So, there were 141 new releases on Diamond's March 2014 Top 300 Graphic Books chart. Just a quick overview of them this month, there's some stuff I want to get into when we have a month where there are more new books listed, not as much backlist, unless the type of liquidation sale flood we've seen the last few months is the new normal. The books that made the chart this month can be broken down into five categories for more easy mental digestion.
There are 24 manga books from the major manga publishers, Viz, Kodansha, Yen and Seven Seas. The best selling ones are the two first volumes of the ATTACK ON TITAN spin-off books. There are also a few manga books from the other publishers, like Dark Horse and Fantagraphics. I have to admit my knowledge of manga is pretty spotty, so you won't see much on this blog about these books.
Marvel had 34 entries, a bit of a heavy month for them, starting with ALL NEW X-MEN TP VOL 02 HERE TO STAY. Last month's breakdown has more detail on a typical Marvel month.
DC has a typical month, with 27 entries on the list, topped by the hardcover JUSTICE LEAGUE TRINITY WAR HC. You can see last month's breakdown for a more detailed look at DC's current graphic books publishing line. The top Vertigo book was AMERICAN VAMPIRE TP VOL 05.
The other three publishers that Diamond classifies as "premier publishers" form a convenient group, and they collectively have 29 entries, 10 from Dark Horse, 7 from IDW and 12 from Image. The top two are the latest volumes of WALKING DEAD and SAGA from Image, with over 25k and 21k respectively. That's a pretty unusually high sell-in for anything. WALKING DEAD has had first month sell-ins of over 20k since volume 14 (and more relevantly, since shortly after the TV show began), it's a first for SAGA. Dark Horse's top book is the latest AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER book and IDW's is a collection of Batman newspaper strips.
That leaves the ever popular "Other" as the catch-all for 27 other books, led by NEMO ROSES OF BERLIN HC, the latest LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN book as the top book. Here's the full list:
NEMO ROSES OF BERLIN HC (TOP) : 8777 copies
ADVENTURE TIME ORIGINAL GN VOL 03 SEEING RED (BOO) : 4288 copies
GAME OF THRONES HC GN VOL 03 (RAN) : 1946 copies
SONIC MEGA MAN WORLDS COLLIDE TP VOL 02 (ARC) : 1840 copies
CROSSED TP VOL 08 (AVA) : 1541 copies
UBER TP VOL 01 (AVA) : 1410 copies
UNITY TP VOL 01 TO KILL A KING (VAL) : 1237 copies
QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 02 IN SECURITY (VAL) : 1092 copies
CANNON WALLY WOOD TP (FAN) : 1071 copies
GARTH ENNIS RED TEAM TP VOL 01 SEASON ONE (DE) : 1047 copies
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 15 (ZEN) : 1013 copies
HELHEIM TP VOL 01 WITCH WAR (ONI) : 965 copies
GFT WONDERLAND TP VOL 04 (ZEN) : 885 copies
OCCUPY COMICS TP (BLA) : 883 copies
PEANUTS TP VOL 03 (BOO) : 787 copies
GFT OZ HC (ZEN) : 751 copies
SIMON & KIRBY HC LIBRARY HORROR (RAN) : 746 copies
SMURFS GN VOL 17 LAZY SMURF (NBM) : 730 copies
OKKO HC VOL 04 CYCLE OF FIRE (BOO) : 727 copies
WALT KELLY POGO COMP DELL COMICS HC VOL 01 (HER) : 606 copies
LORDS OF MARS TP VOL 01 (DE) : 604 copies
SUICIDE RISK TP VOL 02 (BOO) : 584 copies
NIJIGAHARA HOLOGRAPH HC (FAN) : 574 copies
SHADOW GREEN HORNET TP VOL 01 DARK NIGHTS (DE) : 539 copies
ROBOCOP TP VOL 02 LAST STAND PT 1 (BOO) : 508 copies
BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS BETTY & VERONICA TP VOL 01 (ARC) : 508 copies
SHADOW TP VOL 03 LIGHT O/T WORLD (DE) : 507 copies
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