A movie tie-in(!), comics from Instagram, and the impact of digital manga show up among the bestselling graphic novels by category for April.

James Tynion IV has three titles across two charts, and manga readers are diving deep into series they're starting.

The question for our deeper dive is whether categories other than manga saw robust sales as well.

Manga's domination of book channel adult graphic novel sales continued in March, with a near sweep of the top 20.

The Adult chart has a number of new releases on it, while the Kids chart has only one.

Year over year sales were down despite strong sales at the top of each chart.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.

This chart of the top Superhero, Author, and Kids graphic novel franchises reflects sales in the bookstore and comics retail channels from September through December 2023.

Here’s a look at some upcoming anime shows and films that are adapted from licensed manga.

This chart of the ICv2 Top 10 Graphic Novel Franchises in four categories (Superhero, Author, Kids, and Manga) reflects sales in all trade channels for Summer (May – August) 2023.