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- Save a Bundle on a Holiday Bundle, with Top Shelf's Seasonal Digital Sale! December 16, 2014 ...dle (twenty of our all-time most beloved graphic novels, by the top names in the field) - $69.99!
American Elf (the complete award-winning strip by James Kochalka, spanning 14 years of autobiographical magic) -...
- James Kochalka ends the award-winning AMERICAN ELF after 14 years December 31, 2012 ...of sadness, excitement, and awe, we are proud to celebrate James Kochalka's stunning achievement in American Elf, the daily diary comic strip that changed lives, inspired careers, and brought a daily dose of huma...
- James Kochalka digital sale! November 29, 2012 ... SuperF*ckers graphic novel for the f*ckin' crazy price of $3.99, plus load up on his award-winning American Elf series for half price, and more!
Dive into the wild world of Kochalka now, get the inside scoop...
- Tons of new digital releases! August 05, 2012 ...gram continues to expand, faster than ever! Recently we've not only seen killer new releases in the American Elf digital series, the Cannon brothers' unmissable Double Barrel magazine, and Robert Venditti's new S...
- James Kochalka wins the Eisner Award! July 16, 2012 ...r channel in partnership with YouTube. Plus the latest collection of his landmark daily diary comic American Elf debuted at Comic-Con this weekend!
For more Kochalka news and updates, including daily installme...
- Top Shelf Cyber-Con brings Comic-Con to you! July 11, 2012 ...
The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire - $9.99
The Lovely Horrible Stuff by Eddie Campbell - $4.99
American Elf 1999 by James Kochalka - $1.99
The Surrogates: Case Files #1 by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele - ...
- SURROGATES, AMERICAN ELF, & DOUBLE BARREL #2 digital debuts! Plus a SURROGATES sale! July 04, 2012 ... The Surrogates Case Files, available exclusively in digital form. On top of that, James Kochalka's American Elf, a monument of modern cartooning, has entered the digital comic / ebook format in a new series of h...
- Out today: LEAGUE 2009 and LOVELY HORRIBLE! Plus news on Welder, Wizzywig and more... June 27, 2012 ... surface. -- a 224-page deluxe softcover with French flaps, $19.95 (US).
IN STORES JULY 25TH:
AMERICAN ELF BOOK 4: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries 2008-2011
by James Kochalka
It's the long-awaited retu...
- First hints of SUPERF*CKERS cast revealed - including James Kochalka himself! May 11, 2012 ...are to release James Kochalka's massive 4th volume of American Elf, one of the key incidents from that book is quietly coming to fruition: James' hilariously foul-mouthed super-comedy book SuperF*ckers is being a...
- Two huge summer books -- WIZZYWIG and AMERICAN ELF 4 -- now available for pre-order! May 02, 2012 ...es Kochalka, the Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont: Book 4 of his award-winning autobiographical opus, AMERICAN ELF!
And finally: a new issue of WW3 ILLUSTRATED, on the topic of censorship!
Pre-order now to sn...
- A Very Kochalka Comic-Con! July 18, 2011 ...mics hero, diary comic pioneer, webcomics maestro, musical superstar, and more. His work (including American Elf, Johnny Boo, Dragon Puncher, and more) even earned him the title of Cartoonist Laureate of the stat...
- James Kochalka named Vermont's Cartoonist Laureate! February 02, 2011 ...kers, the all-ages series Johnny Boo and Dragon Puncher, and his magnum opus, the daily diary strip American Elf. He's a brilliant cartoonist, a relentless creator, a certified rock star, and an inspiration to us...
- 3 of the decade's best comics! November 24, 2009 ... our part, we're chuffed to see Top Shelf take three of the top 25 positions, with James Kochalka's American Elf, Craig Thompson's Blankets, and Alex Robinson's Box Office Poison taking their places among some gr...
- Top Shelf storms the Emerald City! April 04, 2009 ... this for star power: in addition to Brett Warnock and Leigh Walton, we're bringing James Kochalka (American Elf, Johnny Boo), Matt Kindt (Super Spy), and Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole)! Don't be surprised to see...
- TEN YEARS OF AMERICAN ELF! IT'S A KOCHALKAPALOOZA! October 27, 2008 ...nounce that October 26, 2008 marked the 10-year anniversary of James Kochalka's sketchbook diaries, AMERICAN ELF. Day after day for 10 years now, James has been capturing moments large and small, recording his li...
- AMERICAN ELF 10th Anniversary documentary! October 25, 2008 ...ook diaries October 26, 1998 -- and he's kept it up every day for ten years now! Vermont's Seven Days newspaper has made this fantastic short documentary showing how life and art blend together in the Kochalka ho...
- PUBLISHING SCHEDULE February 16, 2010 ...Renee French
The Next TOP SHELF SEASONAL SAMPLER/CATALOG
The Next SULK by Jeffrey Brown
The Next AMERICAN ELF by James Kochalka
The Next SUPER F*CKERS by James Kochalka
The Next TONOHARU by Lars Martinson
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- HISTORY January 01, 2010 ...tten & Box Office Poison; Jeff Lemire's Essex County; Jeffrey Brown's Sulk series; James Kochalka's American Elf & Johnny Boo; Matt Kindt's Super Spy; Nate Powell's Swallow Me Whole, Kevin Cannon's Far Arden, Chr...
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- October 17, 2012 ...And oh how sweet is this wonderful drawing James Kochalka made for a forthcoming edition of digital American Elf!
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- August 30, 2012 ...theon of favorites, alongside Pinky & Stinky (all-ages), SuperF*ckers (decidedly not all-ages), and American Elf. So if you have some sort of digital reader and a few bucks burning a hole in your pocket, give thi...
- July 20, 2012 ...icCon links galore, is Tom Spurgeon's Comics Reporter.)
• Here is James Kochalka's most recent American Elf cover for the digital editions. I'm so proud that he won an Eisner this year. James is a fucking na...
- ComicConComicConComicCon!!! July 11, 2012 ...bandoned early concept for the Wizzywig cover.
• James Kochalka's long overdue 4th volume of American Elf is out. And we'll be releasing the entire backlist of American Elf as part of our digital program, ...
- February 15, 2012 ...€¢ Jennifer Hayden has started a daily comic diary called Rushes, ala James Kochalka's long-running American Elf. Frankly, most diary comics are pretty weak, but Jennifer understands this medium in a way that too...
- american elf love... January 17, 2012 ... in a survey of autobio comics, here.
I love their assessment of James's work: "American Elf is the great granddaddy of diary webcomics, and one of the many reasons why James Kochalka is awesome enough to be t...
- catching up and getting books out the door and support materials made and my garden planted... May 03, 2011 ...mont.
James transcribed some of the fine-print legalese:
"Whereas in a recent edition of his American Elf cartoon series, in which James Kochalka humorously depicts his own life, he acknowledged to his thr...
- breathing a sigh of relief... July 29, 2010 ...Who IS this green R2 unit?)
• James Kochalka made it back to ComicCon! Here are his fabulous American Elf strips from the show.
And with release of his SuperF*ckers collected edition, i though...
- SUNDANCE has come on gone, and let me tell ya folks, what a treat this was... February 03, 2010 ...ow.
• Finally, feast your eyes on the cover James Kochalka just turned in for the forthcoming American Elf collection.
• [Have i mentioned how much i LOVE MY JOB?!]...
- kochalka's brilliant tribute to MJ... June 27, 2009 ......
- this just in... james kochalka at November 11, 2008 ...s to create an ever-growing catalog of graphic novels. His range extends from the autobiographical (American Elf) to kid-friendly (Johnny Boo) to serious (The Cute Manifesto) to raunchy (SuperF*ckers) to iconic (...
- here's a SUPER terrific short film about October 28, 2008 ...Years of his incredibly influential American Elf daily diary strip. Wow, that's freaking cool as hell. Big ups to you, James!
• Jeff Lemire appears on the podcast Comic Geek Speak.
• Occasional Top Shel...
- on set with Rufus Pictures... August 14, 2008 ...c Mason of Comics Waiting Room interviews Jeff Lemire at ComiCon!
• James Kochalka's nifty new American Elf ad for an upcoming issue of The Comics Journal.
• More Pat Moriarity goodness:
"Here's wher...
- April 16, 2008 ...2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of James' massive daily diary comic strip undertaking! And while, yes, i'm the publisher of this work, believe me when i tell you, this is some of the most profound comics work any...
- happy happy holidays December 13, 2007 ...r of the smash-hit cartoon Troubletown, sums it up nicely.
• James Kochalka has revamped the American Elf website, and now all the archives are free! From James' press release:
"In 1998 I began drawing ...
- back from sin city January 18, 2007 ...a few.
• For all you Italian speakers out there, here's a nice review of James Kochalka's American Elf....
- january 9 January 09, 2007 ...
Excellent advance reviews from Johnny Bacardi, about our Next Four New Books. [James Kochalka's American Elf vol. 2; Jeffrey Brown's Feeble Attempts; Aleksander Zograf's Regards From Serbia; and Jeff Lemire's...
- december 2 December 03, 2006 ...ave two new books off to the printer (Aleksander Zograf's Regards from Serbia, and James Kochalka's American Elf Volume 2), and two books "in the can," and ready to send to the printer when i return. (Those would...
