James Kochalka

"Kochalka channels his inner child as well as any comic book creator who has ever lived." -- Timothy Callahan, Comic Book Resources

"Kochalka's work makes me feel like I did when I was six years old. He brings the joy back to comics." -- Frank Miller, creator of Sin City, 300, and Batman: The …

"Johnny Boo is the latest creation by the multi-talented James Kochalka. Watch as Johnny and Squiggle encounter the Ice Cream Monster for a 'party in his tummy' of a different kind! Fun for kids of all ages, it's AWESOME!" -- DJ Lance Rock, host of Nick Jr's Yo Gabba Gabba!

"The narrative style …

"A landmark book for the kindergarten crowd." -- School Library Journal

"Kochalka's command of the comic form is sublime and adorable. Kids will love Johnny Boo." -- Harry Bliss, illustrator of Diary of a Worm

The full-color, all-ages hit series returns! In this adventure, Johnny Boo has …

A TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB BOOK!

The silly all-ages hit series continues, as Johnny Boo does all KINDS of things! This book includes new color versions of all the Johnny Boo short stories, plus brand new adventures with our favorite goofy ghost. -- a 40-page full-color hardcover graphic novel, 6" x …

The PINK Girly-T Johnny Book T-Shirt by James Kochalka:

Now in a new edition, with a new cover!

"Kochalka's work makes me feel like I did when I was six years old. He brings the joy back to comics." -- Frank Miller, creator of Sin City, 300, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

"Oh, lord, did Pinky & Stinky make me six years old again." -- …

"The Monkey vs. Robot books are like the best of children’s literature, in that they appeal to the joyfulness of literature and art that appeals so much to children, while adults can enjoy the structure and techniques." -- Ninth Art

Deep in the forest, robots are gathering plant and animal …

This DIGITAL-ONLY book collects several hundred of Kochalka's best little paintings from the last few years. Kochalka began making the little paintings as something to sell to fans at conventions, but they quickly became a consuming obsession that led to several incredibly successful gallery shows …

"A fast paced, outlandish and hyper ride into the genre of superhero comics." -- Suzie Lackey, Cinegeek

No, it's NOT a sex book! The SuperF*ckers are the baddest teenage superhero team around, and everybody wants to join. They live in a big clubhouse, play video games on their state-of-the-art …

"SuperF*ckers is the top book on the reading stack whenever it comes out. It's non-stop hijinx and fun, filthy, vulgar, explicit fun, and it cracks me up. I love ridiculousness, mockery and political un-correctness, and that's what this book seems to be all about." -- Justin Ponsor, Comic Book …

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 …

"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 …

Back in print at last!!! ... Since October 1998, James Kochalka has kept a daily diary, drawn in comic strip form in his sketchbook. Drawn with relaxed and beautiful brushwork, these strips perfectly capture the rhythm of daily life. From the hilarious to the sad, from the poetic to the drunken, …

Following the incredible success of James' first two diary sketchbooks, Top Shelf is proud to announce YEAR 3 of JAMES KOCHALKA'S SKETCHBOOK DIARY. From the silly to the sad, from the mundane to the fantastic, James Kochalka's diary comic strips cover the full spectrum of human experience. As he …

James Kochalka and Craig Thompson -- two of our best cartoonists -- go head-to-head in this free-wheeling collaboration/argument, discussing art and religion, confronting each other and playfully confronting God in one of the best comics "jams" ever set to paper. Kochalka and Thompson draw …

The Village Voice calls him "Primitive, childlike and profane," and Pulse Magazine calls him a "Peculiar comic genius." Whatever you call James Kochalka, it's obvious that he's a superstar on the rise. Even while he's developing animated cartoons for Nickelodeon, and recording CDs with his band, he …

The comics that made the man a legend. That's right, collected for the first time ever are the greatest hits from the seminal mini-comic James Kochalka Superstar; all of which are now rare and out-of-print. James' comics have appeared virtually everywhere in the alternative comix scene, and this …

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 …

Top Shelf is proud to join the 2010 Free Comic Book Day celebration with not one, but THREE all-ages tales. In this FCBD edition, we'll not only present an all-new OWLY adventure by Andy Runton, but also two other all-new, all-ages adventures from Owly's friends: JOHNNY BOO by James Kochalka & …

Top Shelf is proud to join the 2008 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY celebration with not one, but FOUR all-ages tales. In this FCBD Edition, we'll not only present an all-new OWLY adventure by Andy Runton, but also three other all-new, all-ages adventures from Owly's friends: KORGI by Christian Slade, JOHNNY …