Top 100 Graphic Novels: August 2015

The struggle to survive continues in Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead Volume 24: Life and Death from Image Comics, the best-selling graphic novel of August.

Image Comics had five titles in top ten including The Walking Dead. Also in the top ten were Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera's Black Science Volume 3: Vanishing Point at #3, John Layman and Rob Guillory's Chew Volume 10: Blood Puddin' at #7, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga Volume 1 at #9, and Stjepan Sejic's Sunstone Volume 3 at #10.

DC Entertainment had two titles in the top ten — Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's Batman: The Killing Joke Special Edition at #2 and Bill Willingham's Fables Volume 22 at #6.

Rounding out the top ten, Marvel Comics had three titles in the top ten — Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Civil War at #4, Cullen Bunn and Nicole Virella's Return of the Living Deadpool at #4, and Ryan North and Erica Henderson's Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Volume 1: Squirrel Power at #8.

Among the premier publishers, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952 by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Alex Maleev was Dark Horse Comics' top graphic novel in August at #12. Finally, IDW Publishing's My Little Pony: Pageants & Ponies was the publisher's top graphic novel for the month at #39.

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in August 2015

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Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world.  Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty stores may be included as well.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.

About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond’s monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond’s total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles’ ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.