HERE'S THE DETAILS ON A FEW ITEMS THAT TOP SHELF HAS PLANNED FOR 2010 AND BEYOND!
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 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 1968, a place where Tadukic Acid Diethylamide 26 is the drug of choice, and where different underworlds are starting to overlap dangerously to an accompaniment of sit-ins and sitars. The vicious gangster bosses of London's East End find themselves brought into contact with a counter-culture underground of mystical and medicated flower-children, or amoral pop-stars on the edge of psychological disintegration and developing a taste for Satanism. Alerted to a threat concerning the same magic order that she and her colleagues were investigating during 1910, a thoroughly modern Mina Murray and her dwindling league of comrades attempt to navigate the perilous rapids of London's hippy and criminal subculture, as well as the twilight world of its occultists. Starting to buckle from the pressures of the twentieth century and the weight of their own endless lives, Mina and her companions must nevertheless prevent the making of a Moonchild that might well turn out to be the antichrist.
A 2010 RELEASE!
ISBN 978-1-60309-006-3 |
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 Top Shelf is proud to welcome Kathryn & Stuart Immonen (Ultimate Spider-Man, Nextwave, Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Never as Bad as You Think) to the Top Shelf family with this very intimate story, set in World War II while the Nazis were pillaging much of Europe's great art collections. Moving Pictures is the story of the awkward and dangerous relationship between curator Ila Gardner and officer Rolf Hauptmann, as they are forced by circumstances to play out their private lives in a public power struggle. The narrative unfolds along two timelines which collide with the revelation of a terrible secret, an enigmatic decision that not many would make, and the realization that sometimes the only choice left is the refusal to choose.
In a recent interview at comicbookresources.com, Kathryn explained that "The history is just a backdrop to tell a messed-up love story that's about how we assign value to things and people, how we behave when not everyone is playing by the same rules" and "in the end, maybe it's all about the fundamentally perverse nature of desire, about not being to help wanting what you want even if you don't know why. And how, from the outside, we really don't know anything about someone else's intimacies." -- Graphic Novel with French Flaps, 144 pages, 5.75" X 8.25"
A 2010 RELEASE!
  $14.95 (US)
ISBN 978-1-60309-049-0 |
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 Edited by Sean Michael Wilson
Stories compiled by Mitsuhiro Asakawa.
"Ax lives up to its name - sharp, cutting-edge, a bit scary and dangerous, slicing through formula and genre. Ax is the hub of the latest indy auteur Japanese comics that I've been longing to see brought out in English. So far we've only seen the tip, so grab this collection and prepare to be astounded as you dig deeper than ever into the massive iceberg that is manga." -- Paul Gravett, author of Manga: 60 years of Japanese Comics
Ax is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics. Published bi-monthly for over ten years now, the pages of Ax contain the most creative and cutting-edge works of independent comics in the world's largest comics industry. Now Top Shelf presents a 400-page collection of stories from ten years of Ax history, translated into English for the first time! This groundbreaking book includes work by 33 artists, including Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Akino Kondoh, Kazuichi Hanawa, Shinichi Abe, and many many more! -- Softcover Graphic Novel with French Flaps, 400 pages, 6 1/2" x 8 1/2"
A 2010 RELEASE!
$29.95 (US)
ISBN 978-1-60309-042-1 |
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 "Marshal Law is still my favorite comic book of all time." -- Mark Millar, author of Wanted
"The sharpest, most vindictive superhero satire out there." -- The List
"Intelligent, thought provoking and extremely funny. Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill are two of the greatest comic book writers/illustrators alive today." -- Nick Smithson, Sci-Fi-Online.com
"Some of them think 'cause they're superheroes they're above the law. It's my job to change their thinking. ... Sometimes this can prove fatal." -- Marshal Law
At long last, Top Shelf presents a revolutionary epic over twenty years in the making: THE MARSHAL LAW OMNIBUS -- a super-deluxe definitive collection of the groundbreaking series by British comics legends Pat Mills (JUDGE DREDD, CHARLEY’S WAR) and Kevin O'Neill (LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN). This legendary graphic novel one-ups Watchmen, going beyond superhero deconstruction to full-on superhero demolition. -- Full-Color, Deluxe Oversized Hardcover, 512 pages, 7 5/8" x 11 3/4"
In a twisted, decadent future not so far away, the city once called San Francisco is now a war zone. The government has commissioned living weapons of mass destruction to wage war on terror. The survivors return home broken, bitter, insane… and almost unstoppable. Some form gangs, some go psycho. Some turn into A-list celebrities with A-bomb fists.
Only one man knows the dark secrets these so-called "heroes" are hiding. Only one man has the power to take on America’s best and brightest and bring them to justice. His eyes will reflect the rocket's red glare. He is the twilight's last gleaming. He is… MARSHAL LAW.
Check out a video trailer here, with CGI art by Nick Percival.
A 2010 RELEASE!
$49.95 (US)
ISBN 978-1-60309-023-0 |
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 The Playwright rather enjoys a quiet moment in the local park. It is a good place to mentally sort his ideas, and is often frequented by pretty young ladies. He once saw a pigeon defecate onto a businessman's shoulder. It struck him as absurd that such an event is often considered lucky. Surely the luck lay with passers-by who, statistically, where far less likely to be similarly soiled, at that precise moment. Similarly, the Playwright always derived an almost perverse sense of relief whenever he received news that an old friend had developed prostate cancer. Because statistically, he reasoned, such news significantly reduced the chances of him being similarly afflicted. And to be honest, at his age, his prostate needed all the statistical support he could muster.
The Playwright. A romantic, black comedy about the sex life of a celibate middle-aged man.
A 2010 RELEASE!
ISBN 978-1-60309-056-8 |
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 "Bacchus mixes air hijacks and ancient gods, gangland drama and legends, police procedural and mythic fantasy, swimming pool cleaners and classics. It shouldn't work, of course, and it works like a charm. ... Eddie Campbell is the unsung King of comic books. ... The man's a genius, and that's an end to it." -- Neil Gaiman
"Though one often gets in trouble when saying things like this, I'd like to go on record as stating the following: ”˜Bacchus is the ultimate comic book!’ Why? Because, by some creative miracle, it possesses every possible quality one could hope for: a unique and engaging art style; a brilliantly crafted and intriguing story; completely believable and captivating characters; an undercurrent of humor, sarcasm, and irony; a thought-provoking subtext full of social and political realism; a well-researched examination of history; and, yes … I'll admit it! … superheroes. In its own weird way, Bacchus is actually a revisionist-superhero tale told in epic Greek proportions." -- Chris Staros, THE STAROS REPORT
BACCHUS is a wild and hilarious mythological adventure imbued with unparalleled social and political insight. It's a story of a few Greek gods who have somehow managed to survive the last four millennia. And even though they're the "wisest" and most powerful beings on Earth, they can't seem to rise above the whirlwind of petty grudges and skirmishes that bind them.
The BACCHUS (TWO-VOLUME OMNIBUS) will collect all 1,000 pages of the BACCHUS saga … yes, that’s ONE THOUSAND PAGES!! … the entire epic in two giant 576-page volumes (Vol 1 ISBN 978-1-60309-026-1, Vol 2 ISBN 978-1-60309-027-8). It's time that this long out-of-print masterpiece be introduced to an entirely new comics generation.
A 2010 RELEASE!
ISBN 978-1-60309-026-1 |
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 Infinite Kung Fu walks you through familiar corridors in the house of martial mayhem, but still smashes your face through walls of wonder and into rooms where kung fu is afraid to go.
The Martial World is ruled by a mysterious emperor whose five armies are each headed by a cruel and highly skilled kung fu master. Lei Kung, a soldier in one of these armies, grows tired of his master’s evil ways and seeks enlightenment elsewhere. However, he soon finds that he’s been chosen as the one who will put an end to the emperor’s tyrannical rule, personally! Allegiances are blurred as techniques are perfected, and Lei Kung becomes less certain who’s friend and who’s foe in each chapter!
Fists fly, limbs are lost and blood vessels burst in this tale of furious rivals, supernatural masters, walking corpses, and above all, raging kung fu!
A 2010 RELEASE!
ISBN 978-1-891830-83-9 |
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 "Matt Kindt's work on SUPER SPY blows my mind. The elegance of his art, juxtaposed with his rich character work and complex narrative -- is nothing short of genius. The Spy genre is so well traveled, that sometimes it feels like everything's been done before. But Matt Kindt's SUPER SPY proves that something new is always possible; if you unleash your passion, vision, and talent. Read SUPER SPY! Read 2 SISTERS! Read PISTOLWHIP! Buy Matt's art! I have. And my life is better for it!" -- Jesse Alexander (Producer and writer of Heroes, Lost and Alias)
Couldn't get enough of the critically-acclaimed and Eisner-nominated SUPER SPY? Curious what all the fuss is about? Have we got a book for you! Creator Matt Kindt has pulled out all the stops to make this an unforgettable supplement to (or first taste of) his 2007 opus. What's inside? Deleted scenes! Standalone spy stories! Sketchbook pages! 3-D comics! Full annotations! Diagrams of spy gadgets and keys to unlock secret codes hidden throughout the original book! Toys and stories for you to cut out and assemble! It's like a secret spy activity book for grown-ups! PLUS: illustrations, photos, and commentary from Matt explaining the real-world spy origins of his stories and techniques! Don't just read this book... use it! -- Full-Color Softcover Graphic Novel, 88 pages, 5 3/4" x 8 1/4", $12.95
A 2010 RELEASE!
ISBN 978-1-60309-043-8 |
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