News Archives
May 2013
- Rediscover a masterpiece with THE FROM HELL COMPANION, out now!
- Top Shelf! Toronto! TCAF!!
- Jess Fink says WE CAN FIX IT today!
April 2013
- Two very special debuts: Monster on the Hill and God Is Disappointed in You!
- Jeffrey Brown in Chicago! James Kochalka in Portland! What a weekend!
- CLEVELAND and WIZZYWIG nominated for Eisner Awards!
- Jeffrey Brown returns to autobiographical comics with A MATTER OF LIFE!
March 2013
February 2013
- Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell return to FROM HELL for new COMPANION; Jess Fink says WE CAN FIX IT!
- It's the Top Shelf "IN LOVE WITH COMICS" Sale!
- Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis to launch graphic novel trilogy in August
January 2013
- Double Barrel gets physical: preorder your Zander & Kevin Cannon hardcovers!
- DOUBLE BARREL goes DRM-free!
December 2012
- James Kochalka ends the award-winning AMERICAN ELF after 14 years
- Kevin O'Neill's original art for LEAGUE 2009: Now available for purchase!
November 2012
- Announcing NEMO: HEART OF ICE!
- James Kochalka digital sale!
- SUPERF*CKERS is coming to your screen!
- THE UNDERWATER WELDER swims up the Amazon... Dot Com Top 10!
- WIZZYWIG hits Publishers Weekly's Best of 2012 list!
October 2012
- Top Shelf at New York Comic-Con and Alternative Press Expo!
- Meet Johnny Boo & Harold in TRICKY TREATERS: Free at Your Comic Shop!
September 2012
- Top Shelf hits the Asbury Park Comic-Con!
- THANKS FOR AN AMAZING $3 SALE!
- Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele return with another SURROGATES Case File!
August 2012
- THE UNDERWATER WELDER surfaces on NYT bestseller list!
- Ignatz nominees: CLEVELAND, LUCILLE, PTERODACTYL HUNTERS!
- Announcing Diana Thung's AUGUST MOON -- now open for pre-order!
- Announcing Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins' UNEARTHING!
- Tons of new digital releases!
July 2012
- The Underwater Welder has landed -- and it's a hit!
- RedBull.com's Urban Nomad spotlights Top Shelf's Comic-Con stars!
- Announcing Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins' UNEARTHING!
- James Kochalka wins the Eisner Award!
- Top Shelf Cyber-Con brings Comic-Con to you!
- SURROGATES, AMERICAN ELF, & DOUBLE BARREL #2 digital debuts! Plus a SURROGATES sale!
June 2012
- Out today: LEAGUE 2009 and LOVELY HORRIBLE! Plus news on Welder, Wizzywig and more...
- Cannon + Cannon = DOUBLE BARREL! Adventure is yours to download!
May 2012
- Now available for pre-order: THE UNDERWATER WELDER by Jeff Lemire!
- New video trailer for Ed Piskor's WIZZYWIG, featuring nerdcore rapper Adam WarRock!
- First hints of SUPERF*CKERS cast revealed - including James Kochalka himself!
- Jeff Lemire reveals first look at THE UNDERWATER WELDER!
- Top Shelf Tackles TCAF and Free Comic Book Day!
- Two huge summer books -- WIZZYWIG and AMERICAN ELF 4 -- now available for pre-order!
April 2012
- FREE Digital Action Pack available now!
- Digital exclusives: Rob Walton's RAGMOP & Alex Robinson's LOWER REGIONS: DEFENSE OF THE WEST GATE!
- Top Shelf graphic novels: now available on Kobo!
- Get Top Shelf books through your library via Overdrive!
- Harvey Pekar's CLEVELAND is available now!
- James Kochalka and Brecht Evens nominated for Eisner Awards! Celebrate with a sale!
- Best-selling LEAGUE: CENTURY trilogy reaches explosive finale!
- ComicsAlliance previews Eddie Campbell's LOVELY HORRIBLE STUFF!
March 2012
- Seattle: meet Nate Powell at Emerald City Comicon this weekend!
- Industry veteran Chris Staros will teach at SCAD Atlanta
- Nate Powell's ANY EMPIRE lands in Booklist's Top 10!
- Ed Piskor "thinks different" with the retro cover to WIZZYWIG!
- Time is money: It's time to pre-order Eddie Campbell's LOVELY HORRIBLE STUFF!
February 2012
- The 2012 Free Comic Book Day button features OWLY!
- TOP SHELF DIGITAL DISCOUNT BONANZA!
- A Digital Debut: David Mellon's STUFF ABOUT SEX!
- GQ shows off Top Shelf in style!
- Kagan McLeod's time-lapse video is too good to be true!
- Oprah.com loves BLANKETS!
- Movie news: TOO COOL TO BE FORGOTTEN announces writing team!
January 2012
- Jeffrey Brown SAVES THE DATE of his movie debut at Sundance!
- Nate Powell's ANY EMPIRE explodes onto YouTube!
- Dive into BLUE by Pat Grant!
December 2011
- Happy holidays from Top Shelf!
- Eddie Campbell & ALEC score Angouleme honors!
- The TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB celebrates Free Comic Book Day 2012!
- Pre-order your copy of Harvey Pekar's CLEVELAND!
- Top Shelf's first time at Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival!
- Kevin O'Neill offers LEAGUE original art for sale!
November 2011
- Alan Moore enters the Internet for Harvey Pekar and CLEVELAND!
- Jennifer Hayden wins Literary Death Match at Miami Book Fair!
- Top Shelf dives into digital comics: Two apps, books on every platform, and one incredible sale!
- It's an INFINITE KUNG FU / Wu-Tang Double Feature in Olympia!
- Jennifer Hayden launches UNDERWIRE in Brooklyn Nov 12!
- INFINITE KUNG FU is one of the 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2011!
October 2011
- Check out Johnny Boo's Halloween Party by James Kochalka!
- Nate Powell joins bestselling authors at the UN to benefit Darfur refugees!
- WIZZYWIG author Ed Piskor launches new webcomic at Boing Boing!
- Thanks for our best NYCC ever!
- Top Shelf tackles New York Comic Con!
September 2011
- An army of critics agree: Nate Powell's ANY EMPIRE is stunning!
- Top Shelf announces sequel to Ludovic Debeurme's LUCILLE!
- A Big Thanks to Everyone Who Participated in the Top Shelf Web Sale!
- Top Shelf goes to Detroit Fanfare!
- UNDERWIRE! DRAGON PUNCHER 2! It's a Small Press Xplosion of savings at SPX this weekend!
August 2011
- INFINITE KUNG FU, OKIE DOKIE DONUTS, & PIRATE PENGUIN IN STOCK NOW!
- Nate Powell's ANY EMPIRE on sale today!
- INFINITE KUNG FU tour dates with KAGAN MCLEOD!
- Robert Venditti explores the politics of THE HOMELAND DIRECTIVE with ThinkProgress!
- LEAGUE: 1969 is the month's top seller -- plus interviews, reviews, & annotations!
- Jennifer Hayden's UNDERWIRE now available for pre-order!
- THE HOMELAND DIRECTIVE is a New York Times Bestseller!
July 2011
- Swing into the Sixties with THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, in stores everywhere TODAY!
- New BLANKETS, KUNG FU, ANY EMPIRE, HOMELAND, & LEAGUE 1969 -- Top Shelf's Comic-Con is HUGE!
- Top Shelf's Award-Winning Catalog Debuts in Comics+ from iVerse at SDCC
- A Very Kochalka Comic-Con!
- Tweet and win a signed copy of INFINITE KUNG FU!
- In stores now: THE HOMELAND DIRECTIVE!
- Kagan McLeod's INFINITE KUNG FU comes alive in animated video!
June 2011
- OWLY's in JEOPARDY -- in a good way!
- The Incredible LUCILLE by Ludovic Debeurme hits stores!
- CHESTER 5000 and GINGERBREAD GIRL in stores today!
- Top Shelf visits Calgary for the first time ever!
- Film in development of Jeff Lemire's ESSEX COUNTY!
- THE HOMELAND DIRECTIVE launches this weekend at Heroes Con!
- Fall in love again with deluxe new editions of BLANKETS!
May 2011
- Rich Koslowski wins Glyph Award for BB WOLF!
- Eric Skillman plants LIAR'S KISS on New York! Andy Runton brings OWLY to Maine!
- Saturday is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! And we're EVERYWHERE!
- Jeffrey Brown's CHANGE-BOTS invade New York next weekend!
April 2011
- CHESTER 5000 & LUCILLE to debut at TCAF!
- Ludovic Debeurme previews LUCILLE in America!
- Kevin Cannon is the Best Cartoonist in Minneapolis!
- Catch GINGERBREAD GIRL and Jeffrey Brown at Stumptown Comics Fest!
- Top Shelf and Zip Comics announce: Harvey Pekar's CLEVELAND!
- LIAR'S KISS Launches at MoCCA this weekend! Plus Brecht Evens, Alex Robinson, and more!
- Jess Fink explores "What the Love Robot Wants" in CHESTER 5000 Interview!
March 2011
- Getting ready for a wonderful WonderCon!
- Jeffrey Brown is "Good at Playing"!
- MOVING PICTURES nominated for a Doug Wright Award!
- Top Shelf and NIGHT ANIMALS sweep Stumptown Awards nominations- now YOU pick the winners!
- Wizard cover story on THE HOMELAND DIRECTIVE!
- Acclaimed hacker comic WIZZYWIG comes to Top Shelf!
- GOD IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOU also comes to Top Shelf!
February 2011
- BB WOLF nominated for four Glyph Awards!
- ESSEX COUNTY wins People's Choice in Canada Reads, despite first day vote-off from panelists!
- Rep. John Lewis and Top Shelf Productions Sign Historic Publishing Agreement
- James Kochalka named Vermont's Cartoonist Laureate!
- Andy Runton previews the new full-color OWLY & WORMY picture book!
January 2011
- Jeffrey Brown goes to town discussing INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS TWO!
- Jeff Lemire & Sara Quin talk ESSEX COUNTY for Canada Reads!
- Coover & Tobin's GINGERBREAD GIRL launches today on Top Shelf 2.0!
- INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS invade ComicsAlliance!
- New York Times loves WORLD WAR 3!
- BB WOLF is a Great Graphic Novel for Teens!
- Our full 2011 line-up! The Top Shelf Kids Club! And the 2011 Top Shelf Tribune!
- Top Shelf invades your museum!
- Todd Klein spills psychedelic secrets of LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: 1969!
- Dive deep into the mind of THE PLAYWRIGHT with Daren White!
- Seasons Greetings from the INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS!
December 2010
- Happy Holidays from Top Shelf!
- BB WOLF & THE 3 LPs is a Texas Maverick!
- Owly and Wormy in Friends All Aflutter!
November 2010
- ESSEX COUNTY by Jeff Lemire is one of Canada Reads' top 5 novels of the decade!
- Review round-up: Boing Boing & Time on TONOHARU 2 and more!
- Jeff Lemire's ESSEX COUNTY one of the 10 Best Canadian Novels of the Decade!
October 2010
- ESSEX COUNTY named one of Canada Reads' Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade!
- Fantastic video interviews with Eddie Campbell and Nate Powell!
- San Francisco here we come: It's APE time!
- Andy Runton is the Best Graphic Novelist in Atlanta!
- Top Shelf heads to NYCC with Akino Kondoh and more!
- Dodgem Logic #5 Arrives!
September 2010
August 2010
- Andy Runton's OWLY named one of 25 Books All Young Georgians Should Read!
- TONOHARU rave-reviewed on Boing Boing!
- Top Shelf at the Baltimore Comic-Con
- USA Today's Pop Candy loves AX!
- IT HAPPENED AT COMIC-CON: Kathryn & Stuart Immonen talk MOVING PICTURES and more!
- IT HAPPENED AT COMIC-CON: Ax and the "Manga for Grown-Ups" Panel
- August is TOP SHELF MONTH at Things From Another World!
- Top Shelf wants to be your Friend!
July 2010
- Top Shelf brings more artists to Comic-Con than ever before!
- Eddie Campbell and Neil Gaiman: Live at Sydney Opera House!
- Critics love THE PLAYWRIGHT and AX: ALTERNATIVE MANGA!
- Interviews galore: Gärdenfors, Campbell, Arnold & Koslowski!
- CAMPBELL, LEMIRE, CANNON nominated for HARVEY AWARDS!
June 2010
- OWLY & JOHNNY BOO invade DC to support America's libraries!
- Mind-melting cover to Alan Moore's DODGEM LOGIC #4 revealed!
- In-depth reviews of UNDELETED SCENES and THE PLAYWRIGHT!
- School Library Journal interviews OWLY creator ANDY RUNTON!
- Stuart Immonen wins a Shuster Award!
- MOVING PICTURES moves into the New York Times!
- Andy Runton, BB WOLF, THE PLAYWRIGHT, and more at HEROES CON this weekend!
- Daren White and Eddie Campbell talk THE PLAYWRIGHT!
May 2010
- Torontoist talks MOVING PICTURES with Kathryn & Stuart Immonen!
- Top Shelf's EAGLE AWARD nominees take flight!
- MTV and NPR love the SWEDISH INVASION!
- Operation AX slices onward!
- BLANKETS and more in the Graphic Novel Reporter's "Core Collection"!
- Time's TECHLAND previews MOVING PICTURES!
- Ain't It Cool News sharpens anticipation for AX!
- MOVING PICTURES and more as Top Shelf tackles TCAF!
- The Swedish Invasion invades BoingBoing & USA Today!
April 2010
- FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is Saturday!
- Jeffrey Brown speaks tonight in Toronto!
- Team Top Shelf Tackles Stumptown!
- MTV wants animated INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS... CBR interrogates MATT KINDT!
- AX superstar Akino Kondoh speaks in New York tomorrow!
- Framåt! Top Shelf and Sweden invade CHICAGO!
- Coming in June: THE PLAYWRIGHT and a new JOHNNY BOO!
- Thanks for a sell-out success at MoCCA!
- Sätt igång! The SWEDISH INVASION begins TONIGHT!
- CAMPBELL, LEMIRE, CANNON honored with EISNER nominations!
- BOOKLIST loves MOVING PICTURES!
- ALEC heads "Best of 2009" list at Comics Reporter... FAR ARDEN too!
- CBR's Big Bad Interview with Rich & JD on BB WOLF!
- The Swedish Invasion Begins April 9th!
March 2010
- Top Shelf on the Road!
- WIRED explores the many worlds of James Kochalka!
- First look at THE PLAYWRIGHT, coming soon from Eddie Campbell & Daren White!
- Shuster Award nominations for Top Shelf's Canadian greats!
- Library Journal names FROM HELL a classic!
- The Official Emerald City ComicCon T-Shirt... starring OWLY!
- Eric Orchard wins Spectrum Award!
- Top Shelf featured in three panels at next month's MoCCA Fest!
- Top Shelf Announces Several New Projects!
February 2010
- Pre-order now: Moving Pictures, Undeleted Scenes, BB Wolf, and more!
- The Swedish Invasion hits YouTube!
- Epic KEVIN O'NEILL interview at The Comics Journal!
- CBR previews HEY PRINCESS!
- CBR previews THE TROLL KING!
- CBR previews THE 120 DAYS OF SIMON!
- Top Shelf on CNN!
- THE SURROGATES on Jeopardy!
January 2010
- Welcome to the Top Shelf SWEDISH INVASION!
- Awesome comic-to-film featurette preview as SURROGATES DVD release approaches!
- Chris Staros talks movie deals and more with CBR!
- SWALLOW ME WHOLE one of ALA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens!
- Two SUPER books coming in March... Order them now!
- Top Shelf Announces Capital Investment Deal
- ALEC in the Boston Globe!
- Happy birthday to the King!
- NPR loves Eddie Campbell!
- CBR's Robot 6 highlights two essential books coming soon from Top Shelf!
December 2009
- The eagle has landed! Eddie Campbell's ALEC is here!
- Sean T. Collins and the Comics Reporter discuss BLANKETS!
- FAR ARDEN podcasts galore!
- Top Shelf Canadiana (real and fake) in the Montreal Gazette!
- Amazon loves Jeffrey Brown's SULK!
- BLANKETS named best graphic novel of the decade!
- Eddie Campbell in USA Today!
November 2009
October 2009
- The AV Club loves Eddie Campbell!
- Will Dinksi wins the Isotope Award for Minicomics!
- Eddie Campbell talks ALEC with CBR!
- Alex Robinson is never TOO COOL for a Harvey Award!
- THE SURROGATES is a NYT Bestseller 3 weeks running! Nate Powell wins Ignatz!
August 2009
- Nate Powell picks up an Ignatz nomination!
- More SURROGATES secrets revealed in new Breaking Benjamin music video!
- New SURROGATES featurette includes Venditti, Willis interviews!
- Exclusive preview of Jeffrey Brown's SULK #3 at Diamond!
- The Science of THE SURROGATES: new featurette includes unseen movie footage!
- LOST GIRLS finds the NY Times Bestseller list!
July 2009
- EISNERS 2009: SWALLOW ME WHOLE IS THE YEAR'S BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL!
- Owly Animated Short to Debut at Comic-Con!
- New SURROGATES movie poster unveiled!
June 2009
- Kevin Cannon talks FAR ARDEN!
- OWLY now available on the Kindle!
- LEAGUE IS #1!
- JEFF LEMIRE on CANADA READS!
May 2009
- THE SURROGATES TRAILER IS LIVE!
- Top Shelf hits the NYT Bestseller List!
- Wednesday, May 13 is LEAGUE Day!
- Behold: the lost Top Shelf interview!
- OWLY AND FRIENDS return with all-ages fun on Free Comic Book Day!
April 2009
March 2009
- Great greasy Grotus! It's the SUPERF*CKERS music video!
- James Kochalka's SUPERF*CKERS invade Boing Boing!
- Nate Powell's SWALLOW ME WHOLE nominated for LA Times Book Prize!
February 2009
- New SURROGATES: FLESH AND BONE pages up on MTV Splash Page!
- SURROGATES movie buzz infiltrates New York!
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
- Alex Robinson's TOO COOL on G4's Fresh Ink!
- Lemire's Essex County Picks Up Another Prestigious Award!
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
- Jeffrey Brown on SexTV!
- Lemire and Kindt named in BOOKLIST's Best of Year!
- Owly Lesson Plan for Teachers!
February 2008
- SUPER SPY on ATTACK OF THE SHOW!
- CHRIS STAROS on YouTube talking about YEARBOOK STORIES!
- Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's BBC4 Interview on LOST GIRLS (on YouTube)!
January 2008
- Lemire's TALES FROM THE FARM wins YALSA Alex Award!
- Lemire's GHOST STORIES named Best Indy Book of the Year by G4tv!
