A 1982 work by famed horror artist Bernie Wrightson, who passed away in March (see "R.I.P. Bernie Wrightson"), is back in print and at #7 on the May Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by NPD BookScan.  The adaptation of the George Romero film Creepshow,  written  by Stephen King with art by Wrightson (and cover by Jack Kamen) is one of the first releases from new Simon & Schuster graphic novel imprint Gallery 13 (see "Simon & Schuster Unveils New Graphic Novel Imprint").

Like last month (see "April 2017 BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels"), the latest Saga volume was the #1 release, and the second omnibus volume hit the charts at #3 (at $49.99).

The first volume of Dragon Ball Super was the #2 graphic novel on the chart, one of ten VIZ Media titles in the Top 20.

And we continue to track My Favorite Thing Is Monsters from Fantagraphics Books, which is not only in the Top 20 for the third month, but at a new high rank of #5.

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in May 2017

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

SAGA VOL. 7

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

2

DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 1

AKIRA TORIYAMA

VIZ MEDIA

3

SAGA BOOK TWO HC

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

4

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 8

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

5

MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS

EMIL FERRIS

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

6

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 4

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

7

CREEPSHOW

STEPHEN KING

GALLERY 13

8

MARCH: BOOK ONE

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

9

ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 21

HAJIME ISAYAMA

KODANSHA COMICS

10

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER--NORTH AND SOUTH PT. 3

LUEN GENE YANG

DARK HORSE COMICS

11

BARUTO VOL. 1

UKYO KODACHI

VIZ MEDIA

12

BATMAN VOL. 1 (REBIRTH)

TOM KING

DC COMICS

13

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 12

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

14

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 1

HIMEKAWA AKIRA

VIZ MEDIA

15

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

16

MONSTER MUSUME VOL. 11

OKAYADO

SEVEN SEAS

17

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 3

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

18

ONE PIECE VOL. 82

EIICHIRO ODA

VIZ MEDIA

19

JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE PT. 3: STARDUST CRUSADERS VOL. 3

HIROHIKO ARAKI

VIZ MEDIA

20

THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 27

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

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