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Published by Top Shelf Productions, the book has been receiving praise from every literary corner to the nation's capital Now being added to this list should raise the profile of the first of three planned graphic novels quite a bit. Here is what they have to say: It's not often that a congressman stars in his own[...]

Two original comics for the kid and the kid at heart… Top Shelf Kids Club (W/A) Eric Orchard, Rob Harrell (CA) Eric Orchard Here at Top Shelf, we're celebrating FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2014 with friends old and new — the latest lineup of the Top Shelf Kids Club! This FREE comic book contains an extensive preview of[...]

Andrew Aydin is the writer on the New York Times Best-selling graphic novel March: Book One with Congressman John Lewis, published by Top Shelf, and is a civil rights memoir that has recently been picked up as a textbook by several universities Miss Lasko Gross is the author and artist of A Mess of Everything[...]

Michigan State University and Marquette University have both selected March: Book One as freshman required reading for 2014. The book by Senator John

Long may it continue. Nemo: Roses of Berlin is published by Knockabout/Top Shelf and will be available from early March It is available digitally from Sequential today. Dave Wallace reviews Nemo: Roses of Berlin for Bleeding Cool: There are many words you could use to describe Alan Moore's writing "Intelligent", "structured", "layered", "elegant" and "poetic" are just[...]

In an email sent out by Chris Staros, Top Shelf Productions is going to be offering up a line of graphic novels DRM-Free on their website If you are not familiar with the term DRM-Free, it means you can buy it and play it on just about any device It's offered in PDF, ePub or[...]

Bleeding Cool has been running the news that Marvel is planning to consolidate all its digital app into one easy to handle app. Could SXSW in Austin be the place to do it? Expect better planning than the 300 free comics that were suddenly very unavailable…  First, at 1:30pm (CST) on Saturday, March 8th, on the SXSW[...]

This is an A3 giclée print by Kevin O'Neill reproducing a splash page from the upcoming The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Roses Of Berlin by Alan

Roses Of Berlin isn't out yet, but the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen chapter by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, River Of Ghosts, will complete the

Heck, from Top Shelf Productions, written and illustrated by Zander Cannon Heck started off as a 144-hour graphic novel project for writer and illustrator Zander Cannon and once he'd started it, he just couldn't let it go That's the experience for the reader, too If a litmus test of a strong graphic novel is how[...]

Because while the US release date from Top Shelf Productions is mid-March, the UK release from Knockabout is, I'm told, scheduled for the end of February. If you have ever loved Alan Moore's work, prepare to meet, or be reintroduced to, The Bojeffries Here's the bumf and your first look at the brand new story… Jobremus Bojeffries[...]

We're a couple of months away from the release of the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic, Roses Of Berlin. So why not enjoy a look at the last

From Hell is probably my favourite graphic novel to date. The quality of the comic all gets jumbled up in the time I was reading it, the revelations about

Top Shelf's recent release of Rep John Lewis memoir March: Book One was already historical as the first graphic novel written by a member of congress, but its bestseller status (on both the New York Times and Washington Post bestseller list) prompted the re-release of the 1950's comic book Martin Luther King And The Montgomery[...]

On Alan Moore's 60th birthday, Bleeding Cool is proud to show new artwork by Kevin O'Neill from the upcoming League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novella, Nemo: Roses Of Berlin, to be published in April by Top Shelf in the USA and Knockabout in the UK. And we start with a double page; Pages 2 and 3. Page 23,[...]

Jess Fink has been doing strange things with comics for some time now, and her new book released from Top Shelf this May doesn't disappoint, which is good news for those who want to see her become even more bizarre and exuberant in her work than even she has been before In We Can Fix[...]

Hannah Means-Shannon writes for Bleeding Cool: Chris Ross started his digital announcements for Top Shelf this coming year by revealing that Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's Lost Girls will finally be available in digital format via ComiXology and Amazon, in three parts The first part, actually, will be half price for the duration of SDCC weekend,[...]

Title: Monster On The Hill Creator: Rob Harrell Publisher: Top Shelf Available: Booth #2643 High concept: Teased at FCBD, Rob Harrell joins the Top Shelf family with a thrilling, funny, and beautifully drawn graphic novel adventure, set to charm the pants off readers of all ages He's coming out from Texas for his first ever Comic-Con, so give him a[...]

There has been considerable promotion and attention paid towards March Book One, the first volume in the graphic autobiography of Civil Rights pioneer John Lewis, to be published by Top Shelf Productions in August. But it's a pinprick compared with what's coming. To date, it has an announced back cover blurb from Bill Clinton – the first[...]

It must be September. Top Shelf Comix are having a sale, with hundreds of comics and graphic novels marked way down. Good deals include the complete Dodgem Logic down from $50 to $25, Alec: The Years Have Pants hardcover down from $50 to $20, with the softcover down from $20 to $8, the Owly hardcovers down from[...]

After the original novella, the box set album, the planned movie and the various live performances, we finally get the photo-manipulated adaptation of Alan Moore's Unearthing by Mitch Jenkins. Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics are publishing three versions of the book. A signed and numbered edition limited to 300 copies which can be preordered directly today[...]

I got given an ashcan for March, a future graphic novel from Top Shelf It tells the first-hand account Congressman John Lewis' involvement with the civil rights movement While that might sound a bit dry from the 13-page preview the book is a really compelling read and something I can't wait to see more of[...]

Joshua Stone reports from the Top Shelf panel: At the Top Shelf panel, Eddie Campbell announced that From Hell Companion from he and Alan Moore is ready to go and will be released in March 2013 Campbell describes is as From Hell from another angle He said it is 288 pages long and will be structured[...]

I popped into Gosh Comics of London to check that Bleeding Cool Magazine #0 had, indeed, made it through the Queen's Jubilee. Amd while I was there, noted

Drawn & Quarterly, Fantagraphics, Oni and Top Shelf Which means new books from Robert Crumb, William Burroughs, Michael Kupperman, the new colour volume of Scott Pilgrim and a new Wasteland volume. DRAWN & QUARTERLY AYA: LIFE IN YOP CITY GN (W) Marguerite Abouet (A/CA) Clement Oubrerie Ivory Coast, 1978 It's a golden time, and the nation, an oasis[...]

Alan Moore is engaging in a videochat with 58 people who paid $99 as part of a Kickstarter effort to raise money for a Harvey Pekar tribute statue. He

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool Top Shelf Comix, one of the finer upscale American publishers who remind us that comics ARE an artform, damn it, and not just a breeding ground for movie pitches and action figures (Although okay, I would buy figures of any of Colleen Coover's characters,) is having a massive sale that[...]

It's that time of the year when Top Shelf Comix decides that what they really really want is some money Lots of it Now please And that's when they let customers buy directly from them at very silly prices indeed, boasting of over a titles from $3 to $1. $3 examples include The Playwright, Fingerprints, Voice[...]

A motion comic trailer for Kagan McLeod's Infinite Kung Fu from Top Shelf Comix It looks amazing with some well constructed fight scenes towards the end too And the graphic novel debuts at San Diego Comic Con next week. If you're still on the fence, you can read the first 250 pages for free right here. That's[...]

Debuting at San Diego Comic Con… Title: Any Empire Creators: Nate Powell Publisher: Top Shelf Available: Booth #1721 High concept: A vivid examination of war and violence, and their trickle-down effects on middle America First, a group of small-town kids find themselves bound together by geography, boredom, and a string of mysterious turtle mutilations Years[...]