The Book Sense Comics Bestseller List

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Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the U.S. for the four-week period ending July 18, 2004.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available at www.bookweb.org/read/5677.

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The Book Sense Comics Bestseller List
1. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 13
McSweeney's (Eds.), McSweeney's, $24, 1932416080
2. Bucky Katt's Big Book of Fun: A Get Fuzzy Treasury
Darby Conley, Andrews McMeel, $16.95, 0740741365
3. Garfield: Survival of the Fattest: His 40th Book
Jim Davis, Ballantine, $10.95, 0345464583
4. Simpsons Comics Belly Buster
Matt Groening, Perennial, $14.95, 0060587504
5. The Complete Peanuts: 1950 to 1952
Charles M. Schulz, Fantagraphics, $28.95, 156097589X
6. The Party After You Left
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury, $17.95, 1582343772
7. Am I a Mutant, or What!: A FoxTrot Collection
Bill Amend, Andrews McMeel, $8.95, 0740741322
8. Don't Stand Where the Comet Is Assumed to Strike Oil: A Dilbert Book
Scott Adams, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0740745395
9. A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury
Aaron McGruder, Three Rivers, $16.95, 1400048575
10. Teenage Tales: Zits Sketchbook No. 8
Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0740741446
11. In Dog Years I'd Be Dead: Garfield at 25
Jim Davis, Ballantine, $19.95, 0345452046
12. Garfield Fat Cat #1
Jim Davis, Ballantine, $14.95, 0345464559
13. The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest
Matt Groening, Perennial, $14.95, 0060560703
14. The Calvin and Hobbes 10th Anniversary Book
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $16.95, 0836204387
15. The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $14.95, 0836218051
16. Garfield Eats Crow: His 39th Book
Jim Davis, Ballantine, $10.95, 0345452011
17. Wreckage Begins with "W": Cartoons of the Bush Administration
Jeff Danziger, Steerforth, $16.95, 158642078X
18. Blueprint for Disaster: A Get Fuzzy Collection
Darby Conley, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0740738089
19. Simpsons Comics Madness!
Matt Groening, Perennial, $14.95, 0060530618
20. Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0836218833
21. Michael Chabon Presents ... the Amazing Adventures of the Escapist: Volume 1
Michael Chabon, Glen David Gold, Kevin McCarthy, Dark Horse, $17.95, 159307171X
22. The Revenge of the Baby-Sat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0836218663
23. Spider Man 2: The Movie
Marvel (Eds.), Marvel, $12.99, 0785114114
24. The Joy of Worry
Ellis Weiner, Chronicle, $14.95, 0811841391
25. Who's Up for Some Bonding?: A Fox Trot Collection
Bill Amend, Andrews McMeel, $8.95, 0740738062
26. Weirdos From Another Planet!: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0836218620
27. Simpsons Comics Unchained
Matt Groening, Perennial, $14.95, 0060007974
28. Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson
Matt Groening, Perennial, $12.95, 0060555904
29. Get Fuzzy: The Dog Is Not a Toy: House Rule #4
Darby Conley, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0740713922
30. Bart Simpson's Guide to Life: A Wee Handbook for the Perplexed
Matt Groening, Perennial, $14.95, 006096975X
31. Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0836220889
32. The Get Fuzzy Experience
Darby Conley, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0740733001
33. Simpsons Comics Royale: A Super-Sized Simpson Soiree
Matt Groening, Perennial, $14.95, 006093378X
34. The Far Side Gallery
Gary Larson, Andrews McMeel, $14.95, 0836220625
35. Big Book of Bart Simpson
Matt Groening, Perennial, $12.95, 0060084693
36. Garfield as Himself
Jim Davis, Ballantine, $10.95, 0345478053
37. Tequila Mockingbird: A Book of Animal Cartoons
Leo Cullum, Abrams, $19.95, 0810948478
38. Something Under the Bed is Drooling: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $10.95, 0836218256
39. Calvin & Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-1995
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $7.95, 0740721356
40. Scientific Progress Goes "Boink": A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $12.95, 0836218787