Tuesday, March 23, 2010  
Canadian Bestsellers: March Break Edition

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/23/2010 12:01:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)

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   Sunday, March 21, 2010  
Congratulations to Robert & Jenn

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/21/2010 02:36:00 PM
Congratulations to Robert Haines, Associate Director of the Joe Shuster Awards, and Jenn Stewart, owner of The Dragon comic shop and coordinator of the Shuster's Comics for Kids Award, who were married Saturday, March 20!



(the google image search I did for relevant images kicked up things like this and this initially --not exactly representations of marital bliss, so I had to get creative)

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   Wednesday, March 10, 2010  
Canadian Bestsellers: March 10 Edition

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/10/2010 12:01:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

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   Wednesday, March 03, 2010  
Christopher Butcher Liveblogging The Feb 2010 Previews

:: Posted by max @ 3/03/2010 04:47:00 AM
Christopher Butcher's blow by blow walk through of previews are a new pleasure for me, some interesting highlights: IDW get's one of Christopher's picks for book-of-the-month, SWORD OF MY MOUTH, the new graphic novel from Jim Munroe and Shanon Gerard. KILL SHAKESPEARE's writer puts in some over time to make sure he mentioned their new book with Andy is coming out, and much more fun. Read the whole blog here - Part 1 & Part 2.

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   Tuesday, February 23, 2010  
Canadian Bestsellers: Vancouver Olympics Edition

:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/23/2010 02:52:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.





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   Wednesday, February 17, 2010  
Canadian Bestsellers: Valentine's Edition

:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/17/2010 01:12:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.



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   Wednesday, December 23, 2009  
Canadian Bestsellers: December 23

:: Posted by Bryan @ 12/23/2009 01:50:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)


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   Tuesday, December 08, 2009  
Indy Comic Book Week: December 30th

:: Posted by Bryan @ 12/08/2009 11:19:00 AM


A few cartoonist acitivists have invented a new even to fill the gap in comic book stores during the last week of December:

Indy Comic Book Week is not only an event, but also a call to action.

Diamond Comic Distributors announced they will not ship any new comics for the last week of December. This company is the primary distributor of comic books in North America. What some would call a sad week without our favorite mainstream titles, we are calling an opportunity. This vacancy allows independent and small press comic book creators to claim this week as their own.

We challenge writers and artists to self publish new material for this week, and offer it to their local stores. We ask for retailers to take this as an opportunity to showcase local independent talent on the new release shelves. We encourage fans to break from their buying habits and try something new.

Raise your fist and proudly declare that comic books are more than an industry, more than a handful of corporations – it is a creative outlet for independent-minded artists and storytellers. This last week of 2009 belongs to you. Power to the people. Right on.

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Canadian Bestsellers: December 8

:: Posted by Bryan @ 12/08/2009 12:01:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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*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.


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   Tuesday, December 01, 2009  
Canadian Bestsellers: December 1

:: Posted by Bryan @ 12/01/2009 02:00:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)

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   Tuesday, November 17, 2009  
Canadian Bestsellers: November 17

:: Posted by Bryan @ 11/17/2009 12:52:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)


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   Tuesday, November 10, 2009  
Canadian Bestsellers: November 10

:: Posted by Bryan @ 11/10/2009 02:50:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)


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   Monday, November 09, 2009  
AN AFTERNOON IN PARADISE WITH LEONARD KIRK

:: Posted by max @ 11/09/2009 06:00:00 AM
Co: a facebook event!

Paradise Comics celebrates the latest work of Leonard Kirk !

"From the dust of UTOPIA comes DARK X-MEN! Never one to say “die”, Norman Osborn is keeping what’s left of HIS X-Men alive. MYSTIQUE! DARK BEAST! WEAPON OMEGA! MIMIC! They are the public face of mutants in an Osborn world. And what a face they are! But what does Nate Grey, A.K.A. X-MAN, have to do with it? The critically acclaimed team of PAUL CORNELL (BLACK WIDOW, TV’s Dr. Who) and Leonard Kirk (CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13) take on the world of X!"

Saturday, November 14, 2009
2:00pm - 6:00pm
Paradise Comics
3278 Yonge street
Toronto, ON
4164879807
paradisecomics@wiznet.ca

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   Friday, September 18, 2009  
This Weekend: The Dragon Grand Re-Opening, Guelph

:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/18/2009 01:22:00 AM
Local News Dept.

My own local comic book shop has recently relocated from its old street-front location to a new spot inside a downtown mall. Congratulations to the Dragon from sequentila on the move and the 11th anniversary. Here's the lowdown on the star-studded re-opening they are having this Saturday:

We're busily putting together a great event to celebrate not only our grand opening, but also our 11th anniversary! On the 19th, from 11-4, we will have Stuart Immonen (Ultimate Spiderman, Nextwave, Ultimate Fantastic Four), Kathryn Immonen (Patsy Walker Hellcat, Runaways), Lar DeSouza (Least I Could Do, Looking for Group), Scott Chantler (Northwest Passage, Hawaiian Dick), Dale Keown (Pitt, Hulk), Jay Stephens (Owl Magazine, Secret Saturdays), and Nick Postic (Secret Invasion Home Invasion, Impaler)!
Stuart will even be sketching for the Hero Initiative with the following requirements: A minimum $25 donation, head sketches only, and only in a bound sketchbook or TPB/HC book.
Please note: Stuart and Kathryn Immonen will only be appearing from 11:30-3:00!
There's a big Magic tournament on the 20th!

And of course, our 11th anniversary SALE will run all three days! Stay tuned for more info!


Saturday, Sept. 19
11am-4pm
The Dragon
Old Quebec Street Mall
55 Wyndham Street North, Unit T12
Guelph, Ontario

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   Sunday, July 19, 2009  
Comic Shop Owner Accused of Voyeurism

:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/19/2009 02:34:00 AM
According to a Toronto Sun article, the owner of Dragon's Realm comic shop near Canada's Wonderland was arrested on charges of voyeurism. Specifically, it is alleged he spied on and videotaped women customers who used his washroom. This is a doubly rare crime, since most comic book shops rarely attract women and even fewer have washrooms fit for human use. As a matter of fact, I am launching a new Sequential contest: "my Comic Book Store has the Cleanest, Most Camera-Free Washroom and at least 50% of My Customers are Female". The prize package includes copies of Glamourpuss, the 2008 Minx free sampler, and Spree, A Cultural History of Shopping by Pamela Klaffke.

MAPLE -- A comic book store owner is accused of voyeurism after police say he was caught using a hidden camera to spy on a woman in the store's washroom.

Officers were called to Dragon's Realm in the Norwood Plaza at 9661 Jane St., just south of Major Mackenzie Dr., around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday after the young woman's boyfriend found a video camera, York police alleged.

"Nobody should ever be subjected to something like this," Const. Laurie Perks said yesterday.

The young couple, both 21, went to the store to pick up some comics they had ordered, Perks said.

While they were in the store, the woman asked to use the restroom. As she walked to the back of the store, the owner allegedly followed behind and entered an adjoining room.

"The woman's boyfriend thought the owner's behaviour was suspicious, so he decided to walk to the back of the store to investigate," Perks claims.

That's when he found a video camera mounted on a tripod in the room next door, police alleged.

The couple confronted the store owner and there was a physical altercation but nobody was seriously hurt, Perks said.

The store owner was arrested without incident.

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   Monday, July 13, 2009  
Toronto: Pages Books to Close

:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/13/2009 02:11:00 AM



Sad news this weekend from Pages Books owner Mark Glassman: the store will be closing August 31. Long known as a major supporter of the arts and letters scene in Toronto, Glassman an his store are victims of sky-rocketing rents and the transformation of Queen West.

The store, located at 256 Queen St W, was once at the cultural heart of Toronto and developed a wonderful art and cultural studies selection. Comics (including many local minicomics) were featured prominently and for many (including myself), the store may have been their first exposure to young artists like Nick Mandaag and Jason Kieffer. Most recently, cartoonist Michael Cho was hired to redesign the store's graphics. The store is seeking a new location.

Glassman has issued the following statement:

Pages books & magazines, in Toronto's Queen West neighbourhood, will close its doors on August 31st. Sky rocketing rent at the city-owned property is behind the move. "When we opened on the corner of Queen and John 30 years ago, it was where artists lived and worked," says proprietor Marc Glassman, who heads up the Queen West Business Improvement Association. "Now our neighbours are CTV, The Gap, and Club Monaco."

Glassman has conducted an exhaustive two-year search for an alternative location, but nothing appropriate has appeared on the market. "I am open to suggestions," he says. "But with the e-book revolution steaming ahead we need a space that accommodates more than just retail."

Pages specializes in literature, art, film, and photography, and is noted for its selection of Eastern Philosophy, the social sciences, and pop culture. It pioneered cultural theory and small press sections, and the store was an early supporter of 'zines and graphic novels. A meeting place for intellectuals, journalists, filmmakers, and designers, Pages has always been more than a bookstore. Glassman was honoured with a Toronto Arts Award for literature in 2000. "It acknowledged for me the store's impact on the cultural life of the city," he says.

Passionate for avant garde expression, Glassman was charged with obscenity in 1985, over a feminist art display in the store window. Thanks to community support and a vigorous defense, the Criminal Code's definition of obscenity was overturned. "We live in a more open society today because we fought for it then," says Glassman.

Called a "one man cultural industry" by Toronto Life Magazine, Glassman has always been more than a bookseller. He has programmed films for Harbourfront, Hot Docs, and the NFB, and is a founder of the Images Festival and the Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film. He edits both POV and Montage magazines, contributes weekly film reviews to Classical 96.3 FM, and has produced hundreds of events over the years featuring everyone from Graham Roumieu to Margaret Atwood.

Six years ago Glassman started a programme called This Is Not A Reading Series (TINARS), which features onstage performances and events (but no readings!) by writers and artists, hosted in various venues throughout the city. The public loves it and the shows will continue in the fall, produced by Glassman and a new non-profit organization, The Force for Cultural Events Production, Inc, and stylishly coordinated by Chris Reed. This year additional support has come from the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council. "We're thrilled to be recognized as an emerging force for arts presentations," say Glassman. "Support by the Councils reinforces our desire to make TINARS an even more amazing experience."

Glassman is unhappy the store will be closing because of the impact it will have on his staff, client base, and community. But he plans to build upon the success of TINARS as he moves into the future. "I have to see this as an opportunity," he says. Old business models are crumbling, but "new technologies will not eliminate books as objects. Beautifully produced books, art books, graphic novels, and books signed by authors will always have a place." He wants to find a location where both retail and events can occur. "That dream will be pursued and hopefully come to fruition in the near future," promises Glassman.

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   Thursday, June 18, 2009  
Canadian Bestsellers: Summer Solstice Edition

:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/18/2009 09:00:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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   Friday, June 05, 2009  
Sequential Bestsellers: Shorter Version

:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/05/2009 07:00:00 AM
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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)
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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)


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   Tuesday, May 19, 2009  
Sequential Bestsellers: May 20 (Spring Books Edition)

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/19/2009 03:53:00 PM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)


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   Wednesday, May 06, 2009  
Canadian Bestsellers: May 6 (TCAF Edition)

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/06/2009 01:35:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)

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   Friday, May 01, 2009  
This Saturday: Free Comic Book Day in Canada

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/01/2009 08:00:00 AM

The annual Free Comic Book Day, when comic book shops across Canada give away special promotional comics, happens Saturday, May 2. Below is a partial list of shops where special events are happening. See the individual shops or the FCBD website for details.

Another Dimension
424 B - 10th Street NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1V9
(403) 283-7078
Riley Rossmo (Proof, Seven Sons GN)
Comic-Kazi
4307 Macleod Tr SW
Calgary, Alberta T2G 0A1
(403) 286-0544
Marcus To (Fathom: Kiani)
Rove (Legend of Isis)
plus other local talents and artists
501st Legion
Star War Fan Force will also be in attendance

Happy Harbor Comics Vol 1
10112-124 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5N 1P6
(780) 452-8211
Gail Simone (Wonder Woman, Secret Six)
Ed the Sock and Liana K (Ed N Red’s Night Party!)
Plus local artists drawing for fans with a donation to the Edmonton Food Bank


Happy Harbor Comics Vol 2
180 Manning Crossing
Edmonton, Alberta
(780) 478-8211
Ty Templeton (Simpsons, DC Kids Sampler FCBD 2009)
Laurie B (Monk’s Tale, animator)


Happy Harbor Comics Vol 3
10326-81 Ave.
Edmonton, Alberta
(780) 496-8277
Steve Rolston (Emiko Superstar, Queen & Country)
Fiona Staples (Authority: Jack Hawksmoor, Astonishing Tales Spider-Woman)

Comic Encounters
#102-4435 Lakelse Avenue
Terrace, British Columbia V8G 1P1
(250) 638-7293
Signings are scheduled from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Sean Mcquaid (Marvel writer, Official Handbooks of the Marvel Universe, Marvel Westerns #1)
Scott Closter (Th3rd World Studios writer, Space Doubles)

Elfsar Comics & Toys
1007 Hamilton St.
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5T4
(604) 688-5922
Kaare Andrews (Spider-Man: Reign; 1 PM – 4 PM)
Camilla D’Errico (Nightmares & Fairy Tales, Burn & Avril Levignes Make 5 11 AM – 7 PM)
Sean O’Reilly (Arcana Studios’ Kade; 11 am – 7 PM)
Daryl Mandryk (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic and one of Radical Publishing’s 2009 FCBD; 12 noon – 4 PM)
Elfsar will have our popular storewide sale on as well.
Buy 2-Get 1 Free on all reading material!
Save 20% Off All non-reading material!

Comic Connection
895 King St. W
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 1K5
(905) 522-2357
1pm - 2:30pm
KEN LASHLEY (artist for Black Panther 2)


Lookin' for Heroes
93 Ontario St.S.
Kitchener , Ontario N2G1X5
(519) 570-0873
From 1 PM - 4 PM:
Mel Taylor (Growing up with comics,Caliber Presents,Negative Burn,Bootleg Comics)
Richard Zajac (G.I. Joe,Thoughtless,Elsinore,100 Girls)
From 3 PM - 5 PM:
Alphonso Espinos (All Jack City, The Night Spike)


Paradise Comics
3278 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 487-9807
David Bruins & Hilary Leung (the team behind Ninja, Cowboy, Bear)
J. Torres (Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Wonder Woman & Wonder Girl for DC Comics, Degrassi: Extra Credit for Simon & Schuster, Ninja Scroll for WildStorm)

Stadium Comics
499 Main Street South, Unit #104
Brampton, Ontario L6Y 1N7
(905) 451-3751
Francis Manapul (Legion of Superheroes, Adventure Comics, Superman/Batman)
Alex Milne (Transformers The Movie, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Alliance, The Reign of Starscream, Megatron Origin)
Vince Sunico (Spent Pencil Studio)
George Todorovski (Heavy Metal Magazine, The Bear Stories)
Agnes Garbowska (Peach and the Isle of Monsters)
Chris Hatzopolous (The Bear Stories)
Marcio Takara (The Incredibles, Dynamo 5)
Arnold Trinidad (Spent Pencil Studio)
Daniele Procacci
Super-Heroes in costume from www.Heroes-in-tights.com

The Hobby Centre/The Cave Comics
6-33 Roydon Place
Ottawa, Ontario K2E 1A3
(613) 288-1299
Ronn Sutton (Fear Agent, Elvira, Vampira)
Janet Hetherington (Eternal Romance, Elvira, Monster Love)
Come see costumed crime-fighters -- Spider-Man, Batman, Star Wars characters and more!


8th Street Books & Comics
1010 8th Street East
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan 343 6624
Tom Grummett (New Exiles, Robin, Superboy) will be doing sketches at the store from 1 PM - 5 PM.

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   Thursday, April 30, 2009  
Canadian Bestsellers: April 29

:: Posted by Bryan @ 4/30/2009 05:59:00 AM
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)


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   Friday, April 17, 2009  
Canadian Comics Bestsellers: April 16

:: Posted by Bryan @ 4/17/2009 02:10:00 AM
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Running a little late (again) 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. Sales through 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. (4) Naruto 44, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
3. (8) Naruto 42, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
4. (7) Naruto 43, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
5. (2) Fruits Basket 22, Takaya Natsuki (Tokyopop)
6. (3) Vampire Knight 6, Matsuri Hino (VIZ)
7. (6) Naruto 41, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
8. (5) Negima! 21, Ken Akamatsu (Random House)
9. (9) Naruto 40, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
10. (-) Manga Metamorphosis, Kozumi Shinozawa (Tyndale)
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11. (13) Naruto 36, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
12. (12) Naruto 39, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
13. (10) Naruto 38, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
14. (11) Naruto 37, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
15. (26) V for Vendetta, Moore/Lloyd (DC)
16. (-) Naruto 2, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
17. (14) Naruto 34, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
18. (15) Naruto 35, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
19. (-) Naruto 1, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
20. (-) Naruto 33, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
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21. (16) Rosario+Vampire 6, Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ)
22. (24) Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure! 2, Ihara Shigekatsu (VIZ)
23. (17) Killing Joke, Moore/Bolland (DC)
24. (23) Kitchen Princess 9, Natsumi Ando Miyuki Kobayashi (Random House)
25. (18) Bleach 26, Tite Kubo (VIZ)
26. (19) What It Is, Lynda Barry (D+Q)
27. (20) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
28. (-) NORA 4, Kazunari Kakei (VIZ)
29. (21) Naruto 7, Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ)
30. (-) Naruto 31, 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. This week: The big puzzler is number 10, the Christian comic Manga Metamorphis. Published last August, it has never been on the list before and makes me doubt the veracity of Bookmanager's system. Did someone just buy 20 copies of this? (The prequel, Manga Messiah, is at #67 or thereabouts, so maybe this is the case.)

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) Louis Riel, Chester Brown (D+Q)
2. (2) Skim, Mariko Tamaki/Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood)
3. (3) Home Sweat Home, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
4. (30) Baloney, Pascal Blanchet (D+Q)
5. (5) Scott Pilgrim 5, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
6. (4) Big Foot, Graham Roumieu (Plume)
7. (6) Plain Janes, Castelucci/Rugg (Minx/DC)
8. (8) Pyongyang, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
9. (-) Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, Doug Wright (D+Q)
10. (-) I Never Liked You, Chester Brown (D+Q)
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11. (7) The Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle (D+Q)
12. (10) Scott Pilgrim 1, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
13. (12) Senior's Discount, Lynn Johnston (Andrews McMeel)
14. (20) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear)
15. (-) Kaspar, Diane Obomsawin (D+Q)
16. (17) Essex County 2, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
17. (19) In Me Own Words (Bigfoot), Graham Roumieu (Plume)
18. (21) Scott Pilgrim 2, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
19. (23) Ojingogo, Matt Forsythe (D+Q)
20. (-) Witness My Shame, Shary Boyle (Conundrum)
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21. (9) Essex County 1, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
22. (11) Dramacon Ultimate Edition, Svetlana Chmakova (Tokyopop)
23. (13) Paul Goes Fishing, Rabagliati (D+Q)
24. (15) Spirit 1, Darwyn Cooke (DC)
25. (14) Scott Pilgrim 3, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
26. (16) It's a Good Life..., Seth (D+Q)
27. (18) Scott Pilgrim 4, Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni)
28. (-) Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws: The Voyageurs, Chad Solomon (Little Spirit Bear)
29. (22) Essex County 3, Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
30. (24) Drop-In, Dave Lapp (Conundrum)

Analysis: Pascal Blanchett was interviewed on the same episode of CBC's Q radio program as the now-infamous Billy Bob Thronton rant, which may account for the book suddenly shooting up the charts. A strong debut for the translation of Kaspar and for the Doug Wright collection, my vote of 'book of the year'.

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