July 2, 2009: Everyone’s baffled
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal —
... ICv2 offers up BookScan’s list of the twenty bestselling graphic novels in bookstores for June. Three volumes weren’t manga. ...
Clock strikes midnight on Watchmen supremacy
Blog@Newsarama —
... Well, ICv2 has reported that for the first time since June 2008, Watchmen was no longer the king of BookScan’s list of top-selling graphic novels, with the top spot now being taken by Bleach Vol. 27. ...
Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment —
... Sales charts | The 27th volume of Tite Kubo’s Bleach in June ended Watchmen’s 11-month reign atop the Nielsen BookScan graphic novels chart, which tracks bookstore sales. The Alan Moore-Dave Gibbons collection slipped to No. 2, joining the Final Crisis hardcover (No. 6) and the fourth volume of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (No. 18) as the only non-manga in the Top 20. [ICv2.com] ...
Comics A.M. - The Comics Internet in 2 Minutes
Comic Book Resources —
... ] Sales charts | The 27th volume of Tite Kubo’s Bleach in June ended Watchmen’s 11-month reign atop the Nielsen BookScan graphic novels chart, which tracks bookstore sales. The Alan Moore-Dave Gibbons collection slipped to No. 2, joining the Final Crisis hardcover (No. 6) and the fourth volume of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (No. 18) as the only non-manga in the Top 20. [ ICv2.com ] Comics | Mainstream-media outlets pick up on ...
‘Watchmen’ Ends 11-Month Run As Top-Selling Graphic Novel
MTV's Splashpage —
... According to pop culture business site ICv2, “Watchmen” dropped to the #2 in the monthly report on bookstore graphic novel sales, replaced by Vol. 27 of Tite Kubo’s “Bleach” manga. As always, sales of manga volumes like “Bleach” and “Naruto” dominated the month’s rankings, but “Watchmen” wasn’t the only comic book collection to factor into the report. ...



