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.
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BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in January 2013 |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 17 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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2 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 2 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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3 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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4 |
BUILDING STORIES HC |
CHRIS WARE |
PANTHEON BOOKS |
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5 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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6 |
SAILOR MOON VOL. 9 |
NAOKO TAKEUCHI |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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7 |
FABLES VOL. 18 |
BILL WILLINGHAM |
VERTIGO |
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8 |
SAGA VOL. 1 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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9 |
THE BOOK OF REVELATION |
CHRIS KOELLE |
ZONDERVAN |
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10 |
WATCHMEN |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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11 |
MAXIMUM RIDE VOL. 6 |
NARAE LEE |
YEN PRESS |
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12 |
FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC |
ALISON BECHDEL |
MARINER BOOKS |
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13 |
NARUTO VOL. 59 |
MASASHI KISHIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
14 |
THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 2 HC |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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15 |
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS |
FRANK MILLER |
DC COMICS |
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16 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 2 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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17 |
BLACK BUTLER VOL. 12 |
YANA TOBOSO |
YEN PRESS |
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18 |
BLEACH VOL. 54 |
TITE KUBO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER--MAN IN BLACK HC |
PETER DAVID |
MARVEL COMICS |
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20 |
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER--THE PROMISE PART 3 |
GENE YANG |
DARK HORSE |
