'Saga' Wins; 'RWBY' Debuts Strong

NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – January 2018 (12/31/17 - 1/28/18) Rank Title Author Publisher 1 SAGA VOL. 8 BRIAN K. VAUGHAN IMAGE COMICS 2 RWBY SHIROW MIWA VIZ MEDIA 3 EVERYONE'S A ALIEBN WHEN UR A ALIEBN TOO: A BOOK HC JOMNY SUN HARPER PERENNIAL 4 FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC ALISON BECHDEL MARINER BOOKS 5 DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 2 AKIRA TORIYAMA VIZ MEDIA 6 TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 2 SUI ISHIDA VIZ MEDIA 7 GOING INTO TOWN: A LOVE LETTER HC ROZ CHAST BLOOMSBURY UK 8 WATCHMEN ALAN MOORE DC COMICS 9 BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET TA-NEHISI COATES MARVEL COMICS 10 OVERWATCH: ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 HC MATT BURNS DARK HORSE BOOKS 11 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 10 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 12 MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 KOHEI HORIKOSHI VIZ MEDIA 13 TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 1 SUI ISHIDA VIZ MEDIA 14 MARCH: BOOK ONE JOHN LEWIS TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS 15 ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 23 HAJIME ISAYAMA KODANSHA COMICS 16 BATMAN VOL. 4 TP (REBIRTH) TOM KING DC COMICS 17 BLUE EXORCIST VOL. 18 KAZUE KATO VIZ MEDIA 18 SHIVER: JUNJI ITO SELECTED STORIES HC JUNJI ITO VIZ MEDIA 19 STAR WARS: DARTH VADER: DARK LORD OF THE SITH VOL. 1 CHARLES SOULE MARVEL COMICS 20 MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS EMIL FERRIS FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

The latest Saga volume was the #1 adult graphic novel in January 2018 (12/31-1/28), based on NPD BookScan data provided to ICv2. At #2 was a new debut from VIZ edia, RWBY, based on the Rooster Teeth animated series (see " VIZ Developing ‘RWBY’ Manga "). That’s a good sign for the additional development of the property, including the game from Arcane Wonders (see " Rooster Teeth, Arcane Wonders Partner for ‘RWBY: Combat Ready’ ")and the anthology series from VIZ (see " VIZ Gets ‘RWBY’ Anthology ").The other big news on the January list is that Black Panther is on the move in the run-up to the movie. At #9 in January, the first volume, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, appears on the Top 20 chart for the first time since last March. It was the #13 graphic novel overall in the book channel last year (see" NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – Full Year 2017 "). The movie opens next week.Check out the other Top 20 BookScan graphic novel charts from January:And for the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on our ICv2 Pro site:

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."