Uriarte served two tours in Iraq, one as the turret gunner of an MRAP in 2007-2008, and a second tour in 2009 in Combat Art and Combat Photography. He began the webcomic in January of 2010, and left the Marines in May of that year. In August of 2013, Uriarte Kickstarted this collection, which raised $162,682 from 2.959 backers, a very impressive total for a graphic novel. Little Brown released the collection to the trade.
The rest of the April BookScan chart was similar to other recent months, with the latest volume of The Walking Dead riding the end-of-the-season wave at #1 and five volumes in the Top 20 (the first volume and the three Compendia were the other four). Image had two other volumes, Rat Queens Vol. 3 and Paper Girls Vol. 1, in the Top 20 for a total of seven, the best showing of any publisher.
DC’s Batman: The Killing Joke continued its climb up the chart, taking the #2 slot in April. Its previous best rank was #3 in February (see "February 2016 BookScan"), when we predicted that by the time Suicide Squad comes out in August, this 28-year-old material will be topping the chart. Batman vs. Superman is still in the Top 5, and Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 1 HC was at #9 in the month of its release, rounding out DC’s three titles in the Top 20.
VIZ Media had three volumes of Tokyo Ghoul and one volume of One-Punch Man in the Top 20, and Kodansha charted the most recent Attack on Titan volume, making five manga volumes in the Top 20 this month.
Dark Horse Comics had two volumes for younger readers in the Top 20, with the latest Plants vs. Zombies continuing to make the Top 20 for the third straight month, joined by the latest volume of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in April 2016 |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 25 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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2 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
|
3 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 3 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
4 |
BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN: THE GREATEST BATTLES |
VARIOUS |
DC COMICS |
|
5 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
6 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 2 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
7 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 6 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
8 |
CIVIL WAR |
MARK MILLAR |
MARVEL COMICS |
|
9 |
WONDER WOMAN: EARTH ONE VOL. 1 HC |
GRANT MORRISON |
DC COMICS |
|
10 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
11 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 18 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
|
12 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 1 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
13 |
RAT QUEENS VOL. 3 |
KURTIS J. WIEBE |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
14 |
PAPER GIRLS VOL. 1 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
15 |
PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES VOL 4: GARDEN WARFARE HC |
PAUL TOBIN |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
|
16 |
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER--SMOKE AND SHADOW PT. 3 |
LUEN GENE YANG |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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17 |
THE WHITE DONKEY: TERMINAL LANCE HC |
MAXIMILIAN URIARTE |
LITTLE BROWN |
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18 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 5 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
19 |
DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE |
CULLEN BUNN |
MARVEL COMICS |
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20 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."