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 
July 24th, 2008By Matt Kindt
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT! In celebration of Matt Kindt's Eisner Award candidacy this weekend (Super Spy is up for Best Graphic Album - Reprint), here's one of my favorite chapters of Super Spy, as it was originally presented over two years ago on this very site! Cheers, Matt!
July 23rd, 2008By Jeff Lemire
In celebration of the advance appearance of Essex County volume 3: The Country Nurse at San Diego Comic-Con, we proudly present another Jeff Lemire "Essexclusive" from the cutting room floor! For those of you who can't make it to the opening of Comic-Con tonight, join us in spirit, and enjoy the oddball tale of Eddie Elephant-Ears. And keep your fingers crossed for Jeff (and Matt Kindt) at the Eisner Awards this Friday night!
July 22nd, 2008By Chris Sweet
Chris Sweet makes his TS2.0 debut with this quietly cosmic exploration of life's big questions. Join five-year-old Mark as he meets his end -- and finds a new beginning. Appropriate for readers of all ages!
July 21st, 2008By Jessica McLeod
Heavens! Hattie's got a plan for handling those horrid demon cats... But it might involve everyone being crushed to death. Hmm.
July 18th, 2008By Jed Alexander
Why, here's the latest installment in Jed Alexander's dreamy, gentle kids' adventure series! It's positively... diagrammagical!
July 17th, 2008By Nate Beaty
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT! Longtime Top Shelf webmaster Nate Beaty is also a brilliant visual diarist. Here's a moody sequence of Portland moments from Brainfag #6, now available in the collected BFF omnibus!
July 16th, 2008By Matt Wiegle and Sean T. Collins
Remember Destructor? Well... he's back! And he brought some COMPANYYYYYYY OH GOD A DRAGON
July 15th, 2008By Bernie McGovern
Another rollicking jam from Bernie McG! Freddie and the gang (including a few new friends) introduce us to the finer points of his -- and his creator's -- hometown.
July 14th, 2008By Ben Constantine
Hide the kiddies! Oysterface comes to its moist conclusion.
July 11th, 2008By Jessica McLeod
WILL Mungo and Hattie escape the ravenous cats? CAN a fast-talking long-dead queen of Egypt be trusted? HOWEVER SHALL Mungo explain this to his department chair? Read on, gentle reader, read on!
July 10th, 2008By Steven "Stedho" Dhondt
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT! Here's a beautifully crafted little "picture poem" from Stedho -- with either a tragic ending or a great punchline.
Previous Updates
July 9th, 2008By Jed Alexander
Welcome to a new all-ages serial from Jed Alexander! It's a little bit Lewis Carroll, a little bit Saint-Exupéry, with a breezy storytelling quality all its own.
July 8th, 2008By Lizz Lunney
Here's the latest from the ever-delightful Lizz Lunney! Management not responsible for chuckles of self-recognition.
July 7th, 2008By Ben Constantine
Welcome back from the holiday (and apologies to non-US readers for enduring our freedom)! Here comes another demented slice of seaside love with your hero and mine... Oysterface! Don't read this stuff right before going to bed, folks.
July 3rd, 2008By Glenn Dakin
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT! Here's a real gem from the past: three 2-page meditations from the always-insightful Glenn Dakin!
July 2nd, 2008By Michael DeForge
Who is this mysterious X-headed hero? Why did he rescue our boy Washington in part 3? What secret wisdom does he hold? We're about to find out... as the Cave Adventure continues!
July 1st, 2008By Jessica McLeod
Zombie queens and demon cats!? Mungo Bean, what have you gotten yourself into now?
June 30th, 2008By Ben Constantine
Meet Oysterface! Acquaintance of Aubrey, friend of the sea, lover of... crabs? Today we begin our journey into the inky aquatic dreamscape that is Ben Constantine's mind. Not for the faint of heart (or stomach)!
June 27th, 2008By Bernie McGovern
I... Oh, jeez, I don't know what to say. Bernie's really outdone himself with this one. You gotta read it to believe it.
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