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 "Tony Consiglio is a natural-born cartoonist; his drawings are funny, sharp, and uncluttered. Upon his incisive line he somehow manages to balance both misanthropy and a sympathy for human foibles. He may skewer his characters (sometimes literally), but I suspect that, deep down, he has a tender spot for them." -- Ivan Brunetti
"In much the same way that Alan Moore's Watchmen is the final word on the modern superhero, Tony Consiglio's 110Per¢ closes the book on the entire middle-aged-housewives-obsessed-with-boybands genre." -- Alex Robinson
Meet Cathy, Gerty and Sasha, three mature women with one common bond: their absolute obsession with the boy band, 110 Per¢ ("110 Percent"). Unfortunately, deception is getting the better of them, and throughout the story, relationships will crumble, laws will be broken, and lives will be shattered. Watch as these three friends lie, cheat, and steal to get closer to the band, only to end up further from reality. From the fan-favorite creator of Doublecross, Tony Consiglio now brings us a humorous and scathing commentary on the American obsession with celebrity culture. -- 136 pages
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Diamond: MAR063447 - ISBN 978-1-891830-75-4 |
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 "There's enough swashbuckling, pen guns, cyanide teeth, buried treasure and nail-biting suspense to grip the interest of all readers." -- Wizard Magazine
From the creator of Super Spy, and the artist and co-creator of Pistolwhip and Mephisto (with Jason Hall) comes a World War II spy thriller that spans both continents and centuries. From England to Spain, from ancient Rome through the era of pirates and buccaneers, this is the backdrop for the unique tale of two sisters, their relationship, and the secrets they share. -- 336 pages.
$19.95 (US)
Diamond: APR042947 - ISBN 978-1-891830-58-7 |
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 The Birth Caul and Snakes & Ladders, Alan Moore’s visionary, highly personal magic based performance art pieces as adapted by Eddie Campbell, are collected together for the first time ever in A Disease of Language. Along with an insightful and expansive interview with Moore conducted by Campbell, the creators of the multi-award winning From Hell, present an insight into the world of comics’ most revered author. Challenging, revealing, and totally captivating, A Disease of Language is for anyone with an interest in art, magic, history, love, sex, life & death, and everything in between. -- A 160-page hardcover volume published by Knockabout Palmano Bennett (UK), subdistributed by Top Shelf.
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 Sporting a glowing introduction by the master of "veiled autobiography," Eddie Campbell, this graphic novel features all of Glenn Dakin's ABE stories from the British comix scene. If you're not familiar with Dakin's work, Glenn has, for the last nineteen years, been one of England's best alternative comics creators. ABE is not only regarded as a milestone in the world of fanciful autobiography, but it's a must read for fans of ALEC or anyone who's interested in astute, witty, and profound observations of life and living. -- 176 pages.
$14.95 (US)
Diamond: STAR14840 - ISBN 978-1-891830-22-8 ** OUT OF STOCK ** |
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 "Jeffrey Brown's work is not precious, broken-heart type stuff, but instead renders the terrific blanches and indelible happiness one can inflict upon another." -- Jennifer Przybylski, Rain Taxi
"Brown is a consummate storyteller, with a mixture of believable dialogue that carries both wistful romance and casual cruelty blending with simple artwork that conveys a wide variety of emotions and actions." -- Randy Lander, The Fourth Rail
Originally printed as a limited edition with hand drawn covers, Top Shelf presents the "final chapter" of Jeffrey Brown's so-called Girlfriend Trilogy. AEIOU or Any Easy Intimacy continues to explore the subtleties of relationships explored in Clumsy and Unlikely, concentrating this time on the differences between knowing and loving someone, invoking the reader's relationship with the book as a parallel to being involved with someone. The story is told with Brown's trademark expressive drawings and juxtaposition of humor and heartache. -- 224 pages
$12.00 (US)
Diamond: APR053183 - ISBN 978-1-891830-71-6 |
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 Winner of the Ignatz Award for both Outstanding Comic and Outstanding Online Comic.
"Absolutely impossible to encapsulate into a single review, Kochalka’s eminently likeable SKETCHBOOK DIARIES are a singular experience in the world of comics ... Comics’ foremost optimist, Kochalka really distinguishes himself from his fellow cartoonists not only through deceptively simple and wonderful art, but also with a goofy, vulnerable cheerfulness. In a medium where many creators find life unbearably and predictably painful, he finds the extraordinary in the ordinary." -- 4-Color Review
"By focusing on the tiniest moments -- a second gazing at the moon, a thought over breakfast -- readers come to know what truly goes on inside the author's head." -- Whitney Matheson, USA Today
"James Kochalka is my autobiographical idol." -- Alison Bechdel (creator of Dykes to Watch Out For and Fun Home)
"James Kochalka draws beautiful music." -- Nicholas Gurewitch (creator of The Perry Bible Fellowship)
AMERICAN ELF: THE COLLECTED SKETCHBOOK DIARIES OF JAMES KOCHALKA
(October 26, 1998 to December 31, 2003)
Kochalka's diaries have utterly redefined the daily comic strip. His attempt to document the minutia of his life results in work that explores the full spectrum of human emotions. Drawn with verve and confidence by a cartoonist at the height of his powers, it is ambitious, hilarious, moving, and quite addictive! This astounding book follows the ups and downs of Kochalka's life through 5 full years of the strip, plus also includes 32 full color pages of supplementary comics and other artwork. Quite simply, this is Kochalka's masterpiece. -- 520 pages
$29.95 (US)
Diamond: MAY042960 - ISBN 978-1-891830-49-5 |
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 THE 1ST HARDCOVER EDITION OF AMERICAN ELF
To celebrate the 5-year anniversary of James Kochalka's critically acclaimed SKETCHBOOK DIARIES series, Top Shelf will also produce a hardcover edition of AMERICAN ELF. This is a web exclusive, with the first printing limited to 500 copies. -- 520 pages.
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 "Kochalka is disarmingly honest about the details of his life -- sex, diapers, career anxiety and all -- rendered here in vivid colors that accentuate his sense of joy in the mundane. At turns conventionally funny, poignant and simply absurd, the compelling thing about an American Elf book is that you hold someone's life in your hands." -- Joel Hartse, Paste Magazine
Kochalka invented the daily diary comic strip, spawning a grassroots comix movement that has swept across the globe. Every day Kochalka draws a little comic strip about something that happened to him that day. A simple as that concept might seem, in Kochalka's hands it becomes something astounding and surprising... wickedly funny at times and deeply moving at others. This volume prints all of the strips from 2004 and 2005 in gorgeous full-color. -- 192 pages
$19.95 (US)
Diamond: DEC063936 - ISBN 978-1-891830-85-3 |
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