From the Editors
Not quite an anthology! Not your traditional webcomics portal! Welcome to Top Shelf 2.0, the new incarnation of Top Shelf's online comics program. We're glad you're here!
We've loaded up the slate with a bunch of stories to whet your appetite! On the right you'll find kid-friendly adventures, high-kicking action, existential dread, bittersweet banter, and more! Some are standalone stories. Some represent Part One of many chapters to come. All are mighty fine, tasty comics.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg! From here on out, every weekday (M-F) we'll post a new story. It might be a new chapter in your favorite serial, it might be a new short from a previous star, or it might be a totally new artist ready to show off their digital mojo.
Thursday will be Archive Spotlight Day -- each week, we'll pick a great story from Top Shelf's library of previous webcomics, polish it off, and give it a new chance to shine in front of you guys.
So, check back every weekday for updates! And be sure to click on each artist's name to find out more about them. Meet some new favorites! You may not dig every single story, but that's the beauty of Top Shelf 2.0: there's always something new coming!
Finally, tell us what you think! Shoot us some email with your feedback, comments and suggestions. We'll continue to upgrade the site over time, adding new features, so please let us know what you'd like to see!
Thanks for visiting, and enjoy the show!
Brett Warnock and Leigh Walton Co-Editors
The Players
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Latest Updates 
February 3rd, 2010By José-Luis Olivares
Welcome CCS student José-Luis Olivares, with a loopy highlighter-powered fable equally inspired by Borges and Japanese heta-uma art! It begins here...
February 2nd, 2010By Randall Christopher
Randall continues to push the envelope in this very special text-only episode of "Bear & Fox"!
February 1st, 2010By Jessica McLeod
Happy February! Here part two of Mungo & Hattie's latest thrilling adventure -- finding dinosaurs in the Amazon?! Now wait a minute, that doesn't sound very likely...
January 29th, 2010By Caryn A. Tate and Larry Watts
As we spin our way towards the grim conclusion, scary guy Velasquez is tired of getting shot at, so things doesn't look too good for Rose... but that varmint Angel Bautista may find himself in hot water too!
January 22nd, 2010By Jordan Boyd and Josh Flanagan and Charles Pritchett and Alex Robinson
Zounds! Multi-award-winning indie comics champ Alex Robinson returns to Top Shelf 2.0, drawing a touching and very funny story by iFanboy's Josh Flanagan!
January 21st, 2010By Warren Craghead
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT! The inimitable W. Craghead III brings his meditative picture poetry to 2.0!
January 20th, 2010By Jessica McLeod
Mungo Bean! Queen Hattie! Welcome back, dear old friends (and you too, Jess)! That means it's time once again for adventures in Adventure Studies!
January 19th, 2010By Chris Getliffe
All right, it's Chris Getliffe! Today he brings us a beautiful bit of tragedy.
January 15th, 2010By Randall Christopher
Randall's outdone himself with this awesome panoramic (panel-ramic?) story of Bear the bird and Fox the snake!
January 14th, 2010By Reynold Kissling
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT! We met Reynold at a convention and loved his fantastical all-ages comic book Kingwood Himself, so we're delighted to present it here!
January 13th, 2010By J.M. Shiveley
Welcome back the talented Mr. Shiveley with another small existential beauty!
Previous Updates
January 12th, 2010By Sean T. Collins and Matt Wiegle
Don't worry, the title is metaphorical! It's a deliciously creepy one-pager from the team that brought you the adventures of Destructor!
January 11th, 2010By Juliana Azevedo and Mauricio Pommella
Get ready for an absolutely jaw-dropping story from two newcomers to Top Shelf 2.0... I would say more but you should already be clicking on the comic! What are you waiting for?! GO!
January 8th, 2010By Caryn A. Tate and Larry Watts
Caryn's bloody Western epic returns!
January 7th, 2010By Joseph Lambert
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT! Our hero has a bone to pick with the seasons -- and poor old dad gets dragged along for the ride! We originally ran this story in five parts, but now it's all gathered together! Give your eyes a treat and check out Joseph's awesome full-page compositions in this imaginative meteorological adventure.
January 6th, 2010By Randall Christopher
What luck! Randall is back with a jolly leprechaun-themed Bear and Fox adventure!
January 5th, 2010By Ryan Burton and Jorge F. Muñoz and Felipe Sobreiro
Please welcome a very talented trio! Ryan, Jorge, and Felipe have a gorgeous fantasy mini-epic for your reading pleasure today. Do yourself a favor and check it out!
January 4th, 2010By Lizz Lunney
Welcome back to our little corner of the digital comics revolution! We're back from a lovely holiday and some not-so-lovely travel complications (e.g.), ready to bring you all sorts of new exciting stories! But let's not bid farewell to the holidays so hastily (after all, we're still within the 12 days of Christmas)... Lizz here has brought back an old friend for a special Christmas visit!
December 18th, 2009By Caryn A. Tate and Larry Watts
Part nine in the increasingly ironically titled "Nice Place to Raise Your Kids Up" storyline. This here comic ain't for those with gentle constitutions, folks!
December 17th, 2009By Gregory Benton
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT! Another vivid, lush piece of work from the inimitable Gregory Benton! Really, I don't think I can say much beyond that... I'll let this bit of magical realism speak for itself.
December 16th, 2009By Derek Charm
It's been a while since we had a real proper sci-fi comic on here... now Derek Charm arrives to correct that with a vengeance! His story here is clever and gorgeous, as well as genuinely frightening. Not bad for a debut, eh?
December 15th, 2009By Kevin Woody
Join us in welcoming Kevin Woody! This goofy bit of pantomime is oozing with personality... and come to think of it, it's making me hungry too!
December 14th, 2009By Randall Christopher
Starring Bear and Fox in: Adventures in Agriculture!
December 11th, 2009By Lizz Lunney
I am powerless against the cuteness of this comic. I have a feeling you will be, too!
December 10th, 2009By David Chelsea
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT! The master of the 24-hour comic returns with a new experimental piece at 1/4 the scale, a "6-hour comic" celebrating the joys and absurdities of yard sale shopping -- in rhyme!
December 9th, 2009By Joe Decie
Always a welcome sight around these parts, Joe is back with some fascinating tidbits about himself... some of them may even be true.
December 8th, 2009By Sam Slim
Could it have ended any other way? Sam wraps up his twisted love story.
December 7th, 2009By Randall Christopher
Bear and Fox move into entrepreneurship... with surprising results.
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