CE 2010: Books
/Here's a look at the top selling "Books" for Comix Experience in 2010, under the cut...
First off, here's the sales charts sorted by PIECES. I'm not doing a lot of cleanup on this, there's garbagey artifacts of the output process (some books have Diamond order codes appended, and so on) -- also ignore all "new Printing" notes, each new printing just overwrites the product description, but I don't feel like cleaning that all up...
This is the top 100 (well, 108, thanks to ties...)
1 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 06 FINEST HOUR 2 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 01 PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE 3 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS 4 WILSON HC 5 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE 6 CHEW TP VOL 01 7 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 02 VS THE WORLD 8 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 12 LIFE AMONG THEM 9 ASTERIOS POLYP GN 10 FABLES TP VOL 13 THE GREAT FABLES CROSSOVER 11 LOVE AND ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP VOL 03 12 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 05 SP VS THE UNIVERSE 13 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 04 SP GETS IT TOGETHER 14 UNWRITTEN TP VOL 01 TOMMY TAYLOR BOGUS IDENTITY TP 15 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US 16 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME 17 BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUS BY ROBERT CRUMB HC 18 KICK ASS PREM HC WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 20 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED (OCT058020) 21 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 03 INFINITE SADNESS
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 13 TOO FAR GONE 23 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS (NEW PTG) (MR) 24 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 06 RETREAT CHEW TP VOL 02 INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR HELLBOY TP VOL 09 WILD HUNT SERENITY SHEPHERDS TALE HC 28 ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 02 EX MACHINA TP VOL 09 RING OUT THE OLD FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE (APR058372) LOEG III CENTURY #1 1910 NEW PTG 32 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN 34 BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP (DEC058055) RICHARD STARKS PARKER THE OUTFIT HC 36 ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY HC #20 DRINKING AT THE MOVIES SC INCOGNITO TP TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01 BACK ON THE STREET WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 02 CYCLES (OCT058281) (MR) 42 SERENITY BETTER DAYS TP NEW PTG Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 07 PAPER DOLLS (FEB060341) (MR) 44 BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC (OCT060163) BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT THE GATE FABLES TP VOL 14 WITCHES FROM HELL TP NEW PTG PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION (MAR050489) WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE WALKING DEAD TP VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS AND WHEREFORES (MAR080241) 52 ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 01 BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC NEW PTG BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME NEW PTG CLUMSY GN SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES (DEC058090) UNWRITTEN TP VOL 02 INSIDE MAN 58 100 BULLETS TP VOL 01 FIRST SHOT LAST CALL (SEP068078) AMAZING SCREW ON HEAD & OTHER CURIOUS OBJECTS HC AMULET SC VOL 01 STONEKEEPER BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC BOYS TP VOL 06 SELF-PRESERVATION SOCIETY BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 05 PREDATOR & PREY COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS TP DMZ TP VOL 08 HEARTS AND MINDS EX MACHINA TP VOL 10 TERM LIMITS R CRUMBS HEROES OF BLUES JAZZ & COUNTRY WITH CD HC RAMAYANA DIVINE LOOPHOLE HC SCALPED TP VOL 06 THE GNAWING WATCHMEN TP (FEB058406) 71 BATMAN AND ROBIN DELUXE HC VOL 01 BATMAN REBORN BLACKSAD HC VOL 01 BOYS TP VOL 01 NAME OF THE GAME CROSSED TP VOL 01 DMZ TP VOL 01 ON THE GROUND (MAR060383) (MR) EIGHTBALL GHOST WORLD TP EX MACHINA TP VOL 08 DIRTY TRICKS HELLBOY TP VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION IGNITION CITY TP VOL 01 LOEG VOL ONE TP (JUL068290) NO HERO TP OTHER LIVES HC PREACHER TP VOL 02 UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD NEW EDITION RICHARD STARKS PARKER THE HUNTER HC WALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE WEATHERCRAFT HC WITCHFINDER IN THE SERVICE OF ANGELS TP VOL 01 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 03 ONE SMALL STEP (MAR068027) (MR) Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 09 MOTHERLAND (FEB070362) (MR) 90 BATWOMAN ELEGY DELUXE EDITION HC BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME CHARLES BURNS X ED OUT GN CHEW TP VOL 03 JUST DESSERTS CHI SWEET HOME GN VOL 01 FABLES TP VOL 03 STORYBOOK LOVE (MAY068085) (MR) FREAKANGELS TP VOL 04 GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL HC HELLBOY TP VOL 10 CROOKED MAN & OTHERS MESMO DELIVERY GN VOL 01 PROMETHEA TP BOOK 01 (APR068028) SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE (APR058268) SCALPED TP VOL 01 INDIAN COUNTRY (MAY070243) (MR) SUPERMAN RED SON TP (NOV058130) SWAMP THING TP VOL 01 SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING (APR058269) THE ARRIVAL GN (C: 1-1-2) UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 02 DALLAS NEW PTG V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP (MR) Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 08 KIMONO DRAGONS (AUG060299) (MR)
I'm pretty happy with the diversity of the list, as always, though clearly Bryan Lee O'Malley and Robert Kirkman are the big big winners of this year's spread.
I'm a retail, so DOLLARS actually kind of matter more to me than QTY does, so here's a top 100 sorted out by dollars sold -- it looks a smidge different...
1 WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 2 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 06 FINEST HOUR 3 WILSON HC 4 ASTERIOS POLYP GN 5 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS 6 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 01 PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE 7 BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUS BY ROBERT CRUMB HC 8 KICK ASS PREM HC 9 FABLES TP VOL 13 THE GREAT FABLES CROSSOVER 10 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 12 LIFE AMONG THEM 11 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE 12 FROM HELL TP NEW PTG 13 CHEW TP VOL 01 14 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 02 VS THE WORLD 15 LOVE AND ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP VOL 03 16 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US 17 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME 18 RICHARD STARKS PARKER THE OUTFIT HC 19 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 05 SP VS THE UNIVERSE 20 HELLBOY TP VOL 09 WILD HUNT 21 ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY HC #20 22 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 04 SP GETS IT TOGETHER 23 RAMAYANA DIVINE LOOPHOLE HC 24 BLACKSAD HC VOL 01 25 COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS TP 26 INCOGNITO TP 27 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS (NEW PTG) (MR) WALKING DEAD TP VOL 13 TOO FAR GONE 29 NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE TP ULTIMATE COLLECTION 30 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 06 RETREAT 31 BATMAN AND ROBIN DELUXE HC VOL 01 BATMAN REBORN OTHER LIVES HC 33 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED (OCT058020) 34 WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER HC 35 UNWRITTEN TP VOL 01 TOMMY TAYLOR BOGUS IDENTITY TP 36 SERENITY SHEPHERDS TALE HC 37 RICHARD STARKS PARKER THE HUNTER HC 38 BLACKEST NIGHT HC DAVE MCKEAN CAGES TP 40 CROSSED TP VOL 01 41 SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES (DEC058090) 42 EX MACHINA TP VOL 09 RING OUT THE OLD 43 ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 01 ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 03 (JAN080242) 45 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE 46 FABLES TP VOL 14 WITCHES 47 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN 48 CHEW TP VOL 02 INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR 49 BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP (DEC058055) 50 BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC NEW PTG 51 SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 03 INFINITE SADNESS 52 ABSOLUTE DEATH HC 53 WASTELAND APOCALYPTIC ED HC VOL 01 54 WATCHMEN TP (FEB058406) 55 R CRUMBS HEROES OF BLUES JAZZ & COUNTRY WITH CD HC 56 ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 02 57 LOST GIRLS HC 58 Y THE LAST MAN DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01 59 TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01 BACK ON THE STREET WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER 61 BLANKETS GN 62 BOYS TP VOL 06 SELF-PRESERVATION SOCIETY WEATHERCRAFT HC 64 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT THE GATE 65 BEST AMERICAN COMICS HC 2010 66 BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC 67 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 07 PAPER DOLLS (FEB060341) (MR) 68 MORE THAN COMPLETE ACTION PHILOSOPHERS TP 69 PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION (MAR050489) 70 DRINKING AT THE MOVIES SC 71 WALKING DEAD HC VOL 05 72 BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME IGNITION CITY TP VOL 01 NO HERO TP SWAMP THING TP VOL 01 SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING (APR058269) THE ARRIVAL GN (C: 1-1-2) V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP (MR) 78 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME NEW PTG 79 BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC (OCT060163) WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE 81 CHARLES BURNS X ED OUT GN 82 SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE (APR058268) 83 OMEGA THE UNKNOWN PREM HC 84 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS AND WHEREFORES (MAR080241) 85 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 02 CYCLES (OCT058281) (MR) 86 FREAKANGELS TP VOL 04 87 BONE ONE VOL ED SC 88 DMZ TP VOL 08 HEARTS AND MINDS 89 BATWOMAN ELEGY DELUXE EDITION HC 90 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN HC VOL 01 91 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 05 PREDATOR & PREY 92 AMAZING SCREW ON HEAD & OTHER CURIOUS OBJECTS HC 93 BOYS TP VOL 01 NAME OF THE GAME 94 WEDNESDAY COMICS HC 95 FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE (APR058372) 96 FLIGHT GN VOL 07 97 SUPERMAN RED SON TP (NOV058130) 98 HELLBOY TP VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION 99 UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 02 DALLAS NEW PTG 100 DARK TOWER FALL OF GILEAD PREM HC
I'm rather proud of my Top 10, actually (especially considering that GENESIS came out LAST Christmas...) -- I also love that the WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM soars right up to #1, when looking at dollars...that's what a $60 cover price can do for you! (well, if you're Kirkman, that probably won't work for YOU...)
Anyway, I'm always up for your commentary on these lists...
-B
