The Walking Dead Tops December Graphic Novel Sales

The Walking Dead dominated graphic novel bookstore sales in December, according to the Nelsen BookScan numbers published at ICv2.The Walking Dead Compendium 1 took the top spot. The series took the top four spots and had a total of eight showings in the top 20.Image Comics had one additional title in the top 20, Saga Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples at number 18.DC Comics also a a strong sales month, with five Batman graphic novels in the top 20 – Three from Scott Snyder’s New 52 run, as well as the evergreen classics The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke.Also making a showing in the top 20: the first volume of The Sandman, the latest collection of Dark Horse’s Avatar: The Last Airbender series, the manga Attack on Titan and Naruto, and Tim Leong’s Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe.