The Indie Comics & Graphic Works Bestseller List
Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 18, 2012.
1. Habibi
Craig Thompson, Pantheon, $35, 9780375424144
2. Hark! A Vagrant
Kate Beaton, Drawn & Quarterly, $19.95, 9781770460607
3. The Adventures of TinTin in the Land of the Soviets
Hergé, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316003742
4. Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How It Works
Jonathan Gruber, Nathan Schreiber (Illus.), Hill & Wang, $13.95, 9780809053971
5. Watchmen
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, DC Comics, $19.99, 9780930289232
6. The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True
Richard Dawkins, Dave McKean (Illus.), Free Press, $29.99, 9781439192818
7. The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye
Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore (Illus.), Image Comics, $9.99, 9781582406725
8. Feynman
Jim Ottaviani, Leland Myrick (Illus.), First Second, $29.99, 9781596432598
9. Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes From 50 Celebrated Cartoonists
Chris Duffy (Ed.), First Second, $18.99, 9781596436008
10. V for Vendetta
Alan Moore, David Lloyd (Illus.), Vertigo, $19.99, 9781401208417
11. The Best American Comics
Alison Bechdel (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780547333625
12. The Walking Dead, Volume 15: We Find Ourselves
Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illus.), Image Comics, $14.99, 9781607064404
13. The Walking Dead, Volume 2: Miles Behind Us
Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illus.), Image Comics, $14.99, 9781582407753
14. My Friend Dahmer
Derf Backderf, Abrams Comicarts, $17.95, 9781419702174
15. Metamaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $35, 9780375423949
16. Naruto, Volume 54
Masashi Kishimoto, Masashi Kishimoto (Illus.), Viz Media, $9.99, 9781421541020
17. Explorer: The Mystery Boxes
Kazu Kibuishi (Ed.), Amulet, $10.95, 9781419700095
18. Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life
Bryan Lee O’Malley, Oni Press, $11.99, 9781932664089
19. The Adventures of Hergé
Jose-Louis Bocquet, et al., Stanislas Barthélémy (Illus.), Drawn & Quarterly, $19.95, 9781770460591
20. The Cartoon Guide to Calculus
Larry Gonick, Morrow, $18.99, 9780061689093
21. DC Comics: The Ultimate Character Guide
Brandon T. Snider, DK Publishing, $16.99, 9780756682613
22. The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $35, 9780679406419
23. American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9780312384487
24. Logicomix
Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou, Bloomsbury, $22.95, 9781596914520
25. The Walking Dead, Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars
Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Illus.), Image Comics, $14.99, 9781582408057