For the eight-week period ending June 23, 2009, and based on sales at independent book stores nationwide.
Courtesy of the American Booksellers Association. Reprinted with permission.
1. Watchmen
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, DC Comics, $19.99, 9780930289232
2. The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders
Emmanuel Guibert, et al., First Second, $29.95, 9781596433755
3. The Beats: A Graphic History
Harvey Pekar, et al., Hill & Wang, $22, 9780809094967
4. Chicken with Plums
Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon, $12.95, 9780375714757
5. V for Vendetta
Alan Moore, David Lloyd (Illus.), Vertigo, $19.99, 9781401208417
6. Naruto, Volume 43
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421529295
7. Naruto, Volume 44
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421531342
8. What It Is
Lynda Barry, Drawn & Quarterly, $24.95, 9781897299357
9. American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9780312384487
10. A People's History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation
Howard Zinn, et al., Metropolitan, $17, 9780805087444
11. Naruto, Volume 42
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421528434
12. Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation
Harvey Pekar, Paul Buhle, New Press, $22.95, 9781595583215
13. The Adventures of TinTin in the Land of the Soviets
Herge, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316003742
14. Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1
James Patterson, NaRae Lee (Illus.), Yen Press, $10.99, 9780759529519
15. Britten and Brulightly
Hannah Berry, Metropolitan, $20, 9780805089271
16. Naruto, Volume 38
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421521749
17. Naruto, Volume 41
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421528427
18. Shortcomings
Adrian Tomine, Drawn & Quarterly, $14.95, 9781897299753
19. Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster
Craig Yoe, Joe Shuster (Illus.), Abrams, $24.95, 9780810996342
20. Bleach, Volume 27
Tite Kubo, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421523859
21. Stephen King's Dark Tower: Treachery
Robin Furth, et al., Marvel Comics, $24.99, 9780785135746
22. Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1939-41
Greg Sadowski (Ed.), Fantagraphics, $24.99, 9781560979715
23. Preludes & Nocturnes: The Sandman Volume 1
Neil Gaiman, et al., Vertigo, $19.99, 9781563890116
24. Fruits Basket, Volume 22
Natsuki Takaya, TokyoPop, $10.99, 9781427806833
25. The Best American Comics
Lynda Barry (Ed.), et al., Houghton Mifflin, $22, 9780618989768