Hey Bartender! Archives
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February 2012
- hey, i'm on a podcast!!
- february 17, 2012
- february 15, 2012
- february 9, 2012
- Staff Pick: Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City
- february 1, 2012
January 2012
December 2011
- Hidee Ho, happy campers!
- december 23, 2011
- Long Live AdHouse Books!
- december 14, 2011
- december 13, 2011
- december 10, 2011
- december 7, 2011
- december 2, 2011
November 2011
- sale! sale! sale!
- november 19, 2011
- november 15, 2011
- Digital Festivities—James Kochalka AMA
- november 9, 2011
- november 1, 2011
October 2011
- Happy Halloween!!
- James Kochalka writes in:
- James Kochalka writes in:
- James Kochalka writes in:
- october 13, 2011
- october 8, 2011
September 2011
- shannon wheeler, one-one-one-one!
- burning building!
- september 14, 2011
- september 11, 2011
- everything priced to MOVE!!
- jennifer hayden jennifer hayden jennifer hayden!!!
August 2011
- YIKES!... two weeks since my last update...
- we're running a BLANKETS contest!...
- august 8, 2011
- eddie campbell is...
- just back from some camping...
July 2011
- Gregory Benton, stud artist, cartoonist and friend of Top Shelf
- Reading Frenzy, Portland's premier small press & zine store
- comiccon is in full-swing...
- busy busy busy...
- super early computer animation
- and now even more on Lucille!...
June 2011
- ludovic debeurme youtube flick...
- ed piskor, author of the forthcoming original graphic novel Wizzywig,
- top shelf 2.0 contributor Box Brown
- Jennifer Hayden, whose first Top Shelf book, Underwire
- the mighty Tom Hart
May 2011
- hey kids... some news
- if you're in New York, and you read this in the next couple hours,
- Eric Skillman will be rockin' his Liar's Kiss release party
- back from Stockholm, Sweden. sigh... I really do love this wonderful city and its beautiful people.
- catching up and getting books out the door and support materials made and my garden planted...
April 2011
March 2011
- oh, man... what a bummer!
- james kochalka does biology!
- this is so cool!
- march 21, 2011
- yikes!...
- eric skillman on his incredible design
February 2011
- monsters!!!
- jennifer hayden has really been busy!...
- wow, there's been lots of news from the Top Shelf camp as of late,
January 2011
- january 30, 2011
- january 25, 2011
- viva world war 3 illustrated!!!
- january 18, 2011
- january 11, 2011
- the inimitable Todd Klein...
- Regardez! La lumiere! C'est... C'est 2011!
- Welcome to a brand new decade, friends.
December 2010
- Whew...
- Merry Christmas (Eve), and/or any other holiday you choose to celebrate!
- december 22, 2010
- Ho Ho and one more Ho for good measure.
- really? has it been two weeks?...
- december 1, 2010
November 2010
- happy snappy holidays one and all...
- Eric Orchard showcased in Spectrum
- oh man oh man oh man...
- november 3, 2010
October 2010
September 2010
- Sean Michael Wilson is back in the U.S...
- Steve Lafler all over the place!
- Sale! Sale! Sale!
- september 9, 2010
August 2010
July 2010
- kochalka kochalka kochalka
- breathing a sigh of relief...
- San Diego beckons... NERD ALERT!
- El Vocho, baby!!
- july 7, 2010
June 2010
- fingerprints rolling off the press
- Um, yeah... i have no idea what the contents of this newsletter says...
- mighty mike dawson on the mic
- summer has arrived at Top Shelf West.
May 2010
- slow days at Top Shelf West
- YES! Ax: Alternative Manga has left for the printer!
- Stumptown and TCAF have both come & gone...
- picturebook pedagogy #3.
April 2010
- next year?...
- i am at the mercy of the volcano gods. less than 48 hours away from departure, and i'm still not
- lock up your sons and daughters!!!
- ai ai ai... so much going on...
March 2010
February 2010
- James Kochalka needs your help!!
- how much better can you get than Stephen Colbert teaming up with Shepard Fairey?
- february 12, 2010
- SUNDANCE has come on gone, and let me tell ya folks, what a treat this was...
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
- i'm not one to bring attention to myself,
- APE came and went in a flash!
- APE is looming large.
- It's been a crazy busy movie-centric two weeks for this bartender.
September 2009
August 2009
- summer winding down...
- oh, jeffrey brown...
- [Updated, with pictures!] let's reach back, my friends. april, in fact...
- isotope award for excellence in mini-comics
- well this is wicked cool on Wired...
- san diego has now come and gone again. sigh...
July 2009
- san diego looms large, and i'm stoked!!
- come one come all to one hella cool book release party!! (well, if you live in portland.)
- really really cool comics events abound during the summer, and here are just a couple...
June 2009
- all hail the great Eddie Campbell...
- kochalka's brilliant tribute to MJ...
- so-many-cool-new-books/minis/comics/etc-no-time-for-lengthy-reviews Episode #37
- item of interest for Portlanders...
- catchin' up catchin' up...
- good stuff in the in-box...
- back in black...
- june 3, 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
- march 27, 2009
- march 19, 2009
- alex robinson's six highlights of life in New York,
- first, big ups to Nate Powell!
- so much to do, so very little time...
February 2009
January 2009
- january 29, 2009
- january 25, 2009
- mr. bill [kelter] returns to portland!...
- grass hut goodness!
- arctic weather continues to pummel top shelf west coast headquarters!!
December 2008
- jeff lemire's country nurse ranks tops on
- top shelf wunderkind Alex Robinson makes Pop Candy's
- if you're in Portland this weekend,
- one of my first publisher heroes, Dean Mullaney, is interviewed at Newsarama.
- witness: a stunning piece by Renee French for the re-formatted Soap Lady, which we'll be publishing
November 2008
- Peter Kuper took this snap at a fruit stand at 98th and Broadway. Top Shelf, baby!
- yummy sketchbook drawings from matt kindt and jeff lemire...
- this just in... james kochalka at
October 2008
- Top Shelf goes APE!
- here's a SUPER terrific short film about
- october 19, 2008
- top shelf is a sort-of sponsor for Greg Palast's terrific Steal Back Your Vote comic:
- back from spx...
September 2008
- two items of particular note
- leaving for Bethesda a week from today, so i'll be missing this,
- nate powell's lengthy and intriguing four-part interview
- a fabulous epic-length interview with alex robinson
- VEEPStravaganza!
- september 4, 2008
August 2008
July 2008
- san diego san diego san diego san diego
- Suddenly it's Alan Moore week!
- Holy crapola, Batman...
- july 4, 2008
June 2008
May 2008
- may 29, 2008
- i'm not the jealous type, but...
- sunny, warm, and sad...
- busy busy busy busy...
- may 5, 2008
- ouch... sorry for the delay.
April 2008
- april 20, 2008
- april 16, 2008
- does the world really need another blog?
- april 13, 2008
- it's not too late!!
March 2008
- judas priest! everybody wants to be a bloody hero!
- d'oh!...
- march 16, 2008
- jeff lemire loves the capes!
- spring is coming...
- order this book!
February 2008
January 2008
- january 31, 2008
- some fine new booty...
- james kochalka superstar
- january 11, 2008
- yeah!
- feliz ano neuvo!
December 2007
- Christmas night is here...
- with a corncob pipe and a button nose...
- you're a mean one...
- dig-dog bloggity blah blah
- happy happy holidays
- change-bots fans, dig this!
- r.i.p. evel knievel
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
- blogblogblog
- one year later...
- bwanamanaman
- just because i can
- channel surfing jewel
- shark week!
- new guy
- post-san diego
July 2007
- off to san diego... freak-scene that i love
- he does the things a spider can...
- bill moyers
- headline edition
- listening as i write to the tasty
June 2007
May 2007
- may 31, 2007
- may 29, 2007
- may 26, 2007
- super stud... er, i mean, super spy
- may 15, 2007
- comic foundry
- go dog, go!
- slow like molasses...
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
- and i wept like a baby...
- cool beans...
- st valentine indeed
- long live the King & Queen
- beasts!
- some stuff
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
- ROCK!
- post food-coma thoughts
- mmm... food
- (no official title)
- cool...
- new day in america
- piles & piles of comics
- stumptown
October 2006
September 2006
- incredible jeffrey brown
- comics lifestyle
- update city
- bunnies bunnies bunnies
- last of ulana'a sketchbook pages
- happy birthday to...
- mad mad mad lost girls
August 2006
- comic foundary
- ulana ulana ulana
- more things i've read
- bloggity blog blah
- hutch owen on the loose
- french sighting
- but I voted for you!
July 2006
- san diego booty
- there and back again...
- san diego bound
- arf! arf!
- top secret ass-kickin'
- superman deliverance
- damn you, gary!
June 2006
- Gregory Benton sighting
- woof! woof!
- oh how wrong i was...
- nine days later...
- off to nyc
- the number of the man-beast
- being scott mccloud
- catching up on a few things
May 2006
- yeesh... more x-men?
- classic x-men
- new reneè french art
- fanboy stuff
- better late than never?
- view from the commander's chair
- some cool things i read
- a few things this time around
- a time for heresy
April 2006
March 2006
- off to see the wizard
- break the deal... face the wheel
- library love
- lost girls lost girls lost girls
- a little bit o' this, a little bit o' that
- workin' on from hell
- o.k. then, on to tjc #273
- just got back last night
- astute reader response
- i love it i hate it...
- art spiegelman lecture
February 2006
- top shelf does new york, and new orleans... sort of
- aaron renier sketches
- wondercon part 2, and so much more
- desperately needing a laptop...
- bloggedy blog off to san francisco
- angouleme e tres chic
- so much going on
- it's a dumb-ass, and ...it's a girl?
January 2006
- alex robinson update
- dylan horrocks sighting
- hulk SMASH plenary executive!
- of politics & smallville
- lapdog for the powerful
- convention season is upon us
- whither ivan brunetti
- Rivalry (not comics)
- a new comics blog
