Catalog / 2012 Releases

2012 Releases

Here's everything Top Shelf has planned for 2012 (so far!) listed in order of release (with January featuring a few re-offers of key titles from the previous year). Do yourself a favor this year and try some things that you're not that familiar with. You won't be disappointed.

And click on the links for a quick look at the entire publishing schedule; our mature-reader perennials, and our all-ages perennials.

January 2012

Infinite Kung Fu

Infinite Kung Fu

by Kagan McLeod

One of YALSA's Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens!

Named one of the best graphic novels of the year by Publishers Weekly, Heeb Magazine, io9, CNN, Comic Book Resources, Complex, USA Today, Forbidden Planet International, IFC, ComicsAlliance, Paste, and Graphic Novel Reporter!

"Pure …

$24.95 (US)

Add to Cart Buy Digital Details

ISBN 978-1-891830-83-9

Any Empire

Any Empire

by Nate Powell

Named one of the best graphic novels of the year by The AV Club, Comic Book Resources, Complex, and Graphic Novel Reporter!

"The most prodigiously talented graphic novelist of his [generation] ... Powell's exceptional visual-storytelling gift transforms a potentially obvious antiwar parable into …

$19.95 (US)

Add to Cart Buy Digital Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-077-3

 
Lucille

Lucille

by Ludovic Debeurme

"Moving and rich." -- GQ France

“Lucille impresses as much by the power of its drawing as by the subtlety of its dialogue and plotting... it alternates tender moments of joy with scenes that evoke tears... Tremendous.” -- Didier Pasamonik, ActuaBD

"A coherent, compelling narrative... …

The Homeland Directive

The Homeland Directive

by Robert Venditti and Mike Huddleston

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Named one of the year's best graphic novels by CNN, Complex, IFC, School Library Journal, Library Journal, and USA Today!

"A great, paranoid read for the modern age." -- Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

"Venditti’s cat-mouse thriller demands edge-of-your-seat …

$14.95 (US)

Add to Cart Buy Digital Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-024-7

 
Blankets

Blankets

by Craig Thompson

A BRAND NEW SOFTCOVER EDITION OF BLANKETS -- RESIZED & WITH A NEW COVER!

Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards for Best Graphic Novel and Best Cartoonist.
"Thompson describes the ecastasy and ache of obsession (with a lover and with God)." -- The New York Times Book Review

"A …

$29.95 (US)

Add to Cart Details

ISBN 978-1-891830-43-3

Blankets -- HARDCOVER

Blankets -- HARDCOVER

by Craig Thompson

A BRAND NEW HARDCOVER EDITION OF BLANKETS -- RESIZED & WITH A NEW COVER!

Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security …

$39.95 (US)

Add to Cart Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-096-4

 

March 2012

Cleveland

Cleveland

by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant

“One of the very greatest works by that unique and irreplaceable American voice, the truly splendorous Harvey Pekar... graced by the impeccable and poignant artistry of Joseph Remnant.” -- From the introduction by Alan Moore

A lifelong resident of Cleveland, Ohio, Harvey Pekar (1939-2010) …

$21.99 (US)

Pre-Order Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-091-9 - Diamond Code: DEC11-1207

Blue

Blue

by Pat Grant

Blue is the debut graphic novel of Australian cartoonist Pat Grant. It's a fascinating blend of autobiography and fiction with a sci-fi twist: in a seaside Australian town struggling with alien tentacle-creature immigration, a trio of aimless teenagers skip school to go surfing, chase rumors of a …

$14.95 (US)

Pre-Order Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-153-4

 

April 2012

Lost Dogs

Lost Dogs

by Jeff Lemire

Long out of print, Jeff Lemire's Xeric-Award-winning LOST DOGS now returns in a newly remastered edition, soaked with blood and ink. This 104-page mythic yarn follows a family man who's larger than life... but even he may not be powerful enough to prevent the loss of everything he's ever …

$9.95 (US)

Pre-Order Buy Digital Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-154-1 - Diamond: FEB12-1158

The Pterodactyl Hunters

The Pterodactyl Hunters

by Brendan Leach

PTERODACTYL HUNTERS is a story of sibling rivalry and family tradition in a rapidly changing world: a version of 1904 New York where generations of working-class hot-air-balloonists take to the skies each night to defend their city from a dwindling population of pterodactyls. In this town, heroic …

$9.95 (US)

Pre-Order Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-263-0 - Diamond: FEB12-1159

 

May 2012

The Lovely Horrible Stuff

The Lovely Horrible Stuff

by Eddie Campbell

Money makes the world go around, as they say. And around. And around.

Eddie Campbell is an award-winning graphic novelist (Alec, From Hell) whose work defies categorization. His latest book is a dizzying autobiographical investigation into MONEY. It's a voyage that takes him all the way from …

$14.95 (US)

Pre-Order Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-152-7

Top Shelf Kids Club -- 2012 (FCBD)

Top Shelf Kids Club -- 2012 (FCBD)

by Chris "Elio" Eliopoulos and Ray Friesen and James Kochalka and Andy Runton and Christian Slade and Jess Smart Smiley

A TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB COMIC BOOK!

Top Shelf is proud to join the 2012 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY celebration with not one, but SIX all-ages tales. In this FCBD edition, we present adventures from our kid-favorite titles: OWLY by Andy Runton, JOHNNY BOO by James Kochalka, KORGI by Christian Slade, OKIE …

Coming Soon Details
 

June 2012

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #3 - 2009

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #3 - 2009

by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

Co-Published By Top Shelf Productions & Knockabout

In CHAPTER THREE, the narrative draws to its cataclysmic close in London 2009. The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been born and has grown up to claim his dreadful heritage. His promised …

$9.95 (US)

Pre-Order Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-007-0

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #2 - 1969

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #2 - 1969

by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill

Co-Published By Top Shelf Productions & Knockabout

CHAPTER TWO takes place almost sixty years later in the psychedelic daze of Swinging London during 1969, a place where Tadukic Acid Diethylamide 26 is the drug of choice, and where different underworlds are …

$9.95 (US)

Add to Cart Buy Digital Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-006-3

 
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #1 - 1910

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #1 - 1910

by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill

A New York Times Bestseller!

"While the premise of mixing and matching famed fictional figures has lost some of its novelty, the thrill of how adroitly and intelligently Moore does it remains. O’Neill’s detailed art matches the intricacy of Moore’s design, …

July 2012

Wizzywig

Wizzywig

by Ed Piskor

They say What You See Is What You Get... but Kevin "Boingthump" Phenicle could always see more than most people. In the world of phone phreaks, hackers, and scammers, he's a legend. His exploits are hotly debated: could he really get free long-distance calls by whistling into a pay phone? Did his …

$19.95 (US)

Pre-Order Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-097-1

August 2012

The Underwater Welder

The Underwater Welder

by Jeff Lemire

Pressure. As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deep-sea work. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood. As Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from …

$19.95 (US)

Pre-Order Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-074-2

October 2012

Upside Down (Book 1): A Vampire Tale

Upside Down (Book 1): A Vampire Tale

by Jess Smart Smiley

A TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB BOOK!

Harold is a friendly young vampire —but he loves candy so much, the dentist might have to pull his teeth! Now, what if he and the dentist, plus a couple friendly bats, all get caught up in the evil plots of the local witch? It’s a wild magical romp for all ages, …

$9.95 (US)

Pre-Order Details

ISBN 978-1-60309-088-9