Sandman: Overture, clocking in at #2 in the book channel in November, collects the new series written by Gaiman (see "Vertigo Plans Two Gaiman Hardcovers"), finally completed after nearly a year of delays. It's already making some year-end best-of lists (see "Washington Post’s Top Graphic Novels of 2015"). DC only had one other title in the Top 20: Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition.
At the other end of the Top 20, Dark Horse Comics' new 1284-page collection of He-Man in-pack minicomics (see "Dark Horse Publishing ‘He-Man Minicomics Collection’") hit the chart at #20.
In between, the list was fairly typical. Four The Walking Dead titles, including the latest compendium, which shipped in October, were the top franchise in the Top 20, with the #1 title, two of the top three, and three of the top seven titles in November, as the TV series was building to its mid-season finale. Along with one Saga volume, Image Comics titles accounted for five of the Top 20.
Marvel Comics placed three Star Wars titles in the Top 20, which joined two DK Publishing books on Marvel to bring the total count of Marvel-ish titles to five.
VIZ Media had seven titles in the Top 20: three each from its two new hits One-Punch Man and Tokyo Ghoul, plus the latest Naruto volume.
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BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in November 2015 |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 3 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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2 |
THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE DLX ED HC |
NEIL GAIMAN |
VERTIGO |
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3 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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4 |
MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA UPDATED AND EXPANDED HC |
MATT FORBECK |
DK PUBLISHING |
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5 |
STAR WARS: JOURNEY TO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS--SHATTERED EMPIRE |
GREG RUCKA |
MARVEL COMICS |
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6 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 2 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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8 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 1 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 3 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
NARUTO VOL. 72 |
MASASHI KISHIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 3 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
SGA VOL. 5 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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13 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 2 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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15 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 24 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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16 |
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER VOL. 1 |
KIERON GILLEN |
MARVEL COMICS |
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17 |
STAR WARS: PRINCESS LEIA |
MARK WAID |
MARVEL COMICS |
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18 |
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ENCYCLOPEDIA HC |
MATT FORBECK |
DK PUBLISHING |
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19 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 2 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE MINICOMIC COLLECTION HC |
VARIOUS |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."