Chris Ware's Building Stories (from Pantheon Books) remains at #4, for its fourth month in the top five.
Sailor Moon Vol. 9 (from Kodansha Comics) was the top manga at #6 and the top new title on the list. It was one of five manga titles in the Top 20, up from two last month.
Image Comic's Saga Vol. 1 moved up from #12 to #8 this month, demonstrating remarkable legs.
Zondervan's The Book of Revelation, a graphic novel adaptation of the last book of the Bible, hit the chart at #9 in its third month of release.
BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in January 2013 | |||
Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
1 | THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 17 | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
2 | THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 2 | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
3 | THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 1 | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
4 | BUILDING STORIES HC | CHRIS WARE | PANTHEON BOOKS |
5 | THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
6 | SAILOR MOON VOL. 9 | NAOKO TAKEUCHI | KODANSHA COMICS |
7 | FABLES VOL. 18 | BILL WILLINGHAM | VERTIGO |
8 | SAGA VOL. 1 | BRIAN K. VAUGHAN | IMAGE COMICS |
9 | THE BOOK OF REVELATION | CHRIS KOELLE | ZONDERVAN |
10 | WATCHMEN | ALAN MOORE | DC COMICS |
11 | MAXIMUM RIDE VOL. 6 | NARAE LEE | YEN PRESS |
12 | FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC | ALISON BECHDEL | MARINER BOOKS |
13 | NARUTO VOL. 59 | MASASHI KISHIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
14 | THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 2 HC | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
15 | BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS | FRANK MILLER | DC COMICS |
16 | THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 2 | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
17 | BLACK BUTLER VOL. 12 | YANA TOBOSO | YEN PRESS |
18 | BLEACH VOL. 54 | TITE KUBO | VIZ MEDIA |
19 | DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER--MAN IN BLACK HC | PETER DAVID | MARVEL COMICS |
20 | AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER--THE PROMISE PART 3 | GENE YANG | DARK HORSE |