Spy x Family #9 from @VIZMedia was the bestselling book in America last week based on numbers from BookScan (@npdgroup @WeAreCircana) and launched by @PublishersWkly, and books from @DarkHorseComics @01FirstSecond @izepress and @Scholastic additionally made the charts. Spy x Family Volume 9 was the #1 bestselling book OVERALL last week, based on figures from Circana BookScan printed by Publisher’s Weekly.
The ninth quantity of the manga, printed by Viz, offered 31,486 copies in its debut week, beating out even latest gross sales phenomena Colleen Hoover, former Prince Harry, Ron DeSantis and everybody else. For these new to its charms, the story entails a household created as cowl for an espionage mission that finally ends up sticking collectively….after which all hell breaks unfastened.
As if that wasn’t sufficient, Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 19 by Gege Akutami, additionally printed by Viz, was the #5 book on the record, promoting 22,955 copies for the week of April 3.
While it is a fairly spectacular affirmation that manga remains to be going robust, it was removed from the solely graphic novel look on the week’s finest vendor lists.
On the HARDCOVER FRONTLIST FICTION record for the similar week, Berserk Deluxe Volume 13 by the late Kentaro Miura (translated by Duane Johnson) was the #5 book, with 11,526 copies offered. This is a deluxe hardcover re-release of Miura’s traditional, and at a listing worth of $49.99, even discounted it’s a pleasant earner for Dark Horse.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! Debuting at #8 was a model new, non sequence associated graphic novel Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith and Boulet with 8,748 copies offered. I’m not fairly sure that is an grownup book, however it’s completely beautiful work by two comics masters, a hilarious and magical retelling of the Beowolf legend as “featuring a gang of troublemaking kids who must defend their tree house from a fun-hating adult who can instantly turn children into grown-ups.” Perhaps the legendary all ages story once more.
The TRADE PAPER FRONTLIST, in addition to Spy x Family at #1 and Jujitku Kaisen at #4 has Solo Leveling, Vol. 6 from Ize Press, an imprint of Yen Press that writer Korean webtoons, at #8 with 14,391 copies offered. The comedian had a moderately comlicated publishing historical past, debuting as a Korean webnovel by Chugong, however later tailored as a webtoon for Kakao by Redice Studio head Jang Sung-rak (aka Dubu), who died of a cerebral hemorrhage last 12 months. The sequence is now popping out in print from Ize and its a giant vendor, one other instance of the energy of webtoons in print.
The kids’s fiction frontlist is off track massively graphic novels with 11 of the 25 titles in that class – I’ve copies the weekly gross sales with 12 months up to now totals in parentheses.
1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 17, Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, 9,033 (145,324 YTD)
2 Cat Kid Comic Club #4: Collaborations, Dav Pilkey, Scholastic Grafix, 8,710 (146,966
3 Mary Anne’s Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #13), Ann M Martin and Cynthia Yuan Cheng, Scholastic Grafix, 5,978 (96,485 YTD)
4 Moon Rising: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #6), Tui T Sutherland and Mike Holmes. Scholastic Grafix, 5,680 (126,763 YTD)
7 The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Now with a Dog Man Comic!) (Color Edition): twenty fifth and a Half Anniversary Edition (Color), Dav Pilkey, Scholastic Grafix, 4,508 (16,274 YTD)
10 Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection #2, Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener, Carly Anne West, Christopher Hastings, Didi Esmeralda, Coryn MacPherson, and Anthony Morris, Scholastic Grafix, 3,812 (11,679 YTD)
11 Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection #1, Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper, Carly Anne West, Christopher Hastings, Didi Esmeralda, Anthony Morrism, and Andi Santagata, Scholastic Grafix, 3,503 (34,349 YTD)
12 Karen’s Birthday: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #6), Ann M Martin and Katy Farina, Scholastic Grafix 3,445 (63,963 YTD)
14 Cat Kid Comic Club #3: On Purpose, Dav Pilkey, Scholastic Grafix, 3,172 (33,976 YTD)
17 Jessi’s Secret Language (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #12): A Graphix Book (Adapted Edition), Ann M Martin and Chan Chau, Scholastic Grafix, 2,829 (38,039 YTD)
19 Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T. 1, John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, and Pat Lewis, First Second, 2,675 (25,442 YTD)
23 Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends: (A Graphic Novel), Francine Pascal, Claudia Aguirre, and Nicole Andelfinger, Random House Graphic, 2,281 (26,411 YTD)
And lastly the COMICS bestseller record for March (gross sales dates not notes, however I’d guess the earlier one). Just whole gross sales for the month listed right here.
1, The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, 44,645
2, My Hero Academia, Vol. 33, Kohei Horikoshi, Viz Media, 36,709
3, The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour, Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch, Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy First Second, 22,832
4, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, Vol. 1, Koyoharu Gotouge, Viz Media, 20,309
5, Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1, Tatsuki Fujimoto, Viz Media, 18,353
6, Spy X Family, Vol. 1, Tatsuya Endo, Viz Media, 14,868
7, My Dress-Up Darling 07, Shinichi Fukuda, Square Enix Manga, 14,777
8, My Hero Academia, Vol. 1, Kouhei Horikoshi Kaouhei Horikoshi, Viz Media, 13,841
9, Chainsaw Man, Vol. 2, Tatsuki Fujimoto, Viz Media, 13,105
10, Chainsaw Man, Vol. 3, Tatsuki Fujimoto, Viz Media, 11,192
Consider this a follow-up to yesterday’s epic yearly BookScan evaluation.
The backside line? Manga and youngsters comics proceed to promote VERY effectively. No hazard of them instantly going away right here!
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/index.html
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