A February release, Snug: A Collection of Comics About Dating Your Best Friend, by Catana Chetwynd, tops the list, pushing aside the latest volume of My Hero Academia and the top seller for the past three months, Nathan Pyle’s Strange Planet.
Snug is a collection of the comics Chetwynd publishes on Instagram, Catana Comics, but about half the book is new material that hasn’t been posted online before. This is her second book; her first, Little Moments of Love, came out in 2018.
A new volume of My Hero Academia came out in February. Usually this series debuts in the top slot, but such is the power of Snug that it is only in second.
Stjepan Sejic’s Harleen, another February release, is at number 6 on the chart. That and the 2019 edition of Watchmen are the only traditional superhero comics in the top 20.
Other February debuts on the chart are the most recent volumes of two shonen manga series, Komi Can’t Communicate and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, and Part Three of the latest Legend of Korra adaptation.
The first volume of Joe Hill’s Locke & Key, a 2009 release, is at number 13; Netflix released the first season of the TV show based on that series on February 7.
Overall, there are 12 volumes of manga on the chart, all from VIZ Media. Eight of them are volumes of My Hero Academia.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – February 2020 (2/2/20 - 2/29/20) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
SNUG: A COLLECTION OF COMICS ABOUT DATING YOUR BEST FRIEND HC |
CATANA CHETWYND |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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2 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 23 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
STRANGE PLANET HC |
NATHAN W. PYLE |
MORROW GIFT |
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4 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
HARLEEN HC |
STJEPAN SEJIC |
DC COMICS |
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7 |
THEY CALLED US ENEMY |
GEORGE TAKEI |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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8 |
KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE VOL. 5 |
TOMOHITO ODA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 22 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
UZUMAKI HC |
JUNJI ITO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
WATCHMEN (2019 EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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12 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
LOCKE & KEY VOL. 1: WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT |
JOE HILL |
IDW PUBLISHING |
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14 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: PART 4--DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE VOL. 4 |
HIROHIKO ARAKI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 20 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
THE LEGEND OF KORRA: RUINS OF THE EMPIRE PART THREE |
MICHAEL DANTE DIMARTINO |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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19 |
MARCH: BOOK ONE |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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20 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 5 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of February graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
February 2020 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
February 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
February 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
NPD BookScan collects weekly point-of-sale data on print books from over 16,000 locations including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and more. NPD BookScan covers approximately 85% of the U.S. trade print book market. The ranks on this chart are based on piece sales. Some publishers classify titles that are primarily text, or art books, as graphic novels; we've removed those titles from the ranking above.
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."