It blows my mind.Īnd when I read the book, it became crystal clear why there is such huge demand for it. Imagine anything from Marvel, DC, Image or any other comic book publisher getting even half of an initial print order that large for anything they publish that didn't have 64 different variant covers. Given the early sales returns and the increasing demand for any Telgemeier book ever since her first hit book, Smile, that big printing order sure seems like a smart move.
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic that specializes in graphic novels for young readers, had ordered a print run of a million copies of Guts for its debut earlier this month. Not bestselling graphic novel, bestselling BOOK. That same night, I came across a story by Heidi MacDonald of The Beat that showed Guts was the bestselling book in America that week.
I walked away, silently proud to see the nerdy gene finally manifesting itself. Here she was, devouring a graphic novel in a single reading, just like her old man used to do to a stack of comics each NCBD.
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