The folks at ICv2 have put together a look at the top twenty graphic novels for the month of December 2016 according to the Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart by Nielsen BookScan. December has a pretty familiar month in a lot of ways as Image Comics continues to eat up a lot of slots for The Walking Dead as it went on its midseason break for the TV series and new people are continually checking out the original work, both in the small trades and the larger compendiums. Image Comics also scored a nice slot for Paper Girls this month at 14th with its 2nd volume. DC Comics has some of their familiar material here with Batman: The Killing Joke still ranking high while Harley Quinn continues to add more sales to its opening New 52 volume.
Marvel Comics scores two books this month on the chart with the first Black Panther book and the fourth and final Darth Vader book.
On the manga front, Viz Media continues to do well with Legend of ZElda while also showing some strength for Tokyo Ghoul and One-Punch Man.
BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in December 2016 | |||
Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
1 | THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM ONE | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
2 | THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM THREE | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
3 | BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED | ALAN MOORE | DC COMICS |
4 | MARCH (TRILOGY SLIPCASE SET) | JOHN LEWIS | TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
5 | THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUTWO | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
6 | MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA: UPDATED AND EXPANDED HC | MATT FORBECK | DK PUBLISHING |
7 | MARVEL ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW HC | ADAM BRAY | DK PUBLISHING |
8 | MARCH: BOOK ONE | JOHN LEWIS | TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
9 | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 1 | AKIRA HIMEKAWA | VIZ MEDIA |
10 | MARCH: BOOK THREE | JOHN LEWIS | TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
11 | THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 26 | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
12 | BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1 | TA-NEHISI | MARVEL COMICS |
13 | TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 | SUI ISHIDA | VIZ MEDIA |
14 | PAPER GIRLS VOL. 2 | BRIAN K. VAUGHAN | IMAGE COMICS |
15 | THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 1 | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
16 | TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 10 | SUI ISHIDA | VIZ MEDIA |
17 | ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 1 | YUSUKE MURATA | VIZ MEDIA |
18 | DARTH VADER VOL. 4 | KIERON GILLEN | MARVEL COMICS |
19 | HARLEY QUINN VOL. 1 (N52) | CONNER & PALMIOTTI | DC COMICS |
20 | MARCH: BOOK TWO | JOHN LEWIS | TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |