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Canadian Bestsellers: March Break Edition  compiled/edited by B. Munn 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. (1) Naruto 47, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 2. (2) Vampire Knight 9, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 3. (7) Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 4. (3) Negima 25, Ken Akamatsu (Random House) 5. (9) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Camille Rose Garcia (HC) 6. (11) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 7. (4) Seekers: Toklo's Story, Erin Hunter (Harper Collins) 8. (-) The Dark-Hunters 2, Sherrilyn Kenyon et al (St Martins) 9. (5) Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 10. (8) Bleach 30, Tite Kubo (VIZ) ----- 11. (10) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 12. (6) Footnotes in Gaza, Sacco (Henry Holt) 13. (22) Maximum Ride: The Manga 2, James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Orbit/Yen) 14. (-) Naruto 2, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 15. (13) Garfield Fat Pack, Davis et al (Random) 16. (14) Asterix/Obelix's Birthday, Uderzo (Orion) 17. (-) Inuyasha 46, Rumiko Takahashi (VIZ) 18. (18) Black Bird 3, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 19. (15) Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis et al (Bloomsbury) 20. (12) Asterix/Olympic, Goscinny/Uderzo (Orion) ----- 21. (-) Skim SC, Tamaki (Groundwood) 22. (-) Zeus, George O'Connor (First Second) 23. (-) Walking Dead 1, Kirkman et al (Image) 24. (-) Black Butter 1, Yana Toboso (Orbit/Yen) 25. (20) One Piece 34, Eiichiro Oda (VIZ) 26. (-) Manga Mutiny (Tyndale) 27. (-) Naruto 1, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 28. (25) All Star Superman 2, Morrison/Quitely (DC) 29. (-) Dark Tower Fall of Gilead, Robin Furth et al (Marvel) 30. (-) Naruto 43, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) Analysis: Only 2 Canadian Books in the top 30 overall. 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) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 2. (5) Skim sc, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 3. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 4. (11) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 5. (3) Bigfoot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 6. (4) Skim HC, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 7. (29) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws, Chad Solomon (Lone Pine) 8. (16) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 9. (22) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 10. (8) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) ----- 11. (10) Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks, Marc Bell (D+Q) 12. (6) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 13. (15) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 14. (7) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 15. (28) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 16. (23) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Orbit/Yen) 17. (9) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 18. (22) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Orbit/Yen) 19. (25) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 20. (30) The Big 5-0, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) ----- 21. (12) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 22. (13) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (FSG) 23. (14) Runaways: Homeschooling, K.Immonen/Pachilli (marvel) 24. (17) Ojingogo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q) 25. (18) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 26. (19) Just One More Hug, Lynn Johnston (AM) 27. (21) In Me Own Words, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 28. (24) Parker The Hunter, Darwyn Cooke (IDW) 29. (26) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 30. (27) Collected Doug Wright 1, Doug Wright (D+Q) Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments -   - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Canadian Bestsellers: March 10 Edition compiled/edited by B. Munn The first list for March. 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. (1) Naruto 47, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 2. (2) Vampire Knight 9, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 3. (-) Negima 25, Ken Akamatsu (Random House) 4. (7) Seekers: Toklo's Story, Erin Hunter (Harper Collins) 5. (4) Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 6. (25) Footnotes in Gaza, Sacco (Henry Holt) 7. (3) Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 8. (-) Bleach 30, Tite Kubo (VIZ) 9. (15) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Camille Rose Garcia (HC) 10. (29) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) ----- 11. (17) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 12. (-) Asterix/Olympic, Goscinny/Uderzo (Orion) 13. (6) Garfield Fat Pack, Davis et al (Random) 14. (-) Asterix/Obelix's Birthday, Uderzo (Orion) 15. (13) Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis et al (Bloomsbury) 16. (-) Black Bird 1, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 17. (20) Louis Riel, Brown (D+Q) 18. (5) Black Bird 3, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 19. (-) One Piece 30, Eiichiro Oda (VIZ) 20. (-) One Piece 34, Eiichiro Oda (VIZ) ----- 21. (-) Maus II, Spiegleman (Knopf) 22. (16) Maximum Ride: The Manga 2, James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Orbit/Yen) 23. (-) Manga Messiah, (Tyndale) 24. (-) Bleach 1, Tite Kubo (VIZ) 25. (-) All Star Superman 2, Morrison/Quitely (DC) 26. (-) D.n.angel Volume 13, Sugisaki Yukiru (Tokyopop) 27. (-) Asterix/Cleopatra, Goscinny/Uderzo (Orion) 28. (-) Bleach 2, Tite Kubo (VIZ) 29. (-) One Piece 29, Eiichiro Oda (VIZ) 30. (-) B is for Beer, Tom Robbins (HC) Analysis: Only 2 Canadian Books in the top 30 overall. 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) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 2. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 3. (-) Bigfoot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 4. (3) Skim Hardcover, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 5. (-) Skim Paperback, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 6. (29) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 7. (17) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 8. (-) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 9. (9) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 10. (8) Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks, Marc Bell (D+Q) ----- 11. (26) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 12. (16) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 13. (23) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (FSG) 14. (-) Runaways: Homeschooling, K.Immonen/Pachilli (marvel) 15. (7) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 16. (4) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 17. (11) Ojingogo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q) 18. (-) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 19. (-) Just One More Hug, Lynn Johnston (AM) 20. (10) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Orbit/Yen) ----- 21. (-) In Me Own Words, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 22. (5) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 23. (6) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Orbit/Yen) 24. (12) Parker The Hunter, Darwyn Cooke (IDW) 25. (13) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 26. (14) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 27. (15) Collected Doug Wright 1, Doug Wright (D+Q) 28. (19) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 29. (22) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws, Chad Solomon (Lone Pine) 30. (24) The Big 5-0, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) Analysis: The top 30 Canadian books are all found in the top 960 comics. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, March 05, 2010 Hark, a vagrant: 250 "Canadian stereotypes"  HaHa HaHaHa HaHaHaHa HaHaHa HaHaHa HaHa Ha..... hey, that's not nice...."All fucked up on hokey"....HaHaHaHa! I'm sorry....:) I <3 Kate Beaton. Labels: canadiana, comic strips, comics, webcomics - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Interview with Toronto cartoonist Dave Lapp, creator of Drop-In and Children of the Atom  I had an opportunity to interview Dave Lapp last week, the highlights of which (and there are many) are now available at the torontoist books site. We spoke of many things - his process, his connection to original art, his dream journals. I always find Dave Lapp very inspiring to talk to. If you can, check out Drop-In and be sure to pick up his collection of Children of the Atom -- 5 years of weekly strips, 250 pages! Labels: books.torontoist, cartoonists, comic strips, comics, comics history, Conundrum Press, Dave Lapp, mini-comics, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Canadian Bestsellers: Vancouver Olympics Edition compiled/edited by B. Munn 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. (1) Naruto 47, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 2. (2) Vampire Knight 9, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 3. (3) Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 4. (4) Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 5. (5) Black Bird 3, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 6. (9) Garfield Fat Pack, Davis et al (Random) 7. (7) Seekers: Toklo's Story, Erin Hunter Bettina Kurkoski (Harper Collins) 8. (-) Soul Eater, Vol. 2, Atsushi Ohkubo (Orbit/Yen) 9. (6) Maximum Ride: The Manga 1, James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Orbit/Yen) 10. (20) Tsubasa 25, Clamp (Random House) ----- 11. (25) Maus 1, Spiegelman (Knopf) 12. (23) Alice In The Country Of Hearts 1, Quinrose Soumei Hoshino (Tokyopop) 13. (12) Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis et al (Bloomsbury) 14. (8) Shugo Chara! 8, Peach-Pit (Random House) 15. (-) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Camille Rose Garcia (HC) 16. (-) Maximum Ride: The Manga 2, James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Orbit/Yen) 17. (-) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 18. (15) Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection, Roff et al (Chronicle) 19. (-) Asterix and the Golden Sickle, Goscinny/Uderzo (Orion) 20. (26) Louis Riel, Brown (D+Q) ----- 21. (16) Dance in the Vampire Bund 6, Nozomu Tamaki (Seven Seas) 22. (11) Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 1, Darren Shan/Takahiro Arai (Orbit) 23. (10) Otomen 5, Aya Kanno (VIZ) 24. (18) Fullmetal Alchemist 22, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ) 25. (-) Footnotes in Gaza, Sacco (Henry Holt) 26. (-) Skim, Tamaki/Tamaki (Groundwood) 27. (22) Black Butler 1, Yana Toboso (Orbit) 28. (24) Black Bird 2, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 29. (14) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 30. (13) Persepolis 1, Satrapi (Pantheon) Analysis: This week sees the restoration of the current "Holy Trinity" of Canadian books (Red, Riel, and Skim) to the overall top 30. Also, Alice in Wonderland is coming out. 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. (2) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 2. (1) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 3. (3) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 4. (5) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 5. (4) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 6. (-) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Orbit/Yen) 7. (11) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 8. (17) Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks, Marc Bell (D+Q) 9. (18) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 10. (6) Nightschool 2, Svetlana Chmakova (Orbit/Yen) ----- 11. (22) Ojingogo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q) 12. (-) The Hunter, Darwyn Cooke (IDW) 13. (7) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 14. (16) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 15. (10) Collected Doug Wright 1, Doug Wright (D+Q) 16. (8) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 17. (12) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 18. (-) Strange Suspense/Ditko, Blake Bell (Fanta) 19. (13) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 20. (15) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) ----- 21. (-) I Never Liked Youm Chester Brown (D+Q) 22. (14) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws, Chad Solomon (Lone Pine) 23. (19) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (FSG) 24. (20) The Big 5-0, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) 25. (21) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 26. (23) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 27. (24) Kaspar, Diane Obomsawin (D+Q) 28. (25) It'S The Thought That Counts, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) 29. (26) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 30. (27) Captain Canuck 1, Richard Comely/George Freeman (IDW) Analysis: The top 30 Canadian books are all found in the top 840 comics. Captain Canuck is #837, just below Y: The Last Man Volume 6. Scott Pilgrim 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life is #831, wedged between the exclamation mark-heavy Negima!? Neo 3 and Peah-Pit's Shuga! Chara Volume 1. (note: previous rank in parentheses) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, canadian superheroes, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Canadian Bestsellers: Valentine's Edition compiled/edited by B. Munn And we're back. Welcome to the first Sequential Bestseller list of 2010. A new year and a new decade. I try to do these weekly, but real life often gets in the way. 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. (-) Naruto 47, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 2. (-) Vampire Knight 9, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 3. (16) Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 4. (1) Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 5. (-) Black Bird 3, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 6. (-) Maximum Ride: The Manga 1, James Patterson/NaRae Lee (Orbit) 7. (-) Seekers: Toklo's Story, Erin Hunter Bettina Kurkoski (Harper Collins) 8. (-) Shugo Chara! 8, Peach-Pit (Random House) 9. (11) Garfield Fat Pack, Davis et al (Random) 10. (-) Otomen 5, Aya Kanno (VIZ) ----- 11. (-) Cirque Du Freak: The Manga, Vol. 1, Darren Shan/Takahiro Arai (Orbit) 12. (6) Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis et al (Bloomsbury) 13. (-) Persepolis 1, Satrapi (Pantheon) 14. (2) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 15. (3) Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection, Roff et al (Chronicle) 16. (-) Dance in the Vampire Bund 6, Nozomu Tamaki (Seven Seas) 17. (-) One Piece 33, Eiichiro Oda (VIZ) 18. (-) Fullmetal Alchemist 22, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ) 19. (7) Naruto 46, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 20. (-) Tsubasa 25, Clamp (Random House) ----- 21. (5) Asterix and Obelix Birthday, Uderzo (Orion) 22. (-) Black Butler 1, Yana Toboso (Orbit) 23. (-) Alice In The Country Of Hearts 1, Quinrose Soumei Hoshino (Tokyopop) 24. (-) Black Bird 2, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 25. (10) Maus 1, Spiegelman (Knopf) 26. (23) Louis Riel, Brown (D+Q) 27. (-) Fables 13, Bill Willingham (DC) 28. (26) Complete Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (Knopf) 29. (-) Black Bird 1, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 30. (-) Zeus: King of the Gods, George O'Connor (First Second) Analysis: It's a brand-new day. Tons of new manga and juvenile/genre series have debuted since our last list, with a volume of the Olympians edging out Joe Sacco's Footnotes in Gaza at the #30 spot. 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. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 2. (1) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 3. (4) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 4. (15) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 5. (24) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 6. (25) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Orbit/Yen) 7. (11) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 8. (6) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 9. (12) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 10. (26) Collected Doug Wright 1, Doug Wright (D+Q) ----- 11. (19) Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 12. (9) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 13. (17) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 14. (-) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws, Chad Solomon (Lone Pine) 15. (21) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) 16. (10) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 17. (5) Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks, Marc Bell (D+Q) 18. (20) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 19. (22) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (FSG) 20. (28) The Big 5-0, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) ----- 21. (13) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 22. (18) Ojingogo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q) 23. (3) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 24. (-) Kaspar, Diane Obomsawin (D+Q) 25. (-) It'S The Thought That Counts, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) 26. (7) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 27. (-) Captain Canuck 1, Richard Comely/George Freema (IDW) 28. (-) Last Straw, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) 29. (-) Just One More Hug, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) 30. (-) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws 2, Chad Solomon Analysis: With the possible exception of Last Staw and Just One More Hug, two For Better or For Worse compilations from the 1980s, none of the books on this week's Canadian list are new to the list. All have appeared on the list at least once sometime over the previous 12 months. Conclusion? No new major Canadian comics are being published. We are in the doldrums. At this point you would think at least one English-language graphic novel by a Canadian would be published per week, but 52 graphic novels a year is a little too much to ask, I guess. I know this list isn't the most accurate guide to popularity, sales or even, in general, what's out there. But still, I wish there was more variety, more quantity, more quality. And that the buying and reading public would appreciate same. Also, outside of Watchmen, the only superhero book on either the international or Canadian list is Capt. Canuck. (note: previous rank in parentheses) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, canadian superheroes, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Upcoming: Dave Lapp's Children of the Atom  Wright Award-nominee Dave Lapp has a new project out soon: a compilation of his well-remembered Children of the Atom strip. The book is out from Conundrum in May. "Originally serialized in Western University's The Gazette, then weekly in Vancouve'’s Georgia Straight newspaper from 1996-2001, Children of the Atom is like a Samuel Beckett play in comic strip form. The two characters Franklin Boy and Jim Jam Girl live in an absurdist world of their own making, exchanging philosophies, dancing around any possible love story. Influenced by the comics of Mark Beyer, Lynda Barry, and George Herriman's Krazy Kat, Lapp has created his own tightly concieved but loosely rendered world through poetic language, simple lines and shapes, and surreal settings." Labels: comic strips, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Canadian Bestsellers: December 23 compiled/edited by B. Munn 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. (2) Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 2. (10) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 3. (8) Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection, Roff et al (Chronicle) 4. (-) Garfield 47, Davis et al (Random House) 5. (11) Asterix and Obelix Birthday, Uderzo (Orion) 6. (6) Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis et al (Bloomsbury) 7. (5) Naruto 46, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 8. (3) Bleach 29, Tite Kubo (VIZ) 9. (4) Manga Mutiny, Hidenori Kumai/Kozumi Shinozawa (Tyndale) 10. (29) Maus 1, Spiegelman (Knopf) ----- 11. (17) Garfield 3 Pack, Davis et al (Random) 12. (18) Hobbit GN, Tolkien et al (Harper Collins) 13. (-) Asterix Olympics, Goscinny & Uderzo (Orion) 14. (-) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 15. (-) Fahrenheit 451, Tim Hamilton et al (FSG) 16. (9) Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 17. (26) Stitches, David Small (M&S) 18. (12) Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years, Charles Schulz (Andrews McMeel) 19. (30) Naruto 2, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 20. (1) Vampire Knight 8, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) ----- 21. (-) Naruto 4, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 22. (21) B is for Beer, Tom Robbins (Garper Collins) 23. (7) Louis Riel, Brown (D+Q) 24. (-) Evil Cats, Elia Anie (Headline) 25. (-) Tales from the Crypt 8, Kinney et al (Papercutz) 26. (-) Complete Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (Knopf) 27. (-) Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader, Gaiman et al (DC) 28. (-) Asterios Polyp, David Mazzucchelli (Knopf) 29. (-) Sandman: Preludes Nocturns, Gaiman et al (DC) 30. (14) Black Cross, Greg Iles (New American Library) Analysis: Well, you take a week off, and big changes happen. Plus, some Christmas perennials peep up and a mini-Gaiman tour. 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. (3) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 2. (1) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 3. (15) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 4. (5) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 5. (10) Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks, Marc Bell (D+Q) 6. (2) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 7. (7) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 8. (13) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 9. (4) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 10. (6) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) ----- 11. (12) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 12. (9) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 13. (21) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 14. (8) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 15. (14) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 16. (-) I Never Liked You, C. Brown (D+Q) 17. (29) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 18. (16) Ojingogo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q) 19. (-) Nurma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 20. (17) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) ----- 21. (27) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) 22. (-) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (FSG) 23. (24) Wimbledon Green, Seth (D+Q) 24. (11) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 25. (30) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) 26. (19) Collected Doug Wright 1, Doug Wright (D+Q) 27. (23) Rabbit and Bear Paws 1, Solomon (Lone Pine) 28. (20) The Big 5-0, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) 29. (22) Back and Forth, Marta Chudolinska (Porcupine's Quill) 30. (26) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum) (note: previous rank in parentheses) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 Canadian Bestsellers: December 8 compiled/edited by B. Munn 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. (2) Vampire Knight 8, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 2. (1) Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 3. (6) Bleach 29, Tite Kubo (VIZ) 4. (5) Manga Mutiny, Hidenori Kumai/Kozumi Shinozawa (Tyndale) 5. (3) Naruto 46, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 6. (4) Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis et al (Bloomsbury) 7. (18) Louis Riel, Brown (D+Q) 8. (9) Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection, Roff et al (Chronicle) 9. (11) Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 10. (8) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) ----- 11. (12) Asterix and Obelix Birthday, Uderzo (Orion) 12. (16) Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years, Charles Schulz (Andrews McMeel) 13. (7) Rosario + Vampire 10, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ) 14. (-) Black Cross, Greg Iles (New American Library) 15. (13) Fullmetal Alchemist 20, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ) 16. (21) Maximum Ride 2, James Patterson et al (Orbit) 17. (25) Garfield 3 Pack, Davis et al (Random) 18. (-) Hobbit GN, Tolkien et al (Harper Collins) 19. (14) Naruto 1, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 20. (17) Black Bird 2, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) ----- 21. (-) B is for Beer, Robbins (Harper Collins) 22. (-) Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, Reinhard Kleist (Abrams ComicArts) 23. (23) Vampire Knight 1, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 24. (-) Garfield 46, Davis et al (Random House) 25. (-) Masterpiece Comics, Sikoryak (D+Q) 26. (-) Stitches, David Small (McClelland and Stewart) 27. (-) Che, Spain Rodriguez (Verso) 28. (10) Negima! 24, Ken Akamatsu (Random House) 29. (-) Maus 1, Spiegelman (Knopf) 30. (15) Naruto 2, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) That Peanuts 60-year book is expensive, like between 60 and 100 bucks, depending on where you get it. 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. This week, it's a war bewteen Lynn Johnston, Seth, and Bryan Lee O'Malley. Sequential's All-Canadian Top 30 from BookManager 1. (3) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 2. (?) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)* 3. (3) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 4. (20) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 5. (2) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 6. (10) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 7. (26) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 8. (27) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 9. (9) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 10. (12) Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks, Marc Bell (D+Q) ----- 11. (4) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 12. (7) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 13. (21) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 14. (6) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 15. (5) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 16. (8) Ojingogo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q) 17. (11) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 18. (13) In Me Own Words, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 19. (16) Collected Doug Wright 1, Doug Wright (D+Q) 20. (29) The Big 5-0, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) ----- 21. (19) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 22. (-) Back and Forth, Marta Chudolinska (Porcupine's Quill) 23. (-) Rabbit and Bear Paws 1, Solomon (Lone Pine) 24. (15) Wimbledon Green, Seth (D+Q) 25. (14) The Nobody, Jeff Lemire (DC/Vertigo) 26. (25) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum) 27. (17) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) 28. (22) Clyde Fans Bk 1, Seth (D+Q) 29. (23) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 30. (24) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) (note: previous rank in parentheses) ----- *Lynn Johnston's "Home Sweat Home" collection of For Better or For Worse strips was left off last week's list. I'm pretty sure it would have ranked in the top 10. I missed it, I think. Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, December 01, 2009 Canadian Bestsellers: December 1 compiled/edited by B. Munn Back after a one-week break! 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. (1) Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 2. (3) Vampire Knight 8, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 3. (2) Naruto 46, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 4. (-) Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis et al (Bloomsbury) 5. (19) Manga Mutiny, Hidenori Kumai/Kozumi Shinozawa (Tyndale) 6. (-) Bleach 29, Tite Kubo (VIZ) 7. (5) Rosario + Vampire 10, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ) 8. (7) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 9. (6) Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection, Roff et al (Chronicle) 10. (4) Negima! 24, Ken Akamatsu (Random House) ----- 11. (9) Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 12. (-) Asterix and Obelix Birthday, Uderzo (Orion) 13. (16) Fullmetal Alchemist 20, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ) 14. (-) Naruto 1, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 15. (-) Naruto 2, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 16. (-) Celebrating Peanuts 60 Years, Schulz (Andrews) 17. (8) Black Bird 2, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 18. (-) Louis Riel, Brown (D+Q) 19. (24) Garfield 47, Davis et al (Random House) 20. (-) Tales from the Crypt 8, Maia Kinney-Petrucha et al (Papercutz) ----- 21. (-) Maximum Ride 2, James Patterson et al (Orbit) 22. (-) Naruto 45, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 23. (-) Vampire Knight 1, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 24. (28) Naruto 43, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 25. (-) Garfield 3 Pack, Davis et al (Random) 26. (-) V for Vendetta, Moore/Lloyd (DC) 27. (29) Death Note 2, Tsugumi Ohba/Takeshi Obata (VIZ) 28. (26) Death Note 1, Tsugumi Ohba/Takeshi Obata (VIZ) 29. (-) Asterix the Gaul, Goscinny/Uderzo (Orion) 30. (-) Asterix Olympics, Goscinny/Uderzo (Orion) Well, you take a week off, alot can happen, y'know? 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. This week: The "Seth Signing Tour Effect" lingers and Lynn Johnston begins her annual "Holiday gift-book buying" charge up the charts. Sequential's All-Canadian Top 30 from BookManager 1. (3) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 2. (2) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 3. (1) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 4. (4) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 5. (17) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 6. (7) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 7. (24) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 8. (-) Ojingogo, Matthew Forsythe (D+Q) 9. (11) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 10. (6) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) ----- 11. (9) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 12. (8) Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks, Marc Bell (D+Q) 13. (23) In Me Own Words, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 14. (29) The Nobody, Jeff Lemire (DC/Vertigo) 15. (12) Wimbledon Green, Seth (D+Q) 16. (14) Collected Doug Wright 1, Doug Wright (D+Q) 17. (25) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) 18. (30) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (Farrar, Strauss + Giroux) 19. (21) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 20. (10) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) ----- 21. (26) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 22. (-) Clyde Fans Bk 1, Seth (D+Q) 23. (28) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 24. (13) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) 25. (16) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum) 26. (18) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 27. (27) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 28. (-) I Never Liked You, Chester Brown (D+Q) 29. (-) The Big 5-0, Lynn Johnston (Andrews) 30. (15) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) (note: previous rank in parentheses) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Canadian Bestsellers: November 17 compiled/edited by B. Munn 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. (1) Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 2. (3) Naruto 46, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 3. (5) Vampire Knight 8, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 4. (2) Negima! 24, Ken Akamatsu (Random House) 5. (14) Rosario + Vampire 10, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ) 6. (4) Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection, Roff et al (Chronicle) 7. (6) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 8. (10) Black Bird 2, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 9. (9) Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 10. (15) Tsubasa 23, Clamp (Random House) ----- 11. (13) Tsubasa 24, Clamp (Random House) 12. (21) Ouran High School 13, Bisco Hatori (VIZ) 13. (-) Otomen 4 , Aya Kanno (VIZ) 14. (11) Black Bird 1, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 15. (7) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 16. (8) Fullmetal Alchemist 20, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ) 17. (20) Vampire Knight 7, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 18. (22) Maus 1, Spiegelman (Knopf) 19. (-) Manga Mutiny, Hidenori Kumai/Kozumi Shinozawa (Tyndale) 20. (17) Pokemon 1, Shigekatsu Ihara (VIZ) ----- 21. (-) Death Note 3, Tsugumi Ohba/Takeshi Obata (VIZ) 22. (-) Bloody Kiss Volume 2, Furumiya Kazuko (Tokyopop) 23. (-) High School Debut 12, Kazune Kawahara (VIZ) 24. (18) Garfield 47, Davis et al (Random House) 25. (-) xxxHOLiC 14, Clamp (Random House) 26. (-) Death Note 1, Tsugumi Ohba/Takeshi Obata (VIZ) 27. (12) Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Tim Hamilton (Farrar, Strauus & Giroux) 28. (-) Naruto 43, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 29. (-) Death Note 2, Tsugumi Ohba/Takeshi Obata (VIZ) 30. (-) Fables 12, Alred, et al (DC/Vertigo) Comment: Only one Canadian book in the top 30? 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. This week: The "Seth Signing Tour Effect" lingers and Lynn Johnston begins her annual "Holiday gift-book buying" charge up the charts. Sequential's All-Canadian Top 30 from BookManager 1. (1) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 2. (3) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 3. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 4. (11) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 5. (21) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 6. (4) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 7. (6) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 8. (-) Hot Potatoe: Fine Ahtwerks, Marc Bell (D+Q) 9. (10) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 10. (19) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) ----- 11. (5) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 12. (-) Wimbledon Green, Seth (D+Q) 13. (20) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) 14. (24) Collected Doug Wright 1, Doug Wright (D+Q) 15. (14) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 16. (16) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum) 17. (9) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 18. (18) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 19. (29) Middle-Age Spread, Lynn Johnston (Andrews MacMeel) 20. (-) Just One More Hug, Lynn Johnston (Andrews MacMeel) ----- 21. (12) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 22. (8) Rabbit and Bear Paws 2: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Lone Pine) 23. (13) In Me Own Words, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 24. (7) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 25. (15) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) 26. (17) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 27. (22) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 28. (23) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 29. (26) The Nobody, Jeff Lemire (DC/Vertigo) 30. (28) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (Farrar, Strauss + Giroux) (note: previous rank in parentheses) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Canadian Bestsellers: November 10 compiled/edited by B. Munn 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. (1) Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 2. (-) Negima! 24, Ken Akamatsu (Random House) 3. (2) Naruto 46, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 4. (6) Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection, Roff et al (Chronicle) 5. (-) Vampire Knight 8, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 6. (3) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 7. (4) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 8. (14) Fullmetal Alchemist 20, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ) 9. (5) Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 10. (-) Black Bird 2, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) ----- 11. (28) Black Bird 1, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 12. (-) Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Tim Hamilton (Farrar, Strauus & Giroux) 13. (-) Tsubasa 24, Clamp (Random House) 14. (-) Rosario + Vampire 10, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ) 15. (-) Tsubasa 23, Clamp (Random House) 16. (7) Rosario + Vampire 9, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ) 17. (8) Pokemon 1, Shigekatsu Ihara (VIZ) 18. (-) Garfield 47, Davis et al (Random House) 19. (9) Complete Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (Knopf) 20. (15) Vampire Knight 7, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) ----- 21. (-) Ouran High School 13, Bisco Hatori (VIZ) 22. (10) Maus 1, Spiegelman (Knopf) 23. (11) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 24. (20) Shugo Chara! 7, Peach Pit (Random House) 25. (-) Asterix the Gaul, Uderzo/Goscinny (Orion) 26. (-) Fruits Basket 23, Takaya NAtsuki (Tokyopop) 27. (-) Vampire Knight 1, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 28. (13) Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Davis et al (Random House) 29. (-) Akira 1, Katsuhiro Otomo (Random House) 30. (-) Camilla d'Errico's Burn, Camilla d'Errico/Scott Sanders (Simon Shuster) Comment: Only one Naruto in the top 30? 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. This list does not include books that are only illustrated but not written/created-by Canadians. This week: some new additions and old faces. I can't help but wonder if the sudden jump for Seth's "It's a Good Life" isn't related to his appearance at the D+Q store last week. Sequential's All-Canadian Top 30 from BookManager 1. (-) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 2. (1) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 3. (2) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 4. (5) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 5. (4) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 6. (16) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 7. (6) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 8. (12) Rabbit and Bear Paws 2: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Lone Pine) 9. (13) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 10. (18) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) ----- 11. (8) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 12. (7) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 13. (15) In Me Own Words, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 14. (20) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 15. (9) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) 16. (24) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum) 17. (10) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 18. (11) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 19. (14) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 20. (17) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) ----- 21. (19) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 22. (21) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 23. (22) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 24. (23) Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, Doug Wright (D+Q) 25. (25) Rabbit and Bear Paws 1, Chad Solomon, Lone Pine 26. (29) The Nobody, Jeff Lemire (DC/Vertigo) 27. (-) Back + Forth: A Novel in 90 Linocuts, Marta Chudolinska (Porcupine's Quill) 28. (26) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (Farrar, Strauss + Giroux) 29. (-) Middle-Age Spread, Lynn Johnston (Andrews MacMeel) 30. (27) The Big 5-0, Lynn Johnston (Andrews MacMeel) (previous rank in parentheses) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, U.S. superhero franchises, woodcuts - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Canadian Bestsellers: We're Back! compiled/edited by B. Munn Our first list since the end of Summer. Whew. I forgot how time-consuming this thing is. 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 list. Sequential's Over-All Top 30 from BookManager 1. Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks (Crown) 2. Naruto 46, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 3. Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 4. Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 5. Book of Genesis, Robert Crumb (WW Norton) 6. Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection, Roff et al (Chronicle) 7. Rosario + Vampire 9, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ) 8. Pokemon 1, Shigekatsu Ihara (VIZ) 9. Complete Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (Knopf) 10. Maus 1, Spiegelman (Knopf) ----- 11. Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 12. Naruto 38, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 13. Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Davis et al (Random House) 14. Fullmetal Alchemist 20, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ) 15. Vampire Knight 7, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 16. Naruto 41, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 17. Bleach 1, Tite Kubo (VIZ) 18. Naruto 42, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 19. Skim, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 20. Shugo Chara! 7, Peach Pit (Random House) ----- 21. Halo Encyclopedia (DK) 22. Fruits Basket 21, Takaya NAtsuki (Tokyopop) 23. Naruto 45, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 24. Pokemon 2, Shigekatsu Ihara (VIZ) 25. Naruto 37, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 26. Bleach 28, Tite Kubo (VIZ) 27. The Hobbit, Tolkien et al (Harper Collins) 28. Black Bird 1, Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ) 29. One Piece 22, Eiichrio Oda (VIZ) 30. Naruto 1, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 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. 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. (-) Red: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre) 2. (1) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 3. (2) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 4. (5) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 5. (3) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 6. (-) The Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 7. (20) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 8. (-) The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum) 9. (12) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) 10. (17) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) ----- 11. (-) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 12. (4) Rabbit and Bear Paws 2: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Lone Pine) 13. (-) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 14. (-) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 15. (-) In Me Own Words, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 16. (-) It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, Seth (D+Q) 17. (8) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) 18. (7) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 19. (-) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 20. (6) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) ----- 21. (19) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 22. (-) Essex County, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 23. (16) Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, Doug Wright (D+Q) 24. (-) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum) 25. (-) Rabbit and Bear Paws 1, Chad Solomon, Lone Pine 26. (9) Important Artifacts, Leanne Shapton (Farrar, Strauss + Giroux) 27. (-) The Big 5-0, Lynn Johnston (Andrews MacMeel) 28. (-) Captain Canuck 1, Richard Comeley et al (IDW) 29. (11) The Nobody, Jeff Lemire (DC/Vertigo) 30. (-) Papercut Heart, Ian Sullivan Cant (Conundrum) (previous rank in parentheses) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, canadian superheroes, comic strips, graphic novels, manga, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, October 22, 2009 New Books: Looking for Group, volume 2  Looking For Group Vol. 2 Trade Paperback Blind Ferret Entertainment full colour/128 pages US$14.95 Written by Ryan Sohmer, art by Lar DeSouza The continuing adventures of the roleplaying parody webcomic. Labels: comic strips, new books, webcomics - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 This Bright Future  Gareth Lind has announced he is reviving the characters from his well-regarded Weltschmerz comic strip, which he discontinued two years ago [edit: one year ago! oops.].The strip was a regular in several weekly Canadian papers. In aletter, Lind details the new feature his characters will inhabit: Dear former Weltschmerz readers, I have started a new comic strip called This Bright Future, appearing every week at The Canadian Charger. Think of it as distilled Weltschmerz. Tighter. Sharper. And I hope just as funny. Horst and his friends return -- Frank, Cosmo, Raj, Donya and even maybe Celia. But the strip will be more focused on current affairs, less on personal foibles. Not surprisingly, Stephen Harper has put in an appearance more often than any of the above. You can find This Bright Future on the front page of The Canadian Charger, a web magazine aiming to expand the range of discourse in our corporate-dominated media. The first panel of this week's cartoon is attached below. (There are a number of seed comics to check out as well.) If enough readers request it, this new strip could appear on local newsprint (hint intended). Please visit the Charger Thursdays to for your satire fix. You can become a fan at the TBF Facebook page. And please spread the word. Thanks for reading, Gareth Labels: comic strips, political cartooning - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 Transmission X newstrips on 9.9.9.9.9.  TX Comics is Presenting three new creator-owned series Wednesday, September 9th 2009 at 09:09am.The critically-acclaimed webcomics collective adds Aardehn by Eric Vedder, Streta by Eric Kim and Butternutsquash by Rob Coughler and Ramon Perez! These new series join the current lineup on TX, the Eisner Award-nominated The Abominable Charles Christopher by Karl Kerschl (artist/writer of The Flash in DC Comics' Wednesday Comics and Teen Titans Year One), Sin Titulo by Eisner- and Shuster-Award nominee Cameron Stewart (artist of Catwoman, Seaguy and The Other Side), and Kukuburi by Ramon Perez. Aardehn, written and drawn by Eric Vedder, is a sprawling epic set in a magical world where fantasy and science collide, and prophecies of old threaten to bring about its end. Vedder is an accomplished artist whose credits include Deadpool and Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics, Street Fighter, and various video game concept illustration. Streta, written and drawn by Eric Kim, is a science-fiction action-comedy about an ordinary guy who has to confront intergalactic bounty hunters, space pirates, and the cosmic ninjas, all while trying to win over the girl of his dreams. Kim has previously illustrated the original graphic novel series Love As A Foreign Language for Oni Press, and his forthcoming book Billy Smoke is in development as a major motion picture starring Matthew Fox. Butternutsquash, co-written by Ramon Perez and Rob Coughler with art by Perez, is the long-running and popular semi-autobiographical comedy about a group of friends entrenched in their own self-deluded world in pursuit of the next great scheme, next great girl or just the next great cup of coffee. Perez is known to regular TX readers as the writer/artist of Kukuburi, whose credits also include Star Wars, Resistance: Fall of Man, Justice Society of America, and the forthcoming true-crime graphic novel Green River Killer. TX Comics is a collective of professional illustrators and cartoonists who united in their desire to produce top-flight comics on their own terms somehow. Recognizing the potential of the internet as the new primary source of art and entertainment for many potential readers - motivated by their interest in producing personal work free from commercial and editorial constraint, while still keeping the day job for the most part, the artists of TX have joined forces to create a site where there's regular high-quality comics, some of them arguably the best yet seen on the web. Labels: comic strips, new books, news, webcomics - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, June 18, 2009 Canadian Bestsellers: Summer Solstice Edition compiled/edited by B. Munn Our second truncated list for the Summer Time. Normally, I compile a list of Top 30 overall and Top 30 by Canadian creators bestselling comic books. I just don't have the time lately, so I've decided to offer an infrequent, shorter version of the weekly list. If you are still jonesin' for a mainstream bestseller list, the Globe and Mail offered a list of graphic novels this past week that included all the usual suspects (Buffy, Wolverine, Naruto). 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. (The other day, George Sprott was #10 on amazon.ca). See here for our previous list. 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. This list does not include books that are only illustrated but not written/created-by Canadians. Sequential's All-Canadian Top 20 from BookManager 1. (1) Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, Doug Wright (D+Q) 2. (5) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 3. (10) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 4. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 5. (6) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 6. (4) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 7. (7) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 8. (13) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 9. (-) Milk Teeth, Julie Morstad (D+Q) 10. (3) Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) ----- 11. (-) Essex County 3, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 12. (11) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 13. (9) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) 14. (12) Ojingogo, Matt Forsythe (D+Q) 15. (8) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) 16. (14) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 17. (-) Pohadky, Marek Colek Pat Shewchuck (D+Q) 18. (-) Papercut Heart, Ian Sullivan Cant (Conundrum) 19. (-) Never Wink at a Worried Woman, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 20. (-) Baloney, Pascal Blanchet (D+Q) (last week's rank in parentheses) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, June 12, 2009 The C-List: Mania Rebound  And we are back with more cross-country and international comics mania! Item: Jeet Heer writes about Hall of Fame cartoonist Jimmy Frise. This piece was originally written for the Sequential print edition but due to a muffed deadline on my part was left out. It's really an excellent article and you should go read it. Item: Speaking of Hall of Famers, the Doug Wright backlash begins: Andrew Wheeler trashes Nipper, and Kevin Boyd of the Shusters blog makes a case for renaming the new Doug Wright book. Item: On the international front, Kent Worcester looks at the growth in comics acceptance in universities. Item: Cartoonist Nick Craine is the latest graphic novelist to be hired to class up an otherwise pictureless Canadian prose novel. Item: Inkstuds' Robin McConnell reviews Dater's Dozen by Melaina. Item: Quillblog reports on the BookCamp that "replaced" Book Expo Canada. Item: The Beguiling, European comics publisher? Item: Seth talks George Sprott to Time Out Chicago ("Boring Can Be Interesting"). Seth also created a book bag for the Strand bookstore in New York (above). Labels: C-List, comic strips, comics history, graphic novels, links - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, June 05, 2009 Sequential Bestsellers: Shorter Version compiled/edited by B. Munn A truncated list for the Summer Time. Normally, I compile a list of Top 30 overall and Top 30 by Canadian creators bestselling comic books. I just don't have the time lately, so I've decided to offer an infrequent, shorter version of the weekly list. 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. 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. This list does not include books that are only illustrated but not written/created-by Canadians. Sequential's All-Canadian Top 20 from BookManager 1. (3) Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, Doug Wright (D+Q) 2. (1) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 3. (6) Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 4. (-) George Sprott, Seth (D+Q) 5. (2) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 6. (5) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 7. (7) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 8. (30) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) 9. (4) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) 10. (8) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) ----- 11. (9) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 12. (14) Ojingogo, Matt Forsythe (D+Q) 13. (8) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 14. (11) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 15. (12) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 16. (24) Essex County 2, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 17. (-) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 18. (11) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 19. (22) It's a Good Life..., Seth (D+Q) 20. (15) Kaspar, Diane Obomsawin (D+Q) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Sequential Bestsellers: May 20 (Spring Books Edition) compiled/edited by B. Munn We took a bit of a break for TCAF and the debut of the Sequential print edition, so we missed a week of the bestseller list. And who knows, now that the first long weekend of the season has come and gone, the list might go on Summer hiatus. Anyway, here we go. The Top 30 Graphic Novels 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. Sequential readers will be pleased to not that George Sprott, Scott Pilgrim, and Darwyn Cooke (not to mention Gustave Dore, the Secret Wars II Omnibus Edition, and NBM's "Gorgeous and ...Hung?" by Kinky Jimmy) are all included in Amazon.ca's Top 100 comics and graphic novels as I write this. The Sequential list has two parts, the top 30 overall and (at the bottom) the top 30 by Canadian creators. See here for last week's list. Last week's rankings are in parentheses. Top 30 Comics and Graphic Novels in Canada 1. (1) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 2. (3) B is for Beer, Tom Robbins (Harper Collins) 3. (-) Fullmetal Alchemist 18, Hiromu Arakawa (VIZ) 4. (4) Naruto 43, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 5. (2) Naruto 42, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 6. (5) Naruto 44, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 7. (6) Vampire Knight 6, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 8. (8) Naruto 39, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 9. (10) Garfield Just Desserts, Jim Davis (Random) 10. (11) Naruto 40, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) ----- 11. (-) Maus 1, Spiegelman (Knopf) 12. (9) Naruto 41, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 13. (-) Shugo Chara! 6, Peach-Pit (Random House) 14. (12) Naruto 38, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 15. (16) Naruto 36, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 16. (13) Naruto 37, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 17. (21) Hobbit, Tolkien et al (Harper Collins) 18. (-) Marvel Encyclopedia (Marvel) 19. (25) Wolverine 1: Prodigal Son, Tortosa/Johnston (Random House) 20. (15) Manga Metamorphosis, Kozumi Shinozawa (Tyndale) ---- 21. (17) Naruto 1, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 22. (14) Chibi Vampire 13, Yuna Kagesaki (Tokyopop) 23. (20) Naruto 35, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 24. (28) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 25. (-) Naruto 34, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 26. Black Cat 20, Kentaro Yabuki (VIZ) 27. Maus II, Spiegelman (Knopf) 28. (-) Vampire Knight 5, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 29. 19. (-) Maximum Ride, Vol. 1, James Patterson (Yen) 30. (-) B.O.D.Y., Volume 5, Ao Mimori (VIZ) Standard explanation: The pattern that emerges from looking at these lists over a period of weeks is that certain books, especially manga series, continuously jostle with each other, sliding up and down the longer list on the strength of a new volume or a spate of purchases for the kiddies. This week: Some new manga volumes. Canadian Content: You have to wade through an awful lot of translated Japanes 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. Sequential's All-Canadian Top 30 from BookManager 1. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 2. (1) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 3. (13) Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, Doug Wright (D+Q) 4. (3) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) 5. (4) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 6. (10) Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 7. (6) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 8. (19) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 9. (5) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 10. (11) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) ----- 11. (7) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 12. (12) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 13. (-) Lillian the Legend, Kerry Byrne (Conundrum) 14. (15) Ojingogo, Matt Forsythe (D+Q) 15. (-) Kaspar, Diane Obomsawin (D+Q) 16. (22) Essex County 1, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 17. (-) Papercut Heart, Ian Sullivan Cant (Conundrum) 18. (26) Essex County 2, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 19. (9) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 20. (30) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) ----- 21. (17) Middle Aged Spread, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 22. (20) It's a Good Life..., Seth (D+Q) 23. (25) Shenzhen, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 24. (27) Paul Goes Fishing, Rabagliati (D+Q) 25. (14) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 26. (18) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum) 27. (16) Baloney, Pascal Blanchet (D+Q) 28. (21) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws 1, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear) 29. (24) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear) 30. (-) In Me Own Words/Bigfoot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, publishing, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, May 14, 2009 Thingamaboob: Breast Cancer ComicsAs she discusses on her blog, cartoonist Sandra Bell-Lundy (Between Friends) has created a series of three Between Friends comics for the Canadian Cancer Society to help them promote their Early Detection campaign for breast cancer. The comics are flash-animated and were voiced by volunteers from Actra. They are featured on the Canadian Cancer Society's "Thing-a-ma-boob" web site and can be sent as an e-greeting to remind women of the importance of regular mammogram screenings. The strips have also been printed as a poster and used on display cases of "thing-a-ma-boobs" which are being sent to doctors' offices across Ontario. (Thingamaboobs are little gadgets that simply explain the importance of mammograms in early detection) Labels: charity, comic strips, flash, health - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, May 08, 2009 Sequential Pulp in the pixels
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Canadian Bestsellers: May 6 (TCAF Edition) compiled/edited by B. Munn Just in time for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and the debut of the first print issue of Sequential, it's the weekly edition of the Sequential Bestseller List! The Top 30 Graphic Novels 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. This list has two parts, the top 30 overall and (at the bottom) the top 30 by Canadian creators. See here for last week's list. Last week's rankings are in parentheses. Top 30 Comics and Graphic Novels in Canada 1. (1) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 2. (3) Naruto 42, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 3. (3) B is for Beer, Tom Robbins (Harper Collins) 4. (5) Naruto 43, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 5. (4) Naruto 44, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 6. (7) Vampire Knight 6, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 7. (6) Fruits Basket 22, Takaya Natsuki (Tokyopop) 8. (10) Naruto 39, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 9. (9) Naruto 41, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 10. (8) Garfield Just Desserts, Jim Davis (Random) ----- 11. (14) Naruto 40, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 12. (11) Naruto 38, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 13. (19) Naruto 37, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ 14. (12) Chibi Vampire 13, Yuna Kagesaki (Tokyopop) 15. (13) Manga Metamorphosis, Kozumi Shinozawa (Tyndale) 16. (16) Naruto 36, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 17. (22) Naruto 1, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 18. (15) Negima! 21, Ken Akamatsu (Random House) 19. (-) Maximum Ride, Vol. 1, James Patterson (Yen) 20. (17) Naruto 35, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) ----- 21. (-) Hobbit, Tolkien et al (Harper Collins) 22. (-) What It Is, Lynda Barry (D+Q) 23. (24) V for Vendetta, Moore/Lloyd (DC) 24. (21) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 25. (-) Wolverine 1: Prodigal Son, Tortosa/Johnston (Random House) 26. (-) Vampire Knight 5, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 27. (-) The Wallflower 19, Tomoko Hayakawa (Random House) 28. (25) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 29. (20) Naruto 2, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 30. (-) Otomen, Volume 2, Aya Kanno (VIZ) Standard explanation: The pattern that emerges from looking at these lists over a period of weeks is that certain books, especially manga series, continuously jostle with each other, sliding up and down the longer list on the strength of a new volume or a spate of purchases for the kiddies. This week: That new Wolverine manga has a strong-ish debut. Is it the only movie tie-in? Canadian Content: You have to wade through an awful lot of translated Japanes 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. Sequential's All-Canadian Top 30 from BookManager 1. (1) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 2. (2) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 3. (5) Nightschool 1, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) 4. (3) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 5. (4) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 6. (6) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 7. (-) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 8. (8) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 9. (7) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 10. (16) Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) ----- 11. (11) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 12. (9) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 13. (13) Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, Doug Wright (D+Q) 14. (19) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 15. (15) Ojingogo, Matt Forsythe (D+Q)19503 16. (10) Baloney, Pascal Blanchet (D+Q) 17. (12) Middle Aged Spread, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 18. (29) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum) 19. (14) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 20. (17) It's a Good Life..., Seth (D+Q) ----- 21. (18) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear) 22. (20) Essex County 1, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 23. (21) I Never Liked You, Chester Brown (D+Q) 24. (22) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear) 25. (23) Shenzhen, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 26. (24) Essex County 2, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 27. (26) Paul Goes Fishing, Rabagliati (D+Q) 28. (27) Spirit 1, Darwyn Cooke (DC) 29. (28) Essex County 3, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 30. (30) the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, tcaf, TCAF09, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, April 30, 2009 Publishing: Never Learn Anything From History by Kate Beaton  Never Learn Anything From History Kate Beaton 68 pages $18 plus shipping buy it here Labels: comic strips, publishing, Toronto, webcomics - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Canadian Bestsellers: April 29 compiled/edited by B. Munn We missed last week, but the list is back in full force this week... The Top 30 Graphic Novels 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. This list has two parts, the top 30 overall and (at the bottom) the top 30 by Canadian creators. See here for last week's list. Last week's rankings are in parentheses. Top 30 Comics and Graphic Novels in Canada 1. (1) Watchmen, Moore/Gibbons (DC) 2. (-) B is for Beer, Tom Robbins (Harper Collins) 3. (3) Naruto 42, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 4. (2) Naruto 44, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 5 (4) Naruto 43, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 6. (5) Fruits Basket 22, Takaya Natsuki (Tokyopop) 7. (6) Vampire Knight 6, Matsuri Hino (VIZ) 8. (-) Garfield Just Desserts, Jim Davis (Random) 9. (7) Naruto 41, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 10. (12) Naruto 39, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) ----- 11. (13) Naruto 38, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 12. (-) Chibi Vampire 13, Yuna Kagesaki (Tokyopop) 13. (10) Manga Metamorphosis, Kozumi Shinozawa (Tyndale) 14. (9) Naruto 40, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 15. (8) Negima! 21, Ken Akamatsu (Random House) 16. (11) Naruto 36, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 17. (18) Naruto 35, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 18. (22) Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure! 2, Ihara Shigekatsu (VIZ) 19. (14) Naruto 37, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 20. (16) Naruto 2, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) ----- 21. (-) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 22. (19) Naruto 1, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 23. (17) Naruto 34, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 24. (15) V for Vendetta, Moore/Lloyd (DC) 25. (27) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 26. (-) Manga Messiah, Kozumi Shinozawa (Tyndale) 27. (21) Rosario+Vampire 6, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ) 28. (-) Daniel X: Alien Hunter, James Patterson et al (Little, Brown) 29. (20) Naruto 33, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) 30. (-) Naruto 3, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ) Standard explanation: The pattern that emerges from looking at these lists over a period of weeks is that certain books, especially manga series, continuously jostle with each other, sliding up and down the longer list on the strength of a new volume or a spate of purchases for the kiddies. Canadian Content: You have to wade through an awful lot of translated Japanes 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. Sequential's All-Canadian Top 30 from BookManager 1. (2) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood) 2. (1) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q) 3. (6) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume) 4. (11) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 5. (-) Night School, Svetlana Chmakova (Yen) 6. (5) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 7. (27) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 8. (3) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 9. (8) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 10. (4) Baloney, Pascal Blanchet (D+Q) ----- 11. (25) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 12. (-) Middle Aged Spread, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 13. (9) Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, Doug Wright (D+Q) 14. (13) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel) 15. (19) Ojingogo, Matt Forsythe (D+Q) 16. (7) Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC) 17. (26) It's a Good Life..., Seth (D+Q) 18. (14) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear) 19. (18) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni) 20. (21) Essex County 1, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) ----- 21. (10) I Never Liked You, Chester Brown (D+Q) 22. (28) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear) 23. (-) Shenzhen, Guy Delisle (D+Q) 24. (16) Essex County 2, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 25. (20) Witness My Shame, Shary Boyle (Conundrum) 26. (23) Paul Goes Fishing, Rabagliati (D+Q) 27. (24) Spirit 1, Darwyn Cooke (DC) 28. (29) Essex County 3, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) 29. (30) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum) 30. the great hopeful someday, Elizabeth Belliveau (Conundrum) ----- Please feel free to comment or email about these lists. Labels: bestsellers, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, manga, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
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