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Top Shelf Hits iBooks and Google Books, Launches Two Digital Comics Apps
Top Shelf Hits iBooks and Google Books, Launches Two Digital Comics Apps
Top Shelf Hits iBooks and Google Books, Launches Two Digital Comics Apps
Top Shelf Productions is one of those companies that the comics industry needs, with a wonderfully diverse line-up of books, from children's books by Andy Runton and James Kochalka to more adult fare by Alan Moore and Jeff Lemire. Starting today, Top Shelf is increasing their digital presence, with the introduction of two dozen books on Graphicly and ComiXology and dozens on Google Books and Apple
Win ‘Blankets’ and an Original Craig Thompson Sketch from Top Shelf [Contest]
Win ‘Blankets’ and an Original Craig Thompson Sketch from Top Shelf [Contest]
Win ‘Blankets’ and an Original Craig Thompson Sketch from Top Shelf [Contest]
Two larger new editions of Craig Thompson's autobiographical graphic novel Blankets came out yesterday from Top Shelf, reprinting the Eisner Award-winning book about Thompson's first love as a young man from a deeply religious family. Thompson newest work, the much-anticipated Islamic-lore-inspired Habibi, hits stores in a few week from Pantheon Books, and to celebrate both works we're holding a
Top Shelf Bundling Up New Editions of Craig Thompsons’ ‘Blankets’ in August
Top Shelf Bundling Up New Editions of Craig Thompsons’ ‘Blankets’ in August
Top Shelf Bundling Up New Editions of Craig Thompsons’ ‘Blankets’ in August
Craig Thompson's multiple Eisner, Harvey and Ignatz Award winning graphic novel Blankets needs little formal introduction these days. The author's coming-of-age tale has been winning over fans since 2003, after all. Still, if you're new to comics or just haven't made the time commitment to absorb Thompson's 592 page exploration of love, faith, art and growing up in the Midwest, we're pleased to fi
‘Night Animals': Where the Wild Watercolors Are [Preview]
‘Night Animals': Where the Wild Watercolors Are [Preview]
‘Night Animals': Where the Wild Watercolors Are [Preview]
One of the hottest names at the MoCCA comics festival last month was Brecht Evens, and if you're an indie comics fan who hasn't encountered the gorgeous, magnetic watercolors of the Belgian cartoonist, you will. Right now, actually, because we're about to show them to you...
‘Gingerbread Girl’ by Colleen Coover and Paul Tobin Free at Top Shelf 2.0
‘Gingerbread Girl’ by Colleen Coover and Paul Tobin Free at Top Shelf 2.0
‘Gingerbread Girl’ by Colleen Coover and Paul Tobin Free at Top Shelf 2.0
Fans of Paul Tobin (Spider-Girl, Marvel Adventures) and Colleen Coover (X-Men: First Class, Girl Comics) rejoice! The comics supercouple is launching an all-new independent comic on Top Shelf 2.0 today called Gingerbread Girl, about a 26-year-old woman named Annah Billips who either has an imaginary sister she created during her parents' divorce...
‘Lost Girls’ Cleared by British Customs Despite Law Banning Sexual Imagery [Exclusive]
‘Lost Girls’ Cleared by British Customs Despite Law Banning Sexual Imagery [Exclusive]
‘Lost Girls’ Cleared by British Customs Despite Law Banning Sexual Imagery [Exclusive]
This week is Banned Book Week in America, and while we've heard a lot of stories recently about the media being cowed by their pervasive fear of the word "Mohammed" and over-protective parents demanding that the dictionary be banned from their school's library, it's nice to be able to celebrate at least one story in 2010 about free speech winning the day...
Top Shelf’s ‘Ax’ Explodes Manga Stereotypes [Preview]
Top Shelf’s ‘Ax’ Explodes Manga Stereotypes [Preview]
Top Shelf’s ‘Ax’ Explodes Manga Stereotypes [Preview]
Top Shelf's release of "Ax" can be seen as an assault on two common myths. The first myth is that anthology books don't work. The second myth is that manga is all spiky hair, flowery romances, and ninjas. Within "Ax'''s four hundred pages are over thirty stories that explode everything you might have thought about what manga is...

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