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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
‘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...
Exclusive Preview: ‘BB Wolf and the 3 LP’s’
Exclusive Preview: ‘BB Wolf and the 3 LP’s’
Exclusive Preview: ‘BB Wolf and the 3 LP’s’
The story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf typically demonstrates the value of...well, building materials, but as exemplified by comic creators J.D. Arnold and Rich Koslowski's "BB Wolf and the 3 LP's," when the fairy tale is turned on its head, it can communicate much more serious themes such as racism, murder and revenge...
Top Shelf Announces ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1988”
Top Shelf Announces ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1988”
Top Shelf Announces ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1988”
This morning, Top Shelf announced the long-awaited next installment of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen saga, shocking fans and retailers alike with the news that not only would O'Neill not be drawing it, but that after last year's "Century: 1910," Moore's scripts were jumping ahead almost 80 years for "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: America 1988.
The Swedish Comics Invasion Arrives: ‘120 Days of Simon,’ ‘Hey Princess,’ ‘Troll King’
The Swedish Comics Invasion Arrives: ‘120 Days of Simon,’ ‘Hey Princess,’ ‘Troll King’
The Swedish Comics Invasion Arrives: ‘120 Days of Simon,’ ‘Hey Princess,’ ‘Troll King’
Foreign art can be inherently enticing for its foreignness. We all look to fiction and art to transport us to another world, another reality, another point of view, but much as memoir and autobiography hold in them a special titillation of getting to see something real and private, art from other cultures brings with it a promise that, no matter how successful the art may be at transporting or

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