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.

Blankets
A BRAND NEW SOFTCOVER EDITION OF BLANKETS -- RESIZED & WITH A NEW COVER!
Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards for Best Graphic Novel and Best Cartoonist.
"Thompson describes the ecastasy and ache of obsession (with a lover and with God)." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A …

Blankets -- HARDCOVER
A BRAND NEW HARDCOVER EDITION OF BLANKETS -- RESIZED & WITH A NEW COVER!
Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security …

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', …

The Underwater Welder
by Jeff Lemire
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER!
One of Amazon's Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2012!
Amazon.ca's #1 Best Graphic Novel of 2012!
Discover the triumphant new graphic novel from the author of Essex County.
"The most spectacular episode of The Twilight Zone that was never produced. I really, really care …
$19.95 (US)
$9.99 (US) DIGITAL
Add to Cart Buy Digital DetailsISBN 978-1-60309-074-2 - Diamond: JUN12-1298

Essex County
by Jeff Lemire
This critically-acclaimed graphic novel was recently chosen as one of Canada Reads’ Top 5 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade! It is also the winner of the American Library Association’s Alex Award, the Doug Wright Award, and the Joe Shuster Award. And here's a brand new printing!
"A …

Lost Dogs
by Jeff Lemire
"Pure pulp pugilism." -- Rue Morgue
"Lost Dogs is rough, it is raw as hell, but it's rough like a bareknuckle fist fight and raw like a rusty knife into your gut... Lemire's stories pour out of him on to the page, his id spilling out into the world." -- from the introduction by Timothy …
$9.95 (US)
$3.99 (US) DIGITAL
Add to Cart Buy Digital DetailsISBN 978-1-60309-154-1 - Diamond: FEB12-1158

From Hell
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 …

From Hell -- HARDCOVER
by Eddie Campbell and Alan Moore
Also available, a special HARDCOVER edition of From Hell. Limited quantities available.

Lost Girls (Single-Volume Hardcover Edition)
by Melinda Gebbie and Alan Moore
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 scene. Each busts the frames of its …

Nemo: Heart of Ice
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
AN ALL-NEW LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN ADVENTURE!
Co-Published by Top Shelf Productions & Knockabout.
In the grim cold of February surfaces a thrilling new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen book: NEMO: HEART OF ICE, a full-color 56-page adventure in the classic pulp tradition by the …
$14.95 (US)
$4.99 (US) DIGITAL
Add to Cart Buy Digital DetailsISBN 978-1-60309-274-6 - Diamond: DEC121247

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #1 - 1910
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, …

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #2 - 1969
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill
"Easily one of the best of the year." -- Scott Thill, Wired
"Fans won't be let down by the latest instalment of this clever, lurid saga." -- James Smart, The Guardian
"The League series exhibits what I like best in comics... Moore's script exhibits the …

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #3 - 2009
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
Co-Published By Top Shelf Productions & Knockabout.
"Century: 2009's neat references are splendid fun, and this is a clever, passionate – and pleasingly open-ended – finale to a fine series." -- The Guardian
"Weaving together Britain's mythic dreamtime into one glorious creative tapestry, …

Infinite Kung Fu
by Kagan McLeod
One of YALSA's Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens!
Named one of the best graphic novels of the year by Publishers Weekly, Heeb Magazine, io9, CNN, Comic Book Resources, Complex, USA Today, Forbidden Planet International, IFC, ComicsAlliance, Paste, and Graphic Novel Reporter!
"Pure …

Any Empire
by Nate Powell
Named one of the best graphic novels of the year by Booklist, The AV Club, Comic Book Resources, Complex, and Graphic Novel Reporter!
"The most prodigiously talented graphic novelist of his [generation] ... Powell's exceptional visual-storytelling gift transforms a potentially obvious antiwar …

Swallow Me Whole
by Nate Powell
Winner of the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel.
Nominated for three Eisner Awards including Best Cartoonist and Best Lettering.
WInner of the Ignatz Awards for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Debut.
One of YALSA’S "Great Graphic Novels for Teens."
Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. …

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 …

Undeleted Scenes
"Thoroughly engaging and loaded with charm to burn, this latest work from Brown is a perfect example of how to do autobiographical comics right. ... this is good stuff that solidly resonates with a palpable and universal humanity and bears repeated readings." -- Publishers Weekly
"It's …

Incredible Change-Bots One
“This pocket-sized volume is to The Transformers what Avenue Q is to Sesame Street -- a mocking, fawning, idiotic, adoring paean to a pop culture phenomenon inseparable from the artist’s person. Although allegory without substance, all action and no moral, it’s delightful fluff.” -- Library …

Incredible Change-Bots Two
"Hilarious. Brown's drawings have a charming crudeness to them, and the book gives the impression of a couple of kids playing with their toy robots, making 'bew! bew! bew!' noises and spouting absurd dialogue. It's also really clever, though. Incredible Change-Bots is a parody by someone who …

Super Spy
by Matt Kindt
"Every now and then I get something really super special from someone with so much talent....I can't describe accurately how handsome this book he's created is. You have to pick it up and hold it in your hands to see for yourself. So go get it and be amazed." -- Paul Malmont, author of The …
$19.95 (US)
$9.99 (US) DIGITAL
Add to Cart Buy Digital DetailsISBN 978-1-891830-96-9 - Diamond: JUN073913

Alec: The Years Have Pants
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 …

Alec: The Years Have Pants -- HARDCOVER
Also available, a special HARDCOVER edition of ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS. Diamond: JUL09-1082

The Playwright
by Eddie Campbell and Daren White
REVIEWS:
"This quiet character study... succeeds on several levels, but its most potent component is the clearly recognizable and utterly naked humanity." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Campbell’s watercolouring effects take his art into vivid new horizons ... [his] images skilfully …

The Homeland Directive
by Robert Venditti and Mike Huddleston
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Named one of the year's best graphic novels by CNN, Complex, IFC, School Library Journal, Library Journal, and USA Today!
"A great, paranoid read for the modern age." -- Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
"Venditti’s cat-mouse thriller demands edge-of-your-seat …

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. Now on DVD and Blu-Ray!
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
"The Best Indie Book of the year. Sci-fi tales are making a comeback and The …

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. Now on DVD and Blu-Ray!
"Flesh and Bone reads like Philip K. Dick writing an episode of The Wire ... a smart, compelling and adult work asking …

Box Office Poison
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 …
$29.95 (US)
$9.99 (US) DIGITAL
Add to Cart Buy Digital DetailsISBN 978-1-891830-19-8 - Diamond: STAR13562

Tricked
Winner of the Harvey & Ignatz Awards for Best Graphic Novel.
NOW A BEAUTIFUL HARDCOVER!
"Indie Book of the Year" -- Wizard Magazine
"Most indie film should be this good." -- Entertainment Weekly
"A master of the slice-of-life indie comic genre." -- Publishers Weekly
"A drama and a …

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!
Selected for the Texas Library Association's Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List!
"My favorite comic of the year." --Jeff Smith, creator of Bone
"This is Alex Robinson's best …
$14.95 (US)
$4.99 (US) DIGITAL
Add to Cart Buy Digital DetailsISBN 978-1-891830-98-3 - Diamond: MAY084159

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 …

Moving Pictures
Nominated for the 2011 Stumptown Award and Doug Wright Award!
"A wonderful, poignant surprise." -- Paul Gravett, author of Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life
"Most of the story seems less drawn than peeled and chiseled away from absolute visual and moral darkness... [Moving Pictures] …

Far Arden
by Kevin Cannon
Read the thrilling sequel, Crater XV, serialized each month in Double Barrel digital magazine!
"One amazing slice of storytelling magic." -- Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"One of the best graphic novels of the year." -- The AV Club
"Cleverly plotted ... Cannon …










