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by Tony Consiglio

"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 …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-75-4

The 120 Days of Simon

The 120 Days of Simon

by Simon Gardenfors

THE SWEDISH INVASION!

"The 120 Days of Simon is an alternately charming, funny and aggravating four month journal of a self-advertised, couch-surfing freeloader. Highly recommended!" -- Peter Bagge

"I wouldn't call him a hero, but I found Gärdenfors' couch-surfing, mooching, drugged, …

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ISBN 978-1-60309-050-6

 
2 Sisters

2 Sisters

by Matt Kindt

"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 …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-58-7 - Diamond: APR042947

A Disease of Language

A Disease of Language

by Eddie Campbell and Alan Moore

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, …

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Abe: Wrong for the Right Reasons

Abe: Wrong for the Right Reasons

by Glenn Dakin

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 …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-22-8 - Diamond: STAR14840

AEIOU or Any Easy Intimacy

AEIOU or Any Easy Intimacy

by Jeffrey Brown

"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 …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-71-6

 
Alec: The Years Have Pants

Alec: The Years Have Pants

by Eddie Campbell

Winner of the 2010 Ignatz Award!

REVIEWS:

"This impressive collection—a high-water mark in the graphic novel’s short history—confirms that no one else in the medium combines emotional truth, literary intelligence, and formal daring with such adroitness and elegance." -- Booklist …

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ISBN 978-1-60309-025-4

Alec: The Years Have Pants -- HARDCOVER

Alec: The Years Have Pants -- HARDCOVER

by Eddie Campbell

Also available, a special HARDCOVER edition of ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS. Diamond: JUL09-1082

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ISBN 978-1-60309-047-6

 
American Elf (Book 1)

American Elf (Book 1)

by James Kochalka

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 …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-49-5

American Elf (Book 1) (hardcover)

American Elf (Book 1) (hardcover)

by James Kochalka

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.

 
American Elf (Book 2)

American Elf (Book 2)

by James Kochalka

"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 …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-85-3

American Elf (Book 3)

American Elf (Book 3)

by James Kochalka

Winner of the Ignatz Award for both Outstanding Comic & Outstanding Online Comic.

"Few people keep a diary as consistently and as entertainingly as James Kochalka. [His] tiny strips convey the personalities of him, his family and friends with astounding and impressive ease. Grade: A" -- Tom …

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ISBN 978-1-60309-016-2

 
Awesome 2: Awesomer

Awesome 2: Awesomer

Edited by Indie Spinner Rack's Charlito and Mr. Phil!

You can't keep a great indie anthology down! The boys at Indie Spinner Rack have been producing the premiere indie comics podcast for over three years, and in 2007 produced the aptly-titled AWESOME anthology. Now they're back, along with a …

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ISBN 978-1-60309-039-1 - Diamond: MAR094431

Ax (Vol 1): A Collection of Alternative Manga

Ax (Vol 1): A Collection of Alternative Manga

Edited by Sean Michael Wilson.
Stories compiled by Mitsuhiro Asakawa.

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2010!

"Within the pages of this greatly anticipated manga anthology are some of the most imaginative, lush, grotesque, and ridiculous comics to come out of Japan... It's an …

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ISBN 978-1-60309-042-1

 
Banks/Eubanks

Banks/Eubanks

by Tom Hart

The Comics Journal has raved, "There's nobody better at telling a story than Tom Hart", and Banks/Eubanks is an ambitious tale told with simplicity, wit, and the unique combination of wild antics and deep insight that is his signature. Set in summertime Boston (and central Florida during a tropical …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-10-5

The Barefoot Serpent (hardcover)

The Barefoot Serpent (hardcover)

by Scott Morse

The Barefoot Serpent is also available in a deluxe hardcover edition. A special Top Shelf exclusive:
First Printing: 300 copies.

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The Barefoot Serpent (softcover)

The Barefoot Serpent (softcover)

by Scott Morse

"Both Kurosawa and Scott are storytellers who can work on an intimate scale or on grand epics, but the focus is always on the individual, on characters, and that is what makes them succeed." -- Stan Sakai, from the introduction
"The union of a biography about a master filmmaker [Akira Kurosawa] to …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-37-2

BB Wolf and the 3 LP's

BB Wolf and the 3 LP's

by J.D. Arnold and Rich Koslowski

Nominated for FOUR Glyph Comics Awards!

Named one of USA TODAY's top graphic novels to watch at San Diego Comic-Con!

"BB Wolf strikes a relentless tempo that grabs you by the ears and refuses to let go. I never put this one down for an instant. Great stuff." -- Greg Ruth, artist of Freaks of …

 
BB Wolf and the 3 LP's (Music CD Spec Ed)

BB Wolf and the 3 LP's (Music CD Spec Ed)

by J.D. Arnold and Rich Koslowski

This limited edition of B.B. WOLF & THE 3 LP’S comes with a special Music CD of Blues songs recorded specifically to accompany the graphic novel.

Set in the Mississippi Delta of the 1920s, B.B. WOLF & THE 3 LP’S is a classic story of racial injustice, murder, revenge, and music … all told …

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ISBN 978-1-60309-083-4

Beach Safari

Beach Safari

by Mawil

"Stunning in both its simplicity and its depth. . . . By the time you finish reading Beach Safari, you’ll be begging for more." -- Greg McElhatton, icomics.com

A whimsical and beautifully illustrated allegory by German newcomer, Mawil Witzel. BEACH SAFARI is a surreal tale of a male bunny …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-40-2

 
BFF

BFF

by Nate Beaty

"Nate Beaty is a classic whiner in the hallowed autobiographical-comics tradition of R. Crumb and Joe Matt. ...he blows your mind with beautiful, thick-lined, tragedy-strewn, full-page drawings of Seattle or radiant renderings of Oregon swimming holes." -- Village Voice

"If you're a fan of the …

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ISBN 978-1-934620-00-7

Big Clay Pot

Big Clay Pot

by Scott Mills

An historical novel set in ancient Japan, told with heart and a bellyful of laughs. With his sensitive take on humanity and his completely original artistic vision, Scott Mills' thoughtful tale of early Japan has already proven itself quite popular. ... It has been several thousand years since the …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-16-7 - Diamond: STAR12266

 
Bighead

Bighead

by Jeffrey Brown

"... Besides being a superior parody, Bighead slyly reveals the author's personal issues and in some ways, everyone's." -- Andrew Arnold, Time

"Bighead is great, great fun to read; it crackles with energy and a love for the genre of the super hero. Brown takes the silly conventions that weigh …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-56-3 - Diamond: AUG043100

Blankets (Original Softcover)

Blankets (Original Softcover)

by Craig Thompson

Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards for Best Graphic Novel and Best Cartoonist.

"A rarity: a first-love story so well remembered and honest that it reminds you what falling in love feels like … achingly beautiful." -- Time Magazine

"Blankets is a great American novel." -- Andrew …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-43-3

 
Blankets Soundtrack

Blankets Soundtrack

by Craig Thompson

TRACKER: RECORDINGS FOR THE ILLUSTRATED NOVEL, BLANKETS

This summer, Top Shelf will co-release with FILMguerrero something we've never produced before, an official soundtrack to one of our graphic novels! Produced by John Askew and featuring the instrumental recordings of the Portland, Oregon …

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Bop!: More Box Office Poison

Bop!: More Box Office Poison

by Alex Robinson

"Alex Robinson manages to do something I frightfully admire: create something that's more than just "slice of life" stories. A must-read." -- John "Widgett" Robinson, Need Coffee

More Box Office Poison stories from Alex Robinson! What you might not know is that there were several short stories …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-46-4 - Diamond: STAR20107

 
Box Office Poison (hardcover)

Box Office Poison (hardcover)

by Alex Robinson

The new edition of Box Office Poison is also available in a deluxe hardcover edition. A Top Shelf exclusive.
First Printing: 300 copies.

Box Office Poison (softcover)

Box Office Poison (softcover)

by Alex Robinson

Winner of the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving Wider Recognition, the International Comics Festival Award for Best Debut Graphic Novel (Angouleme, France), and voted by Wizard Magazine as the best indy graphic novel of all time.

"A convincing, absorbing and satisfying fictional portrait of …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-19-8 - Diamond: STAR13562

 
Bughouse (Vol 1)

Bughouse (Vol 1)

by Steve Lafler

"Steve Lafler's comics will have you keeling over backwards with laughter." - Peter Bagge, Hate ... BUGHOUSE is cartoonist Steve Lafler's graphic novel about the life of a jazz band of the same name. Set in an "insect noir" Manhattan of the early fifties, BUGHOUSE is built on an ensemble of …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-13-6 - Diamond: STAR16720

Bughouse (Vol 2): Baja

Bughouse (Vol 2): Baja

by Steve Lafler

Bones the bass player, youngest member of premier jazz band Bughouse, is on the lam from the law! Framed by gangster Johnny Muggles, Bones heads south to Mexico while things cool off in Bugtown. Intrigue, romance and some very funky rockin' blues ensue as our man Bones hooks up with a group of …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-27-3 - Diamond: STAR16715

 
Bughouse (Vol 3): Scalawag

Bughouse (Vol 3): Scalawag

by Steve Lafler

Dennis, the new piano player in Bughouse, is by all accounts a very funky musician and a genial chap. But before long, the real Dennis reveals himself as a gambling, lying, cheating, two-timing, drunken thief and all around Scalawag! Only when he encounters his doppelganger “Dennnis”, does …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-67-9

Carnet de Voyage

Carnet de Voyage

by Craig Thompson

"Thought provoking and touching." -- Publishers Weekly

"With all of its pages drawn from life, here at last we have one continuous journey, rich with detail of place and characters, told with humor, pathos and insight." -- Andrew Arnold, Time

"Thompson goes far beyond 'objective reporting', …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-60-0

 
Chester 5000

Chester 5000

by Jess Fink

"Liquid and elegantly stylized." -- Alan Moore

“Chester 5000 is everything I wish I could be in a robot boyfriend and Jess Fink is everything I wish I could be as an artist. This is the most sexcellent book you will ever read.” -- Rich Stevens, author of Diesel Sweeties

“Is there any …

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ISBN 978-1-60309-066-7

Cicada: A Broken Fender Book

Cicada: A Broken Fender Book

by Josué Menjivar

Josué Menjivar is back (!) with a moving and emotional graphic novel entitled, CICADA. Examining the emotional scars that infidelity can produce, this graphic novel intelligently relates the guilt that one man carries to the hibernation cycle of the cicada. Fans of BROKEN FENDER know how Josué is …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-21-1

 
Clumsy

Clumsy

by Jeffrey Brown

"You can open to any page and find something unusually bare and honest about these stories. They're surprising, even though half the moments in the book are ones you've probably experienced yourself. Hard trick to pull off." -- Ira Glass, host and producer of public radio's This American …

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ISBN 978-0-9713597-6-5

Coffee and Donuts

Coffee and Donuts

by Max Estes

"Estes is a superstar in the making!" -- Giant Robot Magazine
"A bittersweet tale of breakfast and bank robbery told through the eyes of some trouser-wearing felines. There's a child-like innocence to these drawings that makes you sure that Max Estes has lived in a dumpster with a couple of stray …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-80-8

 
Cry Yourself to Sleep

Cry Yourself to Sleep

by Jeremy Tinder

"A tiny gem. Tinder no doubt has a long career ahead of him." -- Troy Brownfield, Newsarama

"Cry Yourself to Sleep has adorable characters, a great sense of humor and, at its core, very real emotions. Take a break for your Crisis on Infinite Civil Wars and discover a rabbit, a video store clerk …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-81-5 - Diamond: MAR063449

Daydream Lullabies (Billy Dogma)

Daydream Lullabies (Billy Dogma)

by Dean Haspiel

Billy Dogma - the last romantic anti-hero - is so confused, his guns shoot everything but bullets. Come witness his surrealistic "battles" with the most bizarre group of adversaries ever assembled, as his girlfriend, Jane Legit, questions his grip on reality, yet unconditionally encourages his …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-07-5 - 96 pages, Diamond: STAR16722

 
Dear Julia,

Dear Julia,

by Brian Biggs

"This is a thoughtfully creative book in the vanguard of our medium." -- Will Eisner

"Like Edward Gorey, Brian Biggs creates little graphic novellas of genteel malignance and madness." -- CMJ Magazine

Boyd Soloman believes he can fly and is eight floors above a San Francisco street …

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ISBN 978-1-891830-12-9

Delayed Replays

Delayed Replays

by Liz Prince

"It’s hard not to love the endearingly funny, sketchbook journal-style autobiographical comics of Liz Prince. ... If you don’t feel good about life (or comics) after reading Liz’s stuff your heart is a black hole of weirdness." -- David Paggi & Kiel Phegley, Wizard's Indie Jones

DELAYED …

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ISBN 978-1-60309-012-4