Perennials
Here's a quick list of all the Top Shelf perennials -- the "must read" items in our mature-reader line that should already be on your "Top Shelf." And if they're not, well ... what are you waiting for!? Grab them here and now, and help us both pave the future of comics together. And for our all-ages perennials, just visit the Kids Club link.
From Hell (softcover)
by Eddie Campbell and Alan Moore
Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards for Best Graphic Novel.
A New York Times Bestseller!
"Remarkable." -- Leo Carey, The New Yorker
" … dark, fearsomely complex …" -- Douglas Wolk, Publishers Weekly
"My all-time favorite graphic novel … an immense, majestic work about …
Lost Girls (Single-Volume Hardcover Edition)
by Melinda Gebbie and Alan Moore
NEW SINGLE-VOLUME HARDCOVER EDITION!
The ground-breaking and controversial LOST GIRLS is now available in a super-deluxe (yet affordable) single-volume hardcover edition!
"Lost Girls is to erotic literature what Moore's now classic 1987 Watchmen (with Dave Gibbons) was to the superhero …
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #1
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, …
Blankets (softcover)
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 …
Carnet de Voyage
"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', …
Alec: The Years Have Pants
"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 (starred review)
"Witty and thoughtful ... a great …
Alec: The Years Have Pants -- HARDCOVER
Also available, a special HARDCOVER edition of ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS.
IN PRINT! (PUBLISHED JANUARY 2010)
The Essex County Complete -- HARDCOVER
by Jeff Lemire
Also available, a special HARDCOVER edition of THE COMPLETE ESSEX COUNTY.
The Essex County Complete
by Jeff Lemire
"A rich tapestry ... Mr. Lemire infuses his characters with vivid details that make them burst to life." -- George Gene Gustines, The New York Times
"Jeff Lemire's Essex County trilogy represents one of the most remarkable recent achievements in indie comics: three interlocking graphic novels …
Swallow Me Whole
by Nate Powell
--WINNER OF THE 2009 EISNER AWARD FOR BEST NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL!
--NOMINATED FOR THREE 2009 EISNER AWARDS INCLUDING BEST GN & BEST CARTOONIST!
--WINNER OF THE 2008 IGNATZ AWARD FOR "OUTSTANDING DEBUT"!
--NOMINATED FOR YALSA’S "GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS"!
--FINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES BOOK …
Clumsy
"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 …
Unlikely
"Mr. Brown seems to understand perfectly the day-to-day rhythms of the modern 'young adult' relationship. Unlikely, like his first book Clumsy, is pretty much impossible to put down." -- Daniel Clowes, creator of Ghost World, Art School Confidential, and Eightball
"A million little brilliant and …
The Surrogates (Vol 1)
by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele
MOVIE NEWS: THE SURROGATES is now a major motion picture from TOUCHSTONE PICTURES, starring BRUCE WILLIS, VING RHAMES, RADHA MITCHELL, and ROSAMUND PIKE. In theaters now!
A New York Times Bestseller!
"The Best Indie Book of the year. Sci-fi tales are making a comeback and The Surrogates is …
The Surrogates (Vol 2): Flesh and Bone
by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele
MOVIE NEWS: THE SURROGATES is now a major motion picture from TOUCHSTONE PICTURES, starring BRUCE WILLIS, VING RHAMES, RADHA MITCHELL, and ROSAMUND PIKE. In theaters now!
"Flesh and Bone reads like Philip K. Dick writing an episode of The Wire ... a smart, compelling and adult work asking …
Too Cool to Be Forgotten
ONE OF AMAZON.COM'S TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS OF THE YEAR!
WINNER OF THE HARVEY AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!
"My favorite comic of the year." --Jeff Smith, creator of Bone
"This is Alex Robinson's best book, and one of the rare comics not written by Stan Lee to perfectly capture the …
Box Office Poison (softcover)
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 …
Super Spy
by Matt Kindt
ONE OF BOOKLIST'S TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS OF THE YEAR!
NOMINATED FOR THE EISNER AWARD (Best Graphic Album: Reprint)!
"This is a rip-roarin' yarn set in Europe during WW2 about spies and assassins crossing paths -- sometimes with lethal consequences. Fifty-odd short tales are all connected, telling …
Far Arden
by Kevin Cannon
"One amazing slice of storytelling magic." -- Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"One of the best graphic novels of the year." -- The AV Club
"Cleverly plotted ... Cannon is one of the comics world's most energetic storytellers, and his minimalist artwork, far from …
