‘Watchmen’ Top BookScan Charts for November
It’s little surprise that the Watchmen toped BookScan’s list of Top 20 Graphic Novels for November for the fifth month in a row. In a report at ICv2, it was noted the book actually hit the Top 10 list twice with the paperback edition of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ story atop the list and the new hardcover edition in the sixth spot.
Eight of the 20 spots belong to traditional graphic novels with the remaining dozen spots nabbed, as expected, by Manga releases, led by Fruits Basket Vol. 21 in second place. DC’s Joker original tale debuted in fourth place and gave the publisher three of the Top 10 spots. Marvel had no titles in the Top 20 although DK’s holiday book Marvel Chronicle debuted in 17th place. Similarly, Running Press’ wonderful DC Vault appeared in 15th place.
BookScan’s report of bookstore sales is an incomplete picture of the book business but used as a measuring stick by publishers and retailers.
Rank Title Author Pub PubDate
1 WATCHMEN TPB ALAN MOORE DC 4/1/95
2 FRUITS BASKET VOL. 21 NATSUKI TAKAYA TKP 11/1/08
3 NARUTO VOL. 32 MASASHI KISHIMOTO VIZ 12/1/08
4 THE JOKER BRIAN AZZARELLO DC 11/1/08
5 YU-GI-OH! GX VOL. 2 NAOYUKI KAGEYAMA VIZ 11/1/08
6 WATCHMEN HC ALAN MOORE DC 11/1/08
7 NARUTO VOL. 31 MASASHI KISHIMOTO VIZ 9/1/08
8 HELLSING VOL. 9 KOHTA HIRANO DHC 10/1/08
9 CHIBI VAMPIRE VOL. 11 YUNA KAGESAKI TKP 11/1/08
10 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 VOL. 3 DREW GODDARD DHC 10/1/08
11 OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB VOL. 11 BISCO HATORI VIZ 11/1/08
12 THE DRESDEN FILES: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE HC JIM BUTCHER DEL 10/1/08
13 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST VOL. 17 HIROMU ARAKAWA VIZ 10/1/08
14 TSUBASA VOL. 19 WILLIAM FLANAGAN DEL 11/1/08
15 THE DC VAULT: A MUSEUM-IN-A-BOOK MARTIN PASKO RPB 10/1/08
16 BLEACH: SOULS OFFICIAL CHARACTER BOOK TITE KUBO VIZ 11/1/08
17 MARVEL CHRONICLE BREVOORT, DEFALCO DK 11/1/08
18 D.GRAY-MAN VOL. 11 KATSURA HOSHINO VIZ 11/1/08
19 VAMPIRE KNIGHT VOL. 5 MATSURI HINO VIZ 9/1/08
20 BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SPEC. ED. HC ALAN MOORE DC 3/1/08