June Comics Bestsellers
-- Publishers Weekly, 6/5/2007
1. Naruto, Volume 14. Mashashi Kishimoto.
Viz Media, $7.95 ISBN 978-1421510880
Naruto, Viz's wildly popular series about a boy ninja-in-training, is back on top of the list. Naruto fans can look forward to a summer of Naruto events. Viz's Naruto Road Tour, a national fan event with anime previews and free fan activities, kicked off last week with events planned for Maryland, Illinois, Arizona and California. And the Naruto movie, Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, premiers June 6.
2. Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event. Mark Millar and Steve McNiven.
Marvel Comics, $24.99 ISBN 978-0785121794
Marvel hit the jackpot with the release of multiple trade paperback collections of it's hit crossover series Civil War, placing three of the books collecting different plotlines on this month's bestseller list. Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event, collects the core narrative of the series and returns the list for a second month
3. Fruits Basket, Volume 16. Natsuki Takaya
Tokyopop, $9.95 ISBN 978-1598160246
4. Death Note, Volume 11. Tite Kubo.
Viz Media, $7.99 ISBN 978-1421511788
5. Vampire Knight, Volume 2. Matsuri Hino.
Viz Media, $8.99 ISBN 978-1421511306
6. Full Metal Alchemist, Volume 13. Hiromu Arakawa
Viz Media, $9.99 ISBN 978-1421511580
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Jeff Kinney.
Abrams, $12.95 ISBN 978-0810993136
Acquired by Abrams editor Charles Kochman at the 2006 New York Comic-con, Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid began life as a webcomic, attracting a huge audience of kids online and seems to have brought that audience to the print edition. The story of a smart aleck kid and life in grade school, the book is a genuine surprise hit after hitting the New York Times bestseller list and now PW's comics bestseller list. An unusual combination of prose and pictures, the book has been called a "novel in cartoons."
8. Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man. J. Michael Straczynski and Ron Garney.
Marvel, $17.99 ISBN 978-0785122371
Debuting on the list this month, Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man, the story of Peter Parker teaming up with defense contractor Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) to support the enactment of Congress's Superhero Registration Act and setting the scene for a monumental clash between Marvel heroes.
9. Naruto, Volume 13. Mashashi Kishimoto.
Viz Media, $7.95 ISBN 978-1421510873
10. The Road to Civil War. Brian M. Bendis, J. Michael Straczynski et al.
Marvel Comics, $14.99 ISBN 978-0785119746
The Road To Civil War, maps the beginnings of a cataclysmic divide in the Marvel Universe, Iron Man on one side; Captain America on the other, and returns to the list for a third month.
