Fantagraphics’ My Favorite Things Is Monsters, by Emil Ferris, made an impressive debut in the February Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by NPD BookScan, appearing for the first time at #8.  This first published work by Ferris is getting rapturous reviews, with ICv2 columnist Rob Salkowitz, writing for Forbes, describing the work as "one of the most profound, ambitious and accomplished creative works to appear in any medium this decade."  Word is apparently getting out, because this $39.99 386-page tome by an unknown creator had to move some copies to beat graphic novels by DC Comics and Marvel and manga by VIZ Media at launch.  It will be interesting to see what kind of staying power this title has.  The second half of this massive work will be out in Volume 2 in October.

March was still sitting on the top of the chart, given new life by the Trump tweetstorm that put Congressman John Lewis into the headlines.  Book 3 is still absent from the chart, as it was last month (see "January BookScan--Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels"), although as of this writing it’s finally back in stock.

On the manga front, My Hero Academia, now at Volume 7, showed surprising strength by topping the latest new volumes of three other VIZ series, including Tokyo Ghoul, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures, and One Piece, and taking the #3 slot over-all.

Superhero publishers Marvel and DC Comics each had three titles in the Top 20 with Marvel’s Civil War II, barely on the chart at #20, the only new title.

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in February 2017
Rank	Title	Author	Publisher
1	MARCH: BOOK ONE	JOHN LEWIS	TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
2	MARCH (TRILOGY SLIPCASE SET)	JOHN LEWIS	TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
3	MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 7	KOHEI HORIKOSHI	VIZ MEDIA
4	TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 11	SUI ISHIDA	VIZ MEDIA
5	THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 2	AKIRA HIMEKAWA	VIZ MEDIA
6	MARCH: BOOK TWO	JOHN LEWIS	TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
7	THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL.1	AKIRA HIMEKAWA	VIZ MEDIA
8	MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS	EMIL FERRIS	FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
9	BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED	ALAN MOORE	DC COMICS
10	STAR WARS VOL. 4	JASON AARON	MARVEL COMICS
11	ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 10	YUSUKE MURATA	VIZ MEDIA
12	MONSTRESS VOL. 1	MARJORIE LIU	IMAGE COMICS
13	NIGHTWING VOL. 1 (REBIRTH)	TIM SEELEY	DC COMICS
14	JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE VOL. 2 HC	HIROHIKO ARAKI	VIZ MEDIA
15	FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC	ALISON BECHDEL	MARINER BOOKS
16	BATMAN VOL. 1 (REBIRTH)	TOM KING	DC COMICS
17	LOVE IS LOVE	PHIL JIMENEZ	IDW PUBLISHING
18	ONE PIECE VOL. 81	EIICHIRO ODA	VIZ MEDIA
19	BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1	TA-NEHISI COATES	MARVEL COMICS
20	CIVIL WAR II HC	BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS	MARVEL COMICS

For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."