The Indie Comics & Graphic Works Bestseller List

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For the eight-week period ending June 23, 2009, and based on sales at independent book stores nationwide.

1.

Watchmen
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, DC Comics, $19.99, 9780930289232

2.

The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan With Doctors Without Borders
Emmanuel Guibert, et al., First Second, $29.95, 9781596433755

3.

The Beats: A Graphic History
Harvey Pekar, et al., Hill & Wang, $22, 9780809094967

4.

Chicken With Plums
Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon, $12.95, 9780375714757

5.

V for Vendetta
Alan Moore, David Lloyd (Illus.), Vertigo, $19.99, 9781401208417

6.

Naruto, Volume 43
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421529295

7.

Naruto, Volume 44
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421531342

8.

What It Is
Lynda Barry, Drawn & Quarterly, $24.95, 9781897299357

9.

American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9780312384487

10.

A People's History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation
Howard Zinn, et al., Metropolitan, $17, 9780805087444

11.

Naruto, Volume 42
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421528434

12.

Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation
Harvey Pekar, Paul Buhle, New Press, $22.95, 9781595583215

13.

The Adventures of TinTin in the Land of the Soviets
Herge, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316003742

14.

Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1
James Patterson, NaRae Lee (Illus.), Yen Press, $10.99, 9780759529519

15.

Britten and Brulightly
Hannah Berry, Metropolitan, $20, 9780805089271

16.

Naruto, Volume 38
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421521749

17.

Naruto, Volume 41
Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421528427

18.

Shortcomings
Adrian Tomine, Drawn & Quarterly, $14.95, 9781897299753

19.

Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster
Craig Yoe, Joe Shuster (Illus.), Abrams, $24.95, 9780810996342

20.

Bleach, Volume 27
Tite Kubo, Viz Media, $7.95, 9781421523859

21.

Stephen King's Dark Tower: Treachery
Robin Furth, et al., Marvel Comics, $24.99, 9780785135746

22.

Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1939-41
Greg Sadowski (Ed.), Fantagraphics, $24.99, 9781560979715

23.

Preludes & Nocturnes: The Sandman Volume 1
Neil Gaiman, et al., Vertigo, $19.99, 9781563890116

24.

Fruits Basket, Volume 22
Natsuki Takaya, TokyoPop, $10.99, 9781427806833

25.

The Best American Comics
Lynda Barry (Ed.), et al., Houghton Mifflin, $22, 9780618989768