ICv2 has the Bookscan chart, which tracks graphic novels sold in bookstores, and this week brings a surprise: American comics! Well, more American comics than usual, with titles from both DC and Marvel making the top ten. I’ve unscrambled the list for your convenience:
1. Kingdom Hearts, vol. 1
2. Naruto, vol. 11
3. Hana Kimi, vol. 14
4. Loveless, vol. 3
5. The Marvel Encyclopedia
6. Bleach, vol. 15
7. Naruto, vol. 1
8. Dramacon, vol. 2
9. Infinite Crisis
10. Naruto, vol. 2
It’s worth noting that volume 1 of Bleach is number 13 on the list, presumably illustrating that “Cartoon Network effect” we’ve been hearing about. And every volume of Naruto is somewhere in the top 25.
About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started
MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for
School Library Journal,
Publishers Weekly Comics Week,
Comic Book Resources, the
Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and
Robot 6. She also edits the
Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
