The New York Times Graphic Books Best Seller Lists Feature THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND, and FAIREST

Last month, we told you that the new Vertigo original graphic novel FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND debuted at #1 on THE NEW YORK TIMES’ Hardcover Graphic Books Best Seller list. Today, we’re pleased to share with you that last week’s NEW YORK TIMES’ Graphic Books Best Seller lists featured yet another title from within the FABLES universe: FAIREST, VOL. 1: WIDE AWAKE.

 

From Sleeping Beauty to Rapunzul, to fan favorite Cinderella, FAIREST explores the lives of some of the loveliest ladies in their respective homelands told by a rotating array of today’s best storytellers and artists. 

 

Collecting issues #1-6 and written by FABLES ongoing series writer Bill Willingham with art by Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman, The Invisibles) and issue #7 written by Matt Sturges with art by Shawn McManus, FAIREST VOL. 1: WIDE AWAKE tells the story of Sleeping Beauty. Cursed at birth by a fairy godmother, Sleeping Beauty, otherwise known as Princess Briar Rose, has been awakened by true love’s kiss. But Ali Baba, Prince of Thieves, doesn’t seem a likely candidate for knowing true love. So how did his kiss work? And why does the icy Snow Queen want her captured? Get ready to find out just who is the fairest of them all.

 

For more on FAIREST, check out THE NEW YORK TIMES’ ARTS BEAT BLOG’s accompanying post to last week’s Graphic Books Best Seller lists. To read the full Hardcover list, including THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, VOL. 1, FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND, and Time Home Entertainment’s TOTALLY MAD: 60 YEARS OF HUMOR, SATIRE, STUPIDITY AND STUPIDITY, click here. And don’t forget to take a look at the full Paperback Graphic Book Best Seller list, featuring FAIREST, VOL. 1: WIDE AWAKE. Congratulations to all!

 

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FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND Debuts at #1 on THE NEW YORK TIMES’ Hardcover Graphic Books Best Seller List

This afternoon, THE NEW YORK TIMES published their Graphic Book Best Sellers Lists and debuting at #1 on the Hardcover list was the new Vertigo original graphic novel, FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND.

 

Over the past ten years, FABLES has captured the hearts and minds of readers in an ever-expanding magical universe that spans numerous titles, series and formats. Snow White, Bigby Wolf, Frau Totenkinder, Little Boy Blue and Jack Frost are just some of the popular cast who appear in 17 Volumes; the graphic novel 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL; the spin-off series JACK OF FABLES, CINDERELLA and now, FAIREST; and the prose novel, PETER AND MAX.

 

This month, Bigby Wolf finally got his own original graphic novel with FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND! This next chapter in The New York Times bestselling, Hugo Award nominated, multiple Eisner Award-winning series is written by Fable’s creator Bill Willingham with art by Jim Fern (JACK OF FABLES), Craig Hamilton (FABLES, ABSOLUTE SANDMAN), Ray Snyder (52), Mark Farmer (ANIMAL MAN) and cover by Daniel Dos Santos (PETER AND MAX).

 

Bigby Wolf’s adventure begins as he heads west looking for a location where he can start a new Fabletown. He stumbles onto a small town named Story City populated solely by … werewolves. Not Fables but also not Mundy’s (Fable-speak for regular, mundane, people), these werewolves, who are connected to Bigby in more ways than one, know and revere him like a god. So why are they trying to kill him? The only thing that’s certain is that this is the most horrific and action-packed FABLES story to date!

 

Click here to read THE NEW YORK TIMES’ full list of Hardcover Graphic Books Best Sellers, which also includes SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2, SUPERMAN, VOL. 1: WHAT PRICE TOMORROW?, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, VOL. 1, and Time Home Entertainment’s TOTALLY MAD: 60 YEARS OF HUMOR, SATIRE, STUPIDITY AND STUPIDITY. And click here to see THE NEW YORK TIMES’ list of Paperback Graphic Books Best Sellers, including the debut of Vertigo’s SCALPED, VOL. 10: TRAIL’S END. Congratulations to all!

 

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SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2 Takes #1 Spot on THE NEW YORK TIMES’ Hardcover Graphic Books Best Seller List for Second Consecutive Week

Last week, we told you that SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2 debuted on THE NEW YORK TIMES’ Hardcover Graphic Books Best Seller List in the #1 spot.

 

Today, we’re pleased to let you know that the highly anticipated original graphic novel by writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Shane Davis has claimed the top spot of the Hardcover list for the second consecutive week!

 

But that’s not the only exciting news to come from last week’s NEW YORK TIMES Best Seller lists. Making their list debuts, DC Comics’ THE FLASH, VOL. 1: MOVE FORWARD and Vertigo’s SPACEMAN: DELUXE EDITION and THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, VOL. 1 all joined SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2 on the Hardcover list. Meanwhile, RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS, VOL. 1: REDEMPTION debuted at the #4 spot on the Paperback list.

 

Click here to read THE NEW YORK TIMES’ full list of Hardcover Graphic Books Best Sellers, which also features Time Home Entertainment’s TOTALLY MAD: 60 YEARS OF HUMOR, SATIRE, STUPIDITY AND STUPIDITY in the #2 spot. And click here to read THE NEW YORK TIMES’ full list of Paperback Graphic Books Best Sellers. Congratulations to all!

 

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SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2 Debuts at #1 on THE NEW YORK TIMES’ Hardcover Graphic Books Best Seller List

On Friday, THE NEW YORK TIMES published their Graphic Books Best Sellers Lists and debuting at #1 on the Hardcover list was SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2.

 

The highly anticipated sequel to the #1 New York Times best-selling graphic novel SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, this new original graphic novel reunites acclaimed writer J. Michael Straczynski (BEFORE WATCHMEN, BRAVE AND THE BOLD, BABYLON 5) and superstar artist Shane Davis (GREEN LANTERN, SUPERMAN/BATMAN).

 

In SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, VOL. 2, a young Clark Kent, while slightly more settled in Metropolis from when we last left him, is still struggling to find his footing both as a reporter and as his superhero alter-ego, Superman. When a powerful new villain threatens Metropolis and drains him of all his powers, Superman will learn for the first time what it means to be vulnerable -- in other words, what it means to be truly human.

 

Click here to read THE NEW YORK TIMES’ full list of Hardcover Graphic Books Best Sellers, which also includes BATMAN, VOL. 1: THE COURT OF OWLS by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, and Time Home Entertainment’s TOTALLY MAD: 60 YEARS OF HUMOR, SATIRE, STUPIDITY AND STUPIDITY. And click here to see THE NEW YORK TIMES’ list of Paperback Graphic Books Best Sellers, including Vertigo’s SWEET TOOTH, VOL. 5, by Jeff Lemire. Congratulations to all!

 

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TOTALLY MAD Tops the New York Times Hardcover Graphic Books Best Seller List!

To celebrate MAD MAGAZINE’s 60th anniversary, Time Home Entertainment Inc. foolishly teamed up with MAD MAGAZINE on TOTALLY MAD: 60 YEARS OF HUMOR, SATIRE, STUPIDITY AND STUPIDITY, a new collection of the legendary humor magazine’s high-quality idiocy.

This afternoon, THE NEW YORK TIMES posted their weekly Best Seller lists and for some unexplainable reason, TOTALLY MAD debuted at #1 on their Hardcover Graphic Book list.

Speaking from MAD offices in New York, MAD Editor John Ficarra said, “If I knew the book was going to be this successful, I would have put a lot more effort into it. Oh well, too late now.”

Organized by decade, this oversized 256-page book features some of the world’s best comedy writers, cartoonists and humorous illustrators – “The Usual Gang of Idiots” – as they have long called themselves. In addition, the book includes numbered pages for maximum reader convenience.

TOTALLY MAD features a special foreword by long-time MAD fans Stephen Colbert and Eric Drysdale, plus five exclusive essays about MAD’s cultural impact, the origin of Alfred E. Neuman and the magazine’s history, including its landmark Supreme Court win against Irving Berlin, establishing the right to publish satirical lyrics.

As a bonus, the book features a removable set of 12 classic front covers, dubbed “The Soul of MAD” by MAD Founder and Publisher William M. Gaines. Each print was selected for its uniqueness, artistic achievement and classic timelessness, and is suitable for framing or wrapping fish. Click here to purchase TOTALLY MAD. No exceptions will be tolerated!

And check out THE NEW YORK TIMES’ full Hardcover Graphic Book Best Seller List, which also includes GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS, VOL. 1, and the Paperback Graphic Book Best Seller List, which features NIGHTWING, VOL. 1: TRAPS AND TRAPEZES. Congratulations to all! 

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