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Lost Dogs
"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 …
Loved and Lost: A Relationship Trilogy
"An extremely impressive debut, full of all the things that make a story good — doomed relationships, embarrassing personal details, and the insatiable need to put it all down on paper." — Chris Ware, author of Jimmy Corrigan and Rusty Brown
"You can open to any page and find something …
The Lovely Horrible Stuff
"Campbell is one graphic novelist who has the potential—both creative and intellectual—to reach beyond the typical audience and into the wider world of essayists traditionally inhabited by the likes of Bill Bryson or Christopher Hitchens. Coupled with personable artwork that often seems like …
Lower Regions
"By basically transcribing a completely mental D&D session into comics - down to healing potions and backstabbing, which must be this week's theme - Alex Robinson's made the only Red Sonja comic I'd want to read. For $7, it's a perfect stocking-stuffer for the gaming nerd(s) in your life." --Kevin …
Lower Regions: Defense of the West Gate
Alex Robinson's Lower Regions was an exuberantly over-the top fantasy dungeon crawl, executed without a single word of dialogue! Now, you can take the gamer out of the dungeon, but you can't take the dungeon out of the gamer -- so Alex is back with a new tale of his Lower Regions, from a rather …
$2.99 (US) DIGITAL
DetailsLupus
Winner of the “Essential” Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
"Peeters examines the complexity of human relationships—among friends, lovers, parents and their children—in this moving and unpredictable sf epic... Peeters is a compositional genius, utilizing stunning …
March: Book One
by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Discover the phenomenal graphic novel memoir by US Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis!
Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award — Special Recognition
A #1 New York Times Bestseller
A #1 Washington Post Bestseller
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
One of YALSA's …
March: Book Two
by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Don't miss the sequel to the #1 bestseller March: Book One!
New York Times Bestseller
One of YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Winner of the Will Eisner Award
Winner of the Street Literature Book Award Medal
Winner of the Denver Independent Comic & Art Expo Award
"With March, …
March: Book Three
by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Top Shelf is honored to present a milestone of comics history: the stunning conclusion to the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy.
A #1 New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award
Winner of the …
A Matter of Life
"[A] characteristically heartfelt memoir." -- Booklist
"Jeffrey Brown's new autobiographical work, A Matter of Life, will sit next to Craig Thompson's Blankets as one of the most touching and wise graphic memoirs we have about growing up in a religious household and grappling with faith... It is …
Mechaboys
"Mechaboys feels like the return of an old friend... like the Linklater movie Dazed & Confused mixed with a garage-built robot battle suit. Pure Kochalka magic!" — Atomic Books
"Kochalka includes the standard high-school plot points—party in the woods, gym class rope-climb, an obnoxious …
Mega Collection
A Top Shelf digital exclusive!
Can you believe it - over 300 pages of Lizz Lunney! This massive collection includes early comics, recent comics, all your favorite characters, and even a dash of autobiography! Join Lizz as she takes cartoon comedy to the limit, featuring cute cubes, specks of …
$3.99 (US) DIGITAL
DetailsMicrographica
"Eccentrically impressive." -- Ray Olson, Booklist
"Nobody can touch Renee French for sweet fiendishness." -- Jim Woodring
"Renee French has long been one of my favorite artists and she doesn't disappoint in her latest work. Tiny creatures in tiny drawings with lots of crapballs makes this …
Mini Collection
A Top Shelf digital exclusive!
Just one look at Lizz Lunney's ultra-simplified cartoon creatures and you'll fall in love. Luckily there's so many to choose from! This incredible 98-page collection features TWELVE full mini-comics (originally six flip-books), including such wonders as "Leopards …
$4.99 (US) DIGITAL
DetailsMinisulk
"'Not everything in here is true,' it says in the indicia, but enough of it feels true that Brown's well-earned reputation as one of today's better autobiographical cartoonists is secure." -- Alan David Doane, Comic Book Galaxy
Jeffrey Brown takes a break from books about girls for this humorous …
The Mirror of Love
THE ADVOCATE PICKS "THE MIRROR OF LOVE" AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR -- "José Villarrubia’s amazing photos illustrate an equally amazing epic gay love poem." -- The Advocate
"The only way to go to war with hate is to love. The Mirror of Love is the great weapon in our arsenal. …
Monkey vs Robot: The Complete Epic
A magnum opus from one of the giants of indie cartooning finally gets its due -- in full color, and expanded with a new 120-page grand finale!
"An expressive, funny-sad book that rewards us with its deft execution." — Artbomb
"The Monkey Vs. Robot books are like the best of children’s …
Monkey Vs. Robot (Vol 1)
"An expressive, funny-sad book that rewards us with its deft execution." -- Peter Aaron Rose, Artbomb
A factory of self-replicating robots is stripping the jungle of its natural resources, threatening the territory of a colony of nearby monkeys. A series of encounters between the two groups …
Monkey Vs. Robot (Vol 2): Crystal of Power
"The Monkey Vs. Robot books are like the best of children’s literature, in that they appeal to the joyfulness of literature and art that appeals so much to children, while adults can enjoy the structure and techniques." -- Ninth Art
Deep in the forest, robots are gathering plant and animal …
Monster on the Hill (Book 1)
An ALA Notable Children's Book!
One of YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens!
One of YALSA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers!
Featured on ALSC's Graphic Novel Core Reading List (Grades 3-5)!
"Really fun, goofy, extremely silly fantasy for readers of all ages, crying out for reviewers and …
Nemo: Heart of Ice
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 …
Nemo: River of Ghosts
The rip-roaring Nemo trilogy (Heart of Ice, Roses of Berlin) reaches a stunning conclusion!
In a world where all the fictions ever written coalesce into a rich mosaic, it’s 1975. Janni Dakkar, pirate queen of Lincoln Island and head of the fabled Nemo family, is eighty years old and beginning …
Nemo: The Roses of Berlin
From The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen…
Sixteen years ago, notorious science-brigand Janni Nemo journeyed into the frozen reaches of Antarctica to resolve her father's weighty legacy in a storm of madness and loss, barely escaping with her Nautilus and her life.
Now it is 1941, and with …
Okie Dokie Donuts (Story 1): Open for Business!
A TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB BOOK!
"Elio consistently impresses me with his supercharged kid-friendly comics. His style is wholly distinct, and everything he does seems to explode with joy and pure fun." -- John Martz, Drawn!
"2 scoops of silly, 5 cups of cute, and a bucket load of fun! Chris …
Onion Skin
"A visual feast of art so energetic that it constantly breaks through and beyond the panel borders, in a brilliant, saturated palette and stylized, angular figures... quite the toothsome thrill ride." — Booklist
“Onion Skin earned the first National Young Graphic Novel Award for its ample …
Order of the Night Jay (Book 1): The Forest Beckons
“A fun camp adventure for those who adore talking & clothes-wearing animals!” —School Library Journal
“A detective-duo heist, a moving and cautionary tale of friendship & openness prevailing against prejudice, or a chilling campfire yarn... [Order of the Night Jay] somehow manages to be …
Our Expanding Universe
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Under the Radar, The Oklahoman, The Comics Alternative, and Publishers Weekly!
"In Our Expanding Universe, Robinson considers the big choice — to have kids or not... It's a delight to watch him pile speech bubbles atop each other, assemble mundane …
Parenthesis
Winner of the Revelation Prize, Liberation Readers’ Prize, and Poland Prize from the Angoulême International Comics Festival!
Winner of the 2022 Graphic Medicine Award from the Graphic Medicine International Collective!
One of the American Library Association's Best Graphic Novels for …
Penny Nichols
by MK Reed, Greg Means, and Matt Wiegle
Winner of the Oregon Book Award for Graphic Literature!
Nominated for TWO Will Eisner Awards!
"This tongue-in-cheek tale about a very amateur effort to make a slasher flick is a hilarious ode to creativity, the can-do spirit and friendship." — Oregon Book Award citation
“Tremendous fun, …
Pinky & Stinky
Nominated for the Eisner Award!
Now in a new edition, with a new cover!
"Kochalka's work makes me feel like I did when I was six years old. He brings the joy back to comics." -- Frank Miller, creator of Sin City, 300, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
"Oh, lord, did Pinky & Stinky make me …
Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer (Vol. 1)
"Page after page of amazement." —Publishers Weekly
Everyone's favorite wooden puppet may not be a real boy…but he just might be a real hero. When bloodthirsty monsters invade Pinocchio's hometown and kill his father Geppetto, Pinocchio discovers a new benefit to his magical nose: telling …
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DetailsPinocchio, Vampire Slayer (Vol. 3): Of Wood and Blood
At last, Pinocchio has been turned into a real boy — but, er, that might be a problem for his vampire-slaying career. Even worse, he and his friends are stuck on an island in the middle of the sea! They'll have to fight their way off the island before they're able to resume the hunt to save …
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DetailsPirate Penguin vs Ninja Chicken (Book 1): Troublems with Frenemies
“Ray Friesen is a remarkable cartoonist. He makes the silly funny and the funny sublime. The world seems lighter after reading a Ray Friesen book.” — Jimmy Gownley, author of Amelia Rules!
“Ray Friesen is a veritable fount of silliness... Pirate Penguin vs. Ninja Chicken is filled with …
Pirate Penguin vs Ninja Chicken (Book 2): Escape from Skull-Fragment Island!
Set phasers for maximum silly: Ray Friesen, the non-stop sugar rush called by Booklist “a manic blend of mayhem and adventure,” is back for more! When Pirate Penguin and Ninja Chicken stumble across a mystical lost sword, a rip-roaring aquatic adventure ensues, with appearances by cousin …
Pirate Penguin vs Ninja Chicken (Book 3): Macaroni and Bees?!?
"The funniest friendship in young readers' comics." — ScreenRant
“Ray Friesen is a remarkable cartoonist. He makes the silly funny and the funny sublime. The world seems lighter after reading a Ray Friesen book.” — Jimmy Gownley, author of Amelia Rules!
“Ray Friesen is a veritable …
The Pterodactyl Hunters
PTERODACTYL HUNTERS is a story of sibling rivalry and family tradition in a rapidly changing world: a version of 1904 New York where generations of working-class hot-air-balloonists take to the skies each night to defend their city from a dwindling population of pterodactyls. In this town, heroic …
A Radical Shift of Gravity
by Nick Tapalansky and Kate Glasheen
"This beautiful book is very smart about global catastrophes and very honest about personal ones. For everyone asking ‘How can we raise a family in a world like this?’, A Radical Shift of Gravity offers a powerful answer.” — Jeff Lemire
"Ingeniously structured... a remarkably moving …
Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator
Winner of the 2024 MoCCA Arts Festival Award of Excellence!
“What kind of politico embeds a cartoonist in her office for a year? Well, a remarkably savvy one, it turns out, and the payoff is Sofia Warren’s beautifully-rendered account of a rookie’s initiation into state politics: an …
Red Panda & Moon Bear (Book One)
One of New York Public Library's Best Books of 2019!
One of Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2019!
Selected for Seattle Public Schools’ 2022 Global Reading Challenge!
Winner of the Nerdy Book Club’s Nerdy Award for Graphic Novels!
Unanimous selection of the Texas Library …
Red Panda & Moon Bear (Book Two): The Curse of the Evil Eye
Super siblings save the world! In their second amazing graphic novel, these Cuban American kids are getting even better at using their powers to protect the community... but has their luck just run out? How do you stop a curse?!
When an evil curse descends upon the city of Martí, it’s up to …
Red Panda & Moon Bear: Spanish Edition (Panda Roja y Oso Lunar)
Jarod Roselló's acclaimed middle-grade adventure is now available in Spanish!
Dos niños latinx batallan contra amenazas sobrenaturales en su barrio con el poder de la ciencia, la magia y un par de sudaderas muy especiales.
¡Panda Roja y Oso Lunar son los defensores de su comunidad! Juntos, …
Renée
Named one of the year's 20 Essential Graphic Novels by ACBD (the French Association of Comics Critics)!
"Dreams merge into reality with unnerving ease in Debeurme’s captivating sequel to Lucille... a powerfully tragic meditation on the alienating force of memory." — Publishers Weekly
"Do …
Return of the Dapper Men (Deluxe Edition)
by Jim McCann and Janet Lee
Winner of the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel!
"Return of the Dapper Men is a transformational experience... be prepared to take a fantastic journey." — from the introduction by Tim Gunn
“The writing is lyrical and reads like a forgotten fairy tale... The artwork is often stunning.” …
Rivers
"Cleverly written, great characters, all brought vigorously to life by Dan Berry’s ebullient artwork."
—Glyn Dillon, author of The Nao of Brown, artist/designer for Star Wars films
"Multilayered, thoughtful, funny and strange — David and Dan try everything in this book, pulling together …
Roots
"Enjoyably intimate." — Publishers Weekly
"I really liked Roots. I cried, I laughed, I was genuinely moved. O’Connor shares some of her most private moments with us, and her autobiographic style invites us to feel those moments right along with her. It’s a wonderful journey." —Natalie …
Scene But Not Heard
"Quite doodling hilarious gags and get back to work!" — Steve Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants
"Sam Henderson is the single greatest comedic force in America. Except for me. And guys who wipe their mouths on their sleeves." — Mark Newgarden, co-creator of Garbage Pail Kids and …
Secret Passages
Welcome to an autobiography from another dimension. A wildly inventive cartoonist begins her imaginary memoir -- exploring the girlhood she never had.
Many LGBTQ adults look back on their youth and wonder: what might have been? Growing up “in the closet” tends to produce a sort of double …
Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump
FDR had radio. JFK had TV. Trump has Twitter.
Some people are saying, I don’t know, you tell me, but a lot of people are saying this is the greatest book of the year. This guy, Shannon Wheeler, he draws these cartoons for the New Yorker, MAD, the Onion — he’s very, very, good, okay? Now …
A Shining Beacon
"A fantastic book, extrapolating British current affairs into a dystopian nightmare. It’s on point, superbly written, joyously illustrated and a pleasure to read." — Grovel
"Channeling Marc Chagall, and at times strongly recalling Ludwig Bemelmans, James Albon has created one of this …
Skull Cat (Book One): Skull Cat and the Curious Castle
“A delightful blend of cute, creepy, and absurd. I’ve got a lot of time for Skull Cat!” —Cam Kendell, illustrator of Fart Quest
“Finally, the big epic adventure that every little cat deserves! Norman Shurtliff has a knack for world-building that is enviable.” —Jens K Styve, creator …
Splendour in the Snow
The incredible imagination that brought you August Moon is back with another wild adventure!
Diana Thung welcomes you to Botany, a quaint and quiet little town nestled in the wintry hills. Here, Oliver Peach had a life of simple pleasures -- making puppets, working in his dad's tailor shop, and …
$4.99 (US) DIGITAL
DetailsThe Story of My Tits
Nominated for the Will Eisner Award!
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by:
The New York Times, NPR, Library Journal, Amazon, GQ, Comic Book Resources, Paste, Mental Floss, Forbes, and many more!
"Heartbreaking and riveting, Jennifer Hayden's caustic, sarcastic wit streams through her …
Strong Female Protagonist (Book One)
One of Comic Book Resources' Best Books of the Year!
"Strong Female Protagonist... bring[s] new questions about vigilantism, justice, and heroics to the field, standing alongside stories like Watchmen and Soon I Will Be Invincible in the canon of witty, thoughtful commentaries on superheroism …
Strong Female Protagonist (Book Two)
"What could be a gimmicky setup rises far beyond cliché, bringing new questions about vigilantism, justice, and heroics to the field ... Humor is hard to get right, but humor with a serious message is even harder. Mulligan and Ostertag's creation strikes just the right balance. It's super." — …
Stuff About Sex
THE TOP SHELF DIGITAL HIT COMES TO PRINT!
Hey dude! So... you've never had sex before. Or maybe you have, but you're not 100% sure what you're doing or how to feel about it. Well, join the club!
Thoughtful, funny, and sincere, David Mellon's STUFF ABOUT SEX... FOR GUYS WHO ARE NOT LIKE, TOTAL …
Super Trash Clash
"Mexican comic creator Edgar Camacho spins a fantastic story told in flashback…The effect is something like A Christmas Story, but for those elder Millennials and Gen Xers who argued in the schoolyards regarding the virtues of NES vs. Sega." —No Flying No Tights
"I highly recommend …
SuperF*ckers
NOW AN ANIMATED SERIES!
Catch all 12 episodes and more on Cartoon Hangover.
"James Kochalka draws beautiful music.” -- Nicholas Gurewitch, creator of The Perry Bible Fellowship
"[Kochalka] brings the joy back to comics.” -- Frank Miller, creator of Sin City and 300
"Easily my …
Surfside Girls (Book One): The Secret of Danger Point
Now streaming on Apple TV+!
Silver Award Winner — PubWest Design Awards
"I loved this book! Surfside Girls is exactly what I wish all my summer vacations had been like. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to the beach!" — Janet Lee, Eisner-Award-winning artist of Return of the Dapper …
Surfside Girls (Book Two): The Mystery at the Old Rancho
Soon to be an Apple TV+ series!
“For a second time Surfside Girls charms with its good-natured characters and engaging mystery.” — Slings & Arrows
“The artwork by Kim Dwinell is breezy, sunny, and easy on the eyes, offering readers a slice of beautiful beach summers …
The Science of Surfing: A Surfside Girls Guide to the Ocean
Soon to be an Apple TV+ series!
“This fun book contains lots of cool marine biology and oceanography tidbits for budding surfers… and future scientists! Surfing is an amazing way to enjoy the ocean, and the more you know, the better a guest you’ll be to the wonderful creatures that live …