And The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances, by The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman, came in at #5 for the month. Inman's site theoatmeal.com gets seven million unique visitors a month, generating over 30 million page views monthly.
Image Comics still had a strong month, though, with five The Walking Dead and three Saga volumes bringing the publisher's total to eight books in the top 20.
The Big Two comic publishers had only three titles in the Top 20: Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 from Marvel Comics and Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition HC and Scott Snyder's Batman Vol. 3 HC Book and Joker Mask Set from DC Comics.
There were only two manga titles in the Top 20 in December, the latest Naruto volume (VIZ Media) and the first volume of Attack on Titan (Kodansha Comics).
The most notable new title on the chart is Richard McGwire's Here HC, from Pantheon Books, in which director, illustrator, and musician McGwire builds on his short comic story from Raw. The title debuted at #19 in December.
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BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in December 2014 |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING?: A MEMOIR HC |
ROZ CHAST |
BLOOMSBURY |
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2 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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3 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 2 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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4 |
SAGA VOL. 4 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
5 |
THE TERRIBLE AND WONDERFUL REASONS WHY I RUN LONG DISTANCES |
THE OATMEAL |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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6 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 22 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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7 |
MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA UPDATED AND EXPANDED HC |
MATT FORBECK |
DK PUBLISHING |
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8 |
NARUTO VOL. 68 |
MASASHI KISHIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
BATMAN: A VISIAL HISTORY HC |
MATTHEW K. MANNING |
DK PUBLISHING |
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10 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
11 |
DC COMICS: A VISUAL HISTORY HC |
DANIEL WALLACE |
DK PUBLISHING |
|
12 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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13 |
SERENITY: LEAVES ON THE WIND HC |
ZACK WHEDON |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
|
14 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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15 |
MS. MARVEL VOL.1: NO NORMAL |
WILLOW G. WILSON |
MARVEL COMICS |
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16 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 21 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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17 |
SAGA DELUXE EDITION VOL. 1 HC |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
18 |
BATMAN VOL. 3: DEATH OF THE FAMILY BOOK/JOKER MASK SET |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
|
19 |
HERE HC |
RICHARD MCGUIRE |
PANTHEON BOOKS |
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20 |
SAGA VOL. 1 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."