Illustrated Classics): A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel, AC Doyle/I N J Culbard/Ian Edginton (Sterling)
30. (r) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
Bone maintains its stranglehold on the list, Scott Pilgrim makes a precious little comeback, and Chester Brown debuts in the number two spot with Paying For It.
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. (n) Paying For It, Chester Browb (D+Q)
2. (8) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
3. (1) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
4. (3) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (7) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (5) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (2) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (6) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (4) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
10. (n) The Klondike, Zach Worton (D+Q)
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11. (n) The Next Day, Jason Gilmore/Paul Peterson/John Porcellino (Pop Sandbox)
12. (12) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
13. (15) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
14. (n) Killing Velasquez, Philippe Girard (Conundrum)
15. (17) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
16. (14) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
17. (10) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
18. (22) Nightschool 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
19. (28) Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness, Clem Martini/Olivier Martini (Freehand Books)
20. (11) Mid-Life, Joe Ollman (D+Q)
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21. (20) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
22. (r) Chimo, David Collier (Conundrum)
23. (n) Reunion, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
24. (18) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW)
25. (r) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
26. (24) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
27. (r) Nightschool 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
28. (n) Constructive Abandonment, Michael Dumontier/Neil Farber (D+Q)
29. (9) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books)
30. (19) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Yahgulanaas (D&M)
Chester Brown’s Paying For It debuts at the number one spot on the Canadian List and the number 3 spot overall after a ton of positive press and a running start due to a national tour and several big conventions including TCAF. While there have been a few negative reviews that focus on the moral/political nature of being a john and perhaps profiting from the experience, most have been like the latest, in the New York Times, or this interview in Mother Jones, generally laudatory bookchat with a few jabs at the author’s emotion-less presentation. Still, it looks to be selling okay.
29.Apr.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Royal Wedding Edition
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.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. (3) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
2. (7) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
3. (2) Bone 1: Out from Boneville, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (6) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (5) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
6. (9) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (4) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
8. (14) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (11) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (8) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (15) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
12. (16) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
13. (10) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
14. (12) Rosario + Vampire II 4, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ)
15. (13) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
16. (n) Black Butler 5, Yana Toboso (Yen)
17. (r) Maximun Ride 2, Kames Patterson et al (Yen)
18. (n) Drive!: Zits Sketchbook 14, Jerry Scott/Jim Borgman (Andrews McMeel)
19. (n) Fables 15: Rose Red, Bill Willingham/Mark Buckingham/Steve Leialoha (DC)
20. (17) Naruto 50, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
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21. (r) Black Butler 3, Yana Toboso (Yen)
22. (26) Scenes From an Impending Marriage, Adrian Tomine (D+Q)
23. (r) Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Path #3: The Heart Of A Warrior, Erin Hunter/James L Barry (HarperCollins)
24. (18) Walking Dead 1, Kirkman/Moore (Image)
25. (n) Maximum Ride 4, James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Yen)
26. (23) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC)
27. (r) Zeus: King of the Gods, George O’Connor (First Second)
28. (r) Black Butler 4, Yana Toboso (Yen)
29. (22) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
39. (24) Black Bird 7, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
That’s a whole lotta Bone in the top 10!
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. (3) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
3. (2) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (4) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (5) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (7) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (8) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (6) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
9. (17) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books)
10. (r) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen)
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11. (15) Mid-Life, Joe Ollman (D+Q)
12. (9) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
13. (r) Pyonyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
14. (10) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
15. (24) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
16. (11) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
17. (12) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
18. (14) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW)
19. (18) Sweet Tooth 1, Jeff Lemire (DC)
19. (r) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Yahgulanaas (D&M)
20. (13) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
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21. (r) Sweet Tooth 2, Jeff Lemire (DC)
22. (r) Nightschool 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
23. (r) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
24. (16) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
25. (n) The Hunting of the Snark, Lewis Carroll/Mahendra Singh (Melville House)
26. (19) Lost at Sea, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
27. (18) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
28. (21) Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness, Clem Martini/Olivier Martini (Freehand Books)
29. (22) Scott Pilgrim Box, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
30. (23) Senior’s Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
Launched in January in Canada, Mahendra Singh’s Hunting of the Snark makes its first appearance on the Sequential Bestseller List this week.
From the publisher: Adventures in Wonderland is perhaps Lewis Carroll’s most famous literary work. It has been adapted countless times in countless ways, from the recent film by Tim Burton starring Johnny Depp, to the famous Disney cartoon, Alice in Wonderland, from 1951. While Alice certainly deserves the attention, she has overshadowed some of Carroll’s other classic works.
Now, The Hunting of the Snark, one of Carroll’s most beloved and linguistically playful poems, comes to life in this wickedly inventive new edition. Perfectly suited to the modern form of the graphic novel, Singh’s illustrated adaptation compliments the timelessness of this classic poem with an edge that incorporates movements in art from Carroll’s time to the present. The Snark may never be found, but the hunt for him has never been more arresting.
22.Apr.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Good Friday Edition
compiled/edited by BK Munn
This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada.
This is the first list of April. Deep breath.
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 from last time.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. (4) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Riordan/Venditti/Attila Futaki (Hyperion)
2. (2) Out from Boneville: Bone #1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
3. (3) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (1) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
5. (11) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
6. (5) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (7) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (12) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (10) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (8) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
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11. (6) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (n) Rosario + Vampire II 4, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ)
13. (15) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
14. (14) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
15. (19) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
16. (9) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
17. (13) Naruto 50, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
18. (26) Walking Dead 1, Kirkman/Moore (Image)
19. (n) Pearls Blow Up, Stephen Pastis (Andrews McMeel)
20. (30) Anne Frank, Jacobson/Colan (FSG)
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21. (20) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
22. (23) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
23. (17) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC)
24. (n) Black Bird 7, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
25. (25) Zita the Spacegirl, Ben Hatke (First Second)
26. (r) Scenes From an Impending Marriage (D+Q)
27. (21) Bleach, Vol. 34, Tite Kubo (VIZ)
28. (n) Walking Dead 13, Kirkman et al (Image)
29. (r) The Amulet of Samarkand, Jonathan Stroud/Andrew Donkin/Lee Sullivan (Disney)
30. (r) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
New manga is the only thing really shaking things up here since last time.
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. (4) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (5) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (6) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (8) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
7. (7) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (3) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (19) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
10. (16) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
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11. (12) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
12. (10) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
13. (11) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
14. (9) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW)
15. (20) Mid-Life, Joe Ollman (D+Q)
16. (14) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
17. (13) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books)
18. (22) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
19. (r) Lost at Sea, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
20. (29) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum)
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21. (n) Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness, Clem Martini/Olivier Martini (Freehand Books)
22. (26) Scott Pilgrim Box, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
23. (r) Senior’s Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
24. (18) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
25. (r) The Hollow Planet, Scott Thompson | Stephan Nilson | Kyle Morton (IDW)
26. (r) DC The New Frontier, Darwyn Cooke et al (DC)
27. (17) Something Old, Something New,Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
28. (n) Chimo, David Collier (Condundrum)
29. (n) Nightschool 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
30. (30) Indoor Voice, Jillian Tamaki (D+Q)
Published in March by Tangles publisher Freehand Books (Broadview Publishing), Bitter Medicine is one of the wave of post-Chester Brown explorations of mental illness memoirs. You can read a review here. The book has already been shortlisted for the Wilfred Eggleston Award for Nonfiction as a part of the 2011 Alberta Literary Awards.
From the publisher:
“In 1976, Ben Martini was diagnosed with schizophrenia. A decade later, his brother Olivier was told he had the same disease. For the past thirty years the Martini family has struggled to comprehend and cope with a devastating illness, frustrated by a health care system lacking in resources and empathy, the imperfect science of medication, and the strain of mental illness on familial relationships.
Throughout it all, Olivier, an accomplished visual artist, drew. His sketches, comic strips, and portraits document his experience with, and capture the essence of, this all too frequently misunderstood disease. In Bitter Medicine, Olivier’s poignant graphic narrative runs alongside and communicates with a written account of the past three decades by his younger brother, award-winning author and playwright Clem Martini. The result is a layered family memoir that faces head-on the stigma attached to mental illness.
Shot through with wry humour and unapologetic in its politics, Bitter Medicine is the story of the Martini family, a polemical and poetic portrait of illness, and a vital and timely call for action.”
25.Mar.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: Post March Break
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 from last week.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. (1) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
2. (4) Out from Boneville: Bone #1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
3. (2) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (5) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Riordan/Venditti/Attila Futaki (Hyperion)
5. (3) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
6. (10) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (8) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (12) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
9. (11) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (6) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (7) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (14) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
13. (9) Naruto 50, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
14. (15) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
15. (13) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
16. (16) Bone the Adventure Begin HC, Smith (Scholastic)
17. (17) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC)
18. (21) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
19. (19) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
20. (25) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
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21. (18) Bleach, Vol. 34, Tite Kubo (VIZ)
22. (r) Maximum Ride: The Manga 3, James Patterson, et al (yen/Orbit)
23. (r) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
24. (22) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
25. (20) Zita the Spacegirl, Ben Hatke (First Second)
26. (r) Walking Dead 1, Kirkman/Moore (Image)
27. (n) Walking Dead 2, Kirkman/Adlard/Rathburn (Image)
28. (n) Walking Dead 4, Kirkman/Lee/Adlard (Image)
29. (23) Black Butler 4, Yana Toboso (Yen/Orbit)
30. (r) Anne Frank, Jacobson/Colan (FSG)
I’m not sure, but I think last week was the first in at least a year when all of the Scott Pilgrim volumes were not in the Top 30. This week they are all back, but this may be the first time that there are no Scott Pilgrim books in the Top 10?
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. (4) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (3) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (6) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (9) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (5) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (7) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
9. (30) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW)
10. (8) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
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11. (18) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
12. (10) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
13. (12) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books)
14. (14) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
15. (15) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
16. (13) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
17. (17) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
18. (19) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
19. (25) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
20. (20) Mid-Life, Joe Ollman (D+Q)
21. (21) Nightschool 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
22. (22) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
23. (24) Red A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre)
24. (16) Richard Stark’s Parker The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
25. (r) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
26. (-) Scott Pilgrim Box, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
27. (r) My New York Diary, Julie Doucet (D+Q)
28. (23) Nightschool 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
29. (r) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum)
30. (r) Indoor Voice, Jillian Tamaki (D+Q)
I think this is a new edition of Julie Doucet’s seminal autobio comic My New York Diary (at least the Bookmanager info says March 15, 2011). Doucet had one of 2010′s weirder releases with a Michael Gondry-directed movie called My NEW New York Diary, for which she drew a new documentary/introductory comic strip diary of the filming of a movie loosely based on her original graphic novel. Very meta. The whole thing was published by Picturebox and it was nice to have new Doucet comics, however slight, and getting to see Doucet experiencing the “movie star” treatment (ie, staying in Gondry’s tiny apartment where she had to buy her own groceries) was hilarious.
17.Mar.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: St. Patrick’s Day Edition
compiled/edited by BK Munn
This semi-regular feature of Sequential presents a snapshot of comics sales in Canada. (returning after one-week hiatus)
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. (As this list is being compiled, Essex County and the Scott Pilgrim boxed set are #3 and #14 on the Amazon.ca comics list.) See here for our previous Sequential list from last week.
Guide: numbers in parentheses indicate previous rank; (n) indicates a new book making its debut on the list; (r) indicates a book making a return to the list after an absence.
Sequential’s Over-All Top 30
from BookManager
1. (2) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
2. (3) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
3. (5) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (4) Out from Boneville: Bone #1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (6) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Riordan/Venditti/Attila Futaki (Hyperion)
6. (13) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
7. (16) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
8. (10) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (7) Naruto 50, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
10. (12) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (17) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (8) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
13. (11) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
14. (14) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
15. (9) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
16. (23) Bone the Adventure Begin HC, Smith (Scholastic)
17. (r) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC)
18. (n) Bleach, Vol. 34, Tite Kubo (VIZ)
19. (26) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
20. (15) Zita the Spacegirl, Ben Hatke (First Second)
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21. (22) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
22. (18) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
23. (r) Black Butler 4, Yana Toboso (Yen/Orbit)
24. (r) Dilbert: I’m Tempted to Stop Acting Randomly, Scott Adams (Andrews McMeel)
25. (19) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
26. (n) Yu-Gi-Oh GX 6, Naoyuki Kageyama (VIZ)
27. (24) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
28. (27) Scenes from an Impending Marriage, Adrian Tomine (D+Q)
29. (r) Picture This!, Lynda Barry (D+Q)
30. (r) Naruto 48, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
This week’s list should be subtitled “The Great Bone Correction, Part 2.” Last year I made the discovery that every Bone book by Jeff Smith was not showing up in Bookmanager’s rankings of comics and graphic novels –quite an oversight since many of those books rank quite highly. I corrected for this, with the result that a huge number of Jeff Smith’s have dominated the overall top 30 for the last few months. The recently-published Bone: Quest for the Spark has been at or near the number one spot on this list for awhile now but a comment last week hipped me to the fact that this is not actually a comic but an illustrated prose novel. So this week I’ve turfed it. Please imagine that Essex County was the number one book for the last 2 months on this 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. (8) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (6) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (3) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (4) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (7) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
8. (12) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
9. (5) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
10. (11) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
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12. (10) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books)
13. (13) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
14. (19) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
15. (r) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
16. (27) Richard Stark’s Parker The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
17. (9) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
18. (24) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
19. (14) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
20. (n) Mid-Life, Joe Ollman (D+Q)
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21. (28) Nightschool 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
22. (15) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
23. (r) Nightschool 4, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
24. (20) Red A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre)
25. (n) The Never Weres, Fiona Smyth (Annick)
26. (r) Palookaville 20, Seth (D+Q)
27. (30) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
28. (21) Sweet Tooth 1, Jeff Lemire (Vertigo/DC)
29. (23) Sweet Tooth 2, Jeff Lemire (Vertigo/DC)
30. (r) Kill Shakespeare 1, Mccreery/Del Col/Belanger (IDW)
Artist and educator (and Canadian comics pioneer) Fiona Smyth debuts on the list with a charming new kids book, The Never Weres, from Annick Press (the Robert Munsch publishers).
04.Mar.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: March 4
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. (As this list is being compiled, the Scott Pilgrim boxed set and Essex County are #2 and #12 on the Amazon.ca comics list.) See here for our previous Sequential list from last week.
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) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (4) Out from Boneville: Bone #1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (8) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
6. (5) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Riordan/Venditti/Attila Futaki (Hyperion)
7. (7) Naruto 50, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
8. (16) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
9. (19) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (11) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (7) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
12. (10) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
13. (9) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
14. (13) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
15. (12) Zita the Spacegirl, Ben Hatke (First Second)
16. (21) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
17. (20) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
18. (22) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
19. (14) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
20. (18) Black Bird 7, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
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21. (17) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
22. (16) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
23. (24) Bone the Adventure Begin HC, Smith (Scholastic)
24. (-) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
25. (25) The Amulet of Samarkand (A Bartimaeus Graphic Novel), Jonathan Stroud/Andrew Donkin/Lee Sullivan (Hyperion)
26. (23) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
27. (-) Scenes from an Impending Marriage, Adrian Tomine (D+Q)
28. (-) Trickster: Native American Tales, Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Publishing)
29. (27) Archie Marries, Uslan/Goldberg (Abrams)
30. (30) Walking Dead 1, Robert Kirkman/Tony Moore (Image)
Bone: Quest for the Spark and Essex County are #6 and #34 on Bookmanager’s overall list of books. Terry Fallis’s The Best Laid Plans, the prose book that won the Canada Reads competition against Essex County, remains in the #1 overall spot.
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. (6) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (3) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (5) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (4) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
7. (12) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
8. (8) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (13) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
10. (10) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books)
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11. (9) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
12. (21) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
13. (11) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
14. (23) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
15. (24) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
16. (-) Lost at Sea, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
17. (14) Milk Teeth, Julie Morstad (D+Q)
18. (18) Indoor Voice, Jillian Tamaki (D+Q)
19. (19) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
20. (15) Red A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre)
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21. (-) Sweet Tooth 1, Jeff Lemire (Vertigo/DC)
22. (25) The Great Hopeful Sunday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum)
23. (-) Sweet Tooth 2, Jeff Lemire (Vertigo/DC)
24. (26) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
25. (28) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum)
26. (16) The Native Trees of Canada, Leanne Shapton (D+Q)
27. (17) Richard Stark’s Parker The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
28. (-) Nightschool 3, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
29. (-) Wall-e 1, J Torres/Morgan Luthi (Boom-kids!)
30. (-) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
Svetlana Chmakova’s current OEL manga series about teenage werewolves, Nightschool, shows that it has legs, with 3 of the current volumes squeezed into the top 30. Chmakova has put together a substantial body of work and has been a mainstay on this list for several years now, previously with her Tokyopop series, Dramacon. You can also read some of her short stories through the print-on-demand service, Bento Comics.
25.Feb.2011 Canadian Comics Bestseller List: February 25
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. (As this list is being compiled, Essex County and the Scott Pilgrim boxed set are #1 and #3 on the Amazon.ca comics list.) See here for our previous Sequential list from last week.
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. (4) Bone 11: Tall Tales, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
4. (3) Out from Boneville: Bone #1, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
5. (5) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Riordan/Venditti/Attila Futaki (Hyperion)
6. (7) Naruto 50, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
7. (6) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O’Malley (ONI)
8. (8) Bone 4: Dragonslayer, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
9. (9) Bone 9: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
10. (10) Bone 2: The Great Cow Race, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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11. (11) Bone 5: Rockjaw, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
12. (14) Zita the Spacegirl, Ben Hatke (First Second)
13. (15) Bone 7: Ghost Circles, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
14. (18) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
15. (16) Bone Prequel: Rose, Jeff Smith and Charles Vess (Scholastic)
16. (13) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
17. (19) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
18. (21) Black Bird 7, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ)
19. (12) Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
20. (17) Bone 8: Treasure Hunters, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
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21. (20) Bone 6: Old Man’s Cave, Jeff Smith (Scholastic)
22. (22) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
23. (23) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
24. (24) 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. (-) Maus, Spiegelman (Knopf)
27. (-) Archie Marries, Uslan/Goldberg (Abrams)
28. (-) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
29. (-) Vampire Knight 11, Matsuri Hino (VIZ)
30. (27) Walking Dead 1, Robert Kirkman/Tony Moore (Image)
Bone: Quest for the Spark and Essex County are #5 and #29 on Bookmanager’s overall list of books. Terry Fallis’s The Best Laid Plans, the book that won the Canada Reads competition against Essex County, is #1 overall.
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. (4) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
4. (3) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
5. (5) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
6. (6) Scott Pilgrim 6, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
8. (7) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni)
9. (24) Harvey, Herve Bouchard/Janice Nadeau (Groundwood)
10. (9) Tangles, Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books)
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11. (10) 500 Years of Resistance, Gord Hill (Arsenal Pulp)
12. (8) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
13. (25) Something Old, Something New, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
14. (13) Milk Teeth, Julie Morstad (D+Q)
15. (11) Red A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre)
16. (12) The Native Trees of Canada, Leanne Shapton (D+Q)
17. (-) Richard Stark’s Parker The Hunted, Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
18. (-) Indoor Voice, Jillian Tamaki (D+Q)
19. (-) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen/Orbit)
20. (14) Rabbit and Bear Paws 3, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear)
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21. (15) Two Generals, Scott Chantler (McClelland and Stewart)
22. (18) Kill Shakespeare 1, Conor Mccreery/Anthony Del Col/Andy Belanger (IDW)
23. (19) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
24. (22) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
25. (27) The Great Hopeful Sunday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum)
26. (30) Bigfoot, Pascal Girard (D+Q)
27. (16) Essex County Hardcover, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
28. (-) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum)
29. (29) Palookaville 20, Seth (D+Q)
30. (17) The Nobody, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
Some old faces return to the list from their positions hovering just outside of the top 30. To give an indication of how far down it is necessary to go to compile this list, The Hipless Boy is ranked 14,487 on Bookmanager’s overall list (only about #250 in the comics list, just between Asterix and the Black Gold and the fourth volume of Andy Runton’s Owly series). It has been off and on the top 30 list essentially since its publication in June 2009, not bad for the debut graphic novel by a young artist, published by a small Montreal press.
