I’ve compiled a list of our 25 Bestselling titles in 2009 so you can see what customers spent their money on at Floating World.  A couple notes on how the list was compiled.  This is based on dollar amount, so I multiplied quantity sold by retail price.  Also I eliminated certain redundancies where applicable.  Meaning, I only let Walking Dead, Batman & Robin, Scott Pilgrim, etc… appear on the list once, even though other volumes or issue numbers were among the bestsellers.

So what did we learn from this year’s list?  4 of the bestselling titles weren’t even available from Diamond!  Shows what they know.  6 of the 25 titles were published by Portland companies.  Also if you work here you’ll have an opportunity to hand sell a lot of copies (see: me or Jamie).  First Thursday signings generated lots of sales (see: David Mack).  Marvel only had 1 title on the list.  16 of the titles were from indy publishers.  Secret Acres has published 7 titles since their foundation in 2008; 2 of those books showed up on our list.  Walking Dead and Scott Pilgrim are unstoppable.

THE LIST!

1.   SCOTT PILGRIM VOL. 5 (Oni Press)
2.   WATCHMEN TP (DC/Vertigo)
3.   YOU HAVE KILLED ME (Oni Press)
4.   WALKING DEAD VOL 9 (Image)
5.   KABUKI ALCHEMY HC (Marvel/Icon)
6.   CAPACITY TP (Secret Acres)
7.   LOEG CENTURY #1 (Top Shelf)
8.   KRAMERS 7 (Buenaventura)
9.   ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL 2 HC (DC)
10. BLANKETS (Top Shelf)

11. BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 (DC)
12. BOOK OF GENESIS BY ROBERT CRUMB (W.W. Norton)
13. FILTH TP (DC/Vertigo)
14. MONSTERS GN (Secret Acres)
15. A DRIFTING LIFE (D&Q)
16. ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL 1 TP (DC)
17. CATERER #3 (Floating World)
18. THB COMICS FROM MARS (Adhouse)
19. MULTIFORCE (Picturebox)
20. GIANT THB 1.V.2 (Horse Press)

21. BART SIMPSON’S TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #15 (Bongo)
22. WEDNESDAY COMICS #1 (DC)
23. BEN JONES HC (Picturebox)
24. LOCAL (Oni)
25. TEKKON KINKREET (Viz)

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This April First Thursday award-winning comic artist/writer David Mack will present a slide show discussion of his Kabuki comics followed by a Q&A session with fans. This will be a great opportunity to explore the themes of storytelling and creativity in Mack’s work. What started as a crime/espionage comic with Japanese assassins and gangsters has developed an experimental meta-narrative with layered, allegorical philosophies about existence, identity, and the creative process itself. We will also present dozens of original pages from his Kabuki series, acclaimed for merging mixed media and fine art techniques with the comics medium.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: David Mack
WHAT: Art exhibit, slide show discussion, Q&A with the artist
WHEN: Thursday, April 2nd, 6-10pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th Ave #101

http://www.davidmack.com/
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Join us Friday April 3rd for a Drink & Draw, Live Art Show! Anthony Leano, co-writer of the horror/comedy comic book “BrAiNs”, artist Paul Allen, Mike Hampton of the comic “Hot Zombie Chicks” and artist Emonic are on a comic book tour titled “Hot Zombie Chicks Love BrAiNs Tour”. They will have the premiere issue of BrAiNs #1 and the new Hot Zombie Chicks #3 available for sale along with prints for sale. Emonic will perform a live art show from 4-7pm.

Then at 7pm Skinner will take a break from his art exhibit across the street at Upper Playground, and join us for a Drink & Draw that is open to the public. Bring your pens and PBR! I’ll throw on a crappy horror movie in the background for inspiration.

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Now you can read the serialized adventures of Jack Marsden, THE CATERER, in this daily webcomic!  We won’t prevent it.  If that’s not a strong enough dose you can still order the actual comic from us.

http://caterercomic.blogspot.com/

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FLOATING WORLD COMICS PRESENTS:

ACHEWOOD CREATOR – CHRIS ONSTAD in store appearance!
NATE POWELL BOOK RELEASE PARTY – SWALLOW ME WHOLE

This October Floating World presents two in store appearances with two talented comic creators. On Thursday October 9th, Chris Onstad will appear to sign copies of his popular Achewood collection THE GREAT OUTDOOR FIGHT, published by Dark Horse Books. Then on Saturday October 25th, Nate Powell will be visiting as part of his new book tour for SWALLOW ME WHOLE, coming from Top Shelf in November. We’ll have advance copies of SWALLOW ME WHOLE, which is already receiving high praise.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Chris Onstad
WHAT: THE GREAT OUTDOOR FIGHT book signing and artist reception
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 9th, 6-8PM

WHO: Nate Powell
WHAT: SWALLOW ME WHOLE book release and slide show reading
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 25th, 7-9PM
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