Graphic Novels
The Ticking
FINALLY, RENEE FRENCH'S MASTERPIECE IS BACK IN PRINT!
"A gem that means more with every reading." -- Booklist
"The Ticking is a journey to a place we've never seen or imagined, yet which somehow and inexplicably we know intimately. To be so deeply moved in so many directions at once is a rare …
Tim Ginger
Finalist for the British Comic Award and the LA Times Book Prize!
Named one of the year's best books by Forbidden Planet, Under the Radar, and The Comics Alternative!
"It's wonderful and inspiring to see a generation of authors with no preconceptions about what comics should be, and what sort …
Token City Wondercade: Season One
New Game Start! Izzy’s great with hardware… but when her dad’s arcade gets invaded by creepy spirits, it’s gonna take more than a screwdriver to fix this mess.
The Token City Wondercade has seen better days… but for 15-year-old Izzy, it’s both work and home. Her dad is already …
Tonoharu (Part One)
"A fully realized, engaging tale of international alienation." -- Francisca Goldsmith, Booklist (Starred Review)
"Stunningly good." -- Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing
Top Shelf is proud to distribute the new SOFTCOVER edition of Tonoharu: Part One.
Daniel Wells begins a new life as an …
Tonoharu (Part Two)
Praise for the Tonoharu series:
"A fully realized, engaging tale of international alienation." -- Francisca Goldsmith, Booklist (Starred Review)
"Stunningly good." -- Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing
As the months go by, Dan Wells settles into his life as an assistant junior high school …
Tonoharu (Part Three)
“A fully realized, engaging tale of international alienation.” —Francisca Goldsmith, Booklist (Starred Review)
“Stunningly good.” —Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing
“For fans of Lost in Translation.” —Sean Howe, Entertainment Weekly
“Tonoharu is brilliant.” —Linda L. …
Too Cool to Be Forgotten
ONE OF AMAZON.COM'S TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS OF THE YEAR!
WINNER OF THE HARVEY AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!
Selected for the Texas Library Association's Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List!
"My favorite comic of the year." --Jeff Smith, creator of Bone
"This is Alex Robinson's best …
Top Shelf #1: The Anthology
Brett Warnock began publishing in 1995 with the anthology TOP SHELF. Created in the spirit of promoting the careers of up-and-coming cartoonists, the anthology has since grown in scope and size, garnering critical accolades, as well as Best Anthology nominations from both the Harvey and Ignatz …
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Top Shelf #2: The Anthology
Brett Warnock began publishing in 1995 with the anthology TOP SHELF. Created in the spirit of promoting the careers of up-and-coming cartoonists, the anthology has since grown in scope and size, garnering critical accolades, as well as Best Anthology nominations from both the Harvey and Ignatz …
Top Shelf #5: The Anthology
Brett Warnock began publishing in 1995 with the anthology TOP SHELF. Created in the spirit of promoting the careers of up-and-coming cartoonists, the anthology has since grown in scope and size, garnering critical accolades, as well as Best Anthology nominations from both the Harvey and Ignatz …
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Top Shelf #6: The Anthology
Brett Warnock began publishing in 1995 with the anthology TOP SHELF. Created in the spirit of promoting the careers of up-and-coming cartoonists, the anthology has since grown in scope and size, garnering critical accolades, as well as Best Anthology nominations from both the Harvey and Ignatz …
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Top Shelf #7: On Parade
Brett Warnock began publishing in 1995 with the anthology TOP SHELF. Created in the spirit of promoting the careers of up-and-coming cartoonists, the anthology has since grown in scope and size, garnering critical accolades, as well as Best Anthology nominations from both the Harvey and Ignatz …
Top Shelf #8: Under the Big Top
Brett Warnock began publishing in 1995 with the anthology TOP SHELF. Created in the spirit of promoting the careers of up-and-coming cartoonists, the anthology has since grown in scope and size, garnering critical accolades, as well as Best Anthology nominations from both the Harvey and Ignatz …
Top Shelf #9: Asks the Big Questions
Co-edited by Rob Goodin and Brett Warnock, Top Shelf Asks The Big Questions, features the controversial Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie Cobweb story, previously banned by DC Comics from the ABC/Wildstorm anthology Tomorrow Stories, providing Moore's heroine and her fans with the sense of completion …
Top Shelf Action Pack #1
by McLeod, Venditti, Huddleston, Lemire, Moore, Campbell, Kochalka, Brown, & Powell
A DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE RELEASE!
Welcome to the Top Shelf Action Pack! This 168-page monster is a FREE digital smorgasbord of Top Shelf talent, an explosive expo of some of our greatest authors and artists.
Inside you'll find pulse-pounding chapters from Infinite Kung Fu, The Homeland Directive, …
Topsy Turvy
"Kuper's own provocative, conscience driven work has made him one of the most important activist artists of his generation." -- Douglas Wolk, World Art Magazine. A collection of politically charged strips, by the award winning cartoonist Peter Kuper, that stare into the gaping jaws of hypocrisy and …
Transitions: A Mother’s Journey
One of the American Library Association's Best Graphic Novels for Adults!
Translated by Evan McGorray.
“Tackling a potentially controversial subject with intelligence and sympathy, Élodie Durand creates an informative, original, and deeply healing work.” …
Trenches
Winner of the 2002 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story.
Scott Mills hits the trenches ... Lloyd and David Allenby are two brothers with little in common, except the will to survive what we've come to know as World War I. When they arrive in the trenches of the Western Front, they have no idea of …
Tricked
Winner of the Harvey & Ignatz Awards for Best Graphic Novel.
NOW A BEAUTIFUL HARDCOVER!
"Indie Book of the Year" -- Wizard Magazine
"Most indie film should be this good." -- Entertainment Weekly
"A master of the slice-of-life indie comic genre." -- Publishers Weekly
"A drama and a …
Troglodytes
An anthropological undertaking in comics form, this gritty collection of stories examines the lifestyles, religion, reproductive nature, and hierarchy of a complex, subterranean species. Racy and provocative, these fictional tales resonate with the primal nature of man ”“ a mysterious quandary …
The Troll King
THE SWEDISH INVASION!
"Vivid as a fever dream... sweaty, uncanny, and intuitive rather than logical." -- Publishers Weekly
“The magical biology of The Troll King reads like a psychedelic Hans Christian Andersen, blended with the neo-traditional storytelling of Miyazaki and just a touch of …
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"Thoroughly engaging and loaded with charm to burn, this latest work from Brown is a perfect example of how to do autobiographical comics right. ... this is good stuff that solidly resonates with a palpable and universal humanity and bears repeated readings." -- Publishers Weekly
"It's …
Under-Earth
Winner of the Aurealis Award for Best Graphic Novel!
Winner of the Silver Ledger Award / Comic Arts Awards of Australia!
One of the American Library Association's Best Graphic Novels for Adults!
★ "Gooch builds to a brutal climax before offering a deeply tender, legitimately moving …
Undergrowth
by Ricky Lima and Daniele Aquilani
After Red and her friends are killed by invaders from beyond, they’re revived inside massive organic battle-mechs. Time to take their planet back! It's a truly epic graphic novel about global crisis, mental health, and giant robots.
The world is being ravaged by four terrifying robotic …
The Underwater Welder - HARDCOVER
"Beautiful, moving, wholly satisfying." — Publishers Weekly
"All kinds of wonderful. Buy it. You will wet yourself with tears, your brain will spin from masterful storytelling, and you will love it." — Entertainment Weekly
"One of the most haunting, arresting, and unforgettable books of …
The Underwater Welder - SIGNED & NUMBERED HARDCOVER
To celebrate the release of the hardcover edition of The Underwater Welder, while supplies last we also offer a deluxe special edition — with a ribbon bookmark and a numbered bookplate signed by Jeff Lemire & sewn into the binding. Limited to 300 copies.
The Underwater Welder
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER!
One of Amazon's Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2012!
Amazon.ca's #1 Best Graphic Novel of 2012!
Discover the triumphant graphic novel from the author of Essex County.
"The most spectacular episode of The Twilight Zone that was never produced. I really, really care …
Underwire
"Hayden's work reminds me of why I began drawing comics, and why I continue. They're comforting, straightforward and strongly connected to life." -- Gabrielle Bell, author of Lucky and Cecil & Jordan in New York
"Underwire explores the funny, and often absurd, aspects of being a lady. Cheers to …
Unearthing (Oversized Hardcover)
by Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins
THE SPECIAL OVER-SIZED HARDCOVER EDITION (LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES)
“A tribute to a colleague and mentor and a demonstration that Moore has transcended the boundaries of the graphic novel.” – The New York Times
"Steve Moore, who lives in the same room he was born in 61 years earlier, is a …
Unearthing (Softcover)
by Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins
THE FULL-COLOR SOFTCOVER EDITION WITH FRENCH FLAPS
“A tribute to a colleague and mentor and a demonstration that Moore has transcended the boundaries of the graphic novel.” – The New York Times
"Steve Moore, who lives in the same room he was born in 61 years earlier, is a living …
Unlikely
"Mr. Brown seems to understand perfectly the day-to-day rhythms of the modern 'young adult' relationship. Unlikely, like his first book Clumsy, is pretty much impossible to put down." -- Daniel Clowes, creator of Ghost World, Art School Confidential, and Eightball
"A million little brilliant and …
The Unpetables (Book 1)
"Hog wild hilarity." —Kirkus Reviews
"Pigmund and Lizárdo are flippin' awesome! They may be unpetable, but they're also UNSTOPPABLE! Bring on the next adventure!" — Rob Harrell, author of Wink, Batpig, Life of Zarf, and Monster on the Hill
“Take a wild ride with Dennis Messner’s The …
The Unpetables (Book 2): Unpetable in the City
“You'll laugh! You'll gasp! You'll shriek! And then you'll laugh some more!” — Suzanne Lang (Grumpy Monkey)
“Strap in for an anarchic joyride with Pigmund and Lizárdo, two rule-breaking rebels with a cause: TO NEVER BE PET AGAIN!” — Janet Ginsburg
Out of the petting zoo and into …
Van Helsing's Night Off
"Mahler has succeeded in injecting human neuroses into the horror realm in a way that most other over-the-top comedians never broached. It resonates with the part of you that understands that even monsters need a dependable tavern in which to drown their sorrows, fears and foibles." -- Jarret …
Veeps
"I never thought there was anything funny about our vice-presidents, until I read Veeps, a welcome, often hilarious respite from the tedium of national politics." —Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States
"Here’s the weird skinny on the Little Guys waiting for the Big …
Voice of the Fire (25th Anniversary Edition)
Returning in a gorgeous new paperback format: the astonishing first prose novel from the legendary Alan Moore — an epic yet intimate portrait of a single English town across the whole span of human history.
"Do not trust the tales, or the town, or even the man who tells the tales. Trust only …
Ward's Valley
Praise for Bobby Curnow & Brenda Hickey:
“A modern myth that evokes the agelessness of the best folktales but is a completely new invention.” — Newsarama
“Hickey’s artwork is outstanding.” — Comic Wow!
“Depth of characters and story are what really drive this book to be one of …
We Can Fix It!
"Jess Fink's work is full of so much casual charm, you think you know her by the time you finish the book. Her light touch brings you through slapstick humor to emotional depths and back again without missing a beat." --Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant)
"We Can Fix It is sexy AND funny at the same …
Welcome to Forest Island
by Bwana Spoons
"Bwana Spoons' art puts me in the mind of secure expansion, perfect days sculpting in seaweed and driftwood, forgetting about clocks, and unknowingly impressing your best friend." -- J. Otto Seibold, illustrator of Olive, the Other Reindeer
Top Shelf presents Welcome to Forest Island, the …
The Well
“The Well has it all: the malaise of being an aimless young adult, the euphoria of new experiences, and the horror that your employers are committing crimes beyond your comprehension. This is cinema between two covers.” — Alex Krokus (Loud & Smart)
“Compelling... The Well explores the …
What Am I Going to Do Without You?
"[A] beautiful little cartoon meditation on mortality, regret and rebirth." -- North Adams Transcript
"[A] great triumph... What Am I Going to Do Without You? is both unbearably poignant and painful, and yet splendidly heartwarming and life-affirming too." --Broken Frontier
A dinosaur …
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What If We Were...
Nominated for the Eisner Award!
One of YALSA's 2022 Great Graphic Novels for Teens!
Teen girls reimagine the universe on a daily basis! This graphic novel proves there's nothing better than using your imagination... except maybe talking nonsense with your friends. Hey, why not both?
"This …
What If We Were… (Book 2)
“A zany, surreal compilation that reframes and celebrates female friendship.” — Kirkus Reviews
Winner of the Bédélys Youth Québec Award!
Teen girls rewrite the universe every day… but now they’re going even further! Reunite with Nathalie and Marie — and their new friend/crush …
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Dinner: Confessions of a Cartoonist Cook
Bursting with color, flavor, and messy emotions, this unprecedented graphic memoir and “anti-cookbook” blends comics with satirical recipes to explore the intersections of food, femininity, frustration, and family.
Jennifer Hayden has never liked to cook. She’s not particularly good at it, …
Why Did We Trust Him?
The Eisner-Award-winning wit of Shannon Wheeler breaks hilarious new ground in a handsome new collection.
He roasted us with Too Much Coffee Man.
He found religion with God Is Disappointed in You.
He tackled Trump’s tweets with Sh*t My President Says.
Now, beloved cartoonist Shannon …
Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed?
Winner of the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Debut.
"Beautifully simple and sweet, Liz prince portrays couples in a delightfully self-conscious way." -- Farel Dalrymple
"An adorable little collection of snippets and snapshots of moments from their relationship … the silly, gross and snuggly …
Wolfpitch
“An exuberant howl of a graphic novel, its swirling musical color celebrating the power of transformations, second chances, and the joyful noise of finding your people.” —Shannon Watters, co-creator of Lumberjanes
“Electric chemistry and leap-off-the-page …
Yam
More than 900,000 Nickelodeon Magazine readers have basked in the fun that is Yam!
"A solid addition to any graphic novel collection." -- School Library Journal
"Corey Barba is a natural-born cartoonist and his Yam comics are warm, funny, and super-real. This
man remembers childhood -- what it …
Ye
One of AV Club's Best Comics of 2019!
“A story whose pleasure lies not only in appreciating the beauty of its artwork, but in deciphering what lies hidden in its metaphors.” — Nerd Geek Feelings
“Beautiful and unique… Ye delicately portrays how difficult it is to find oneself in the …
You Don't Say
"You Don't Say is more than just a collection of immaculate stories; it's also a glimpse at the evolution of one of today's most gifted storytellers." — Scott Snyder
"Haunting, poetic, and visually lyrical, You Don’t Say will get stuck in your head — you’ll be humming its tunes long …
You Might Be An Artist If ...
"Lauren Purje may not know much about art, but she knows... actually, she knows a lot about art. And art school, and the art world, and artists. She shows that it’s okay to laugh at art, and more importantly, if you’re an artist, to laugh at yourself." — Jeffrey Brown, author of Clumsy and …
You Wish (Book 1)
“A whimsical new twist on the genie legend! This book is gorgeous!” —Jeff Smith, creator of Bone
“Magical, charming, gorgeous, funny and heartfelt! Jeff Victor’s You Wish is the kind of graphic novel I wholeheartedly wish I had growing up. Aside from the glorious art, get …
You Wish (Book 2): Wishborn
Return to the magic lamp! New friends, foes, and family secrets await you as this captivating graphic novel series continues.
Avery’s wish has been granted! She found her genie mother, met her new best friend Gribblet, and reunited her family... but now her troubles are just beginning. When …
