Manga had a good month in general, with the last two volumes of the mighty Naruto at #2 and #15, two Attack on Titan volumes at #19 and #20, and the latest Monster Musume at #6, for a total of seven volumes in the Top 20.
Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition HC was #1 for the second month in a row, one of three DC classics (along with Watchmen and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) in the Top 20. If The Killing Joke sales are an impact of the Jared Leto version of the Joker in Suicide Squad (see "’Suicide Squad’ Sizzle Reel Released"), the movie impact is big and early.
DC Comics had five titles (including one from Vertigo) and Marvel had three (if you include a DK volume), for a total of eight superhero titles in the Top 20.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, from North Atlantic Books, was the surprise among the five author titles in the Top 20. A new edition of the hybrid text/graphic novel on which the movie is based was released in July, and placed at #16.
BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in August 2015 |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
1 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
2 |
NARUTO VOL. 71 |
MASASHI KISHIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
3 |
FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC |
ALISON BECHDEL |
MARINER BOOKS |
4 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
5 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 2 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
6 |
MONSTER MUSUME VOL. 7 |
OKAYADO |
SEAVEN SEAS |
7 |
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE |
GENE LUEN YANG |
MACMILLAN |
8 |
FABLES VOL. 22 |
BILL WILLINGHAM |
VERTIGO |
9 |
CIVIL WAR |
MARK MILLAR |
MARVEL COMICS |
10 |
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS |
FRANK MILLER |
DC COMICS |
11 |
WATCHMEN |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
12 |
WYTHES VOL. 1 |
SCOTT SNYDER |
IMAGE COMICS |
13 |
MARVEL THE AVENGERS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE HC |
ALAN COWSILL |
DK PUBLISHING |
14 |
SAGA VOL. 1 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
15 |
NARUTO VOL. 70 |
MASASHI KISHIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
16 |
THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL (REVISED ED.) |
PHOEBE GLOECKNER |
NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS |
17 |
HAWLEYE VOL. 4 |
MATT FRACTION |
MARVEL COMICS |
18 |
BATMAN VOL. 1: THE COURT OF OWLS |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
19 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 16 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
20 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."