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)
(note: previous rank in parentheses)
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