Bleach, Volume 19. Tite Kubo.
Viz Media, $7.95 ISBN 978-1421510439
Tite Kubo’s Bleach vol. 19 takes over the top spot in this month’s list. It’s the story of high school student Ichigo Kurosaki, who has the power to see ghosts. He encounters a shinigami or death god, who takes the form of a teenage girl and the two join forces to confront evil spirits. An international manga hit, Bleach is serialized in Japan’s Shonen Jump weekly and the anime is broadcast in the U.S. on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block. Viz spokesperson Ev Dubocq said the series has sold more than 750,000 copies in the U.S.Naruto, Volume 14. Mashashi Kishimoto.
Viz Media, $7.95 ISBN 978-1421510880Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Jeff Kinney.
Abrams, $10.95 ISBN 978-0810993136Negima, Volume 14. Ken Akamatsu.
Del Rey, $17.99 ISBN 978-0345496140Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event. Mark Millar and Steve McNiven.
Marvel Comics, $24.99 ISBN 978-0785121794Tsubasa, Volume 13. Clamp.
Del Rey, $10.95 ISBN 978-0345485335
Tsubasa:Resevoir Chronicles is a hit manga series by the legendary all-female manga collective CLAMP. It’s the story of a young archaeologist out to lift a curse on a beautiful princess and the plot also includes characters from another CLAMP series, xxxholic, also from Del Rey. April Flores, a Del Rey spokesperson, notes that an anime of the Tsubasa series will be released for the first time this summer by FUNimation.52, Volume 1. Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka et al
DC Comics, $19.99 ISBN 978-1401213534
Its DC Comics’s turn to shine with three books in the top 15. The first collected volume of 52, DC’s groundbreaking weekly periodical series, features commentary from editor Dan DiDio, writer Mark Waid and DC publisher Paul Levitz (and the appearance of Kate Kane, the new lesbian Batwoman).Y The Last Man: Motherhood, Volume 9. Brian K. Vaughan and Massimo Carnevale.
DC/Vertigo, $14.99 ISBN 78-1401213510
Acclaimed Y the Last Man writer Brian K. Vaughan was named outstanding creator for the second year in a row at Canada’s Joe Shuster Comics Awards. And he’s so busy writing for comics and TV shows (he’s a writer on Lost) that he won’t be on the con circuit this summer. The monthly periodical of the series will also come to end with issue #60.Vampire Knight, Volume 2. Matsuri Hino.
Viz Media, $8.99 ISBN 978-1421511306Fruits Basket, Volume 16. Natsuki Takaya
Tokyopop, $9.95 ISBN 978-1598160246
Take Note:
Fred Gallagher, the creator of the webcomic and book series Megatokyo, is an American pioneer in creating an original manga-influenced comics series for a U.S. audience. Megatokyo is at #15 on the list. It’s the story of two comical hardcore gamers stranded in Tokyo. The ongoing webcomic continues with 3 new episodes each week.
