Nice art: Brecht Evens’ Night Animals
Belgian cartoonist Brecht Evens made quite a splash with THE WRONG PLACE from D&Q, and the upcoming NIGHT ANIMALS (Top Shelf, March) looks to continue the buzz.
Continue ReadingOwly to be published in color by Simon & Schuster
It's been a little bit since we saw an indie comic get picked up by a mainstream publisher, but after many months of rumors, it is true: Andy Runton's popular Owly character is a getting a full color book, to be published in March by Simon & Schuster. The book is licensed from Top Shelf, which has been Owly's home for five books and six years.
Continue ReadingComing Attractions: November 2010
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBy Torsten Adair The following is a selection of new comics titles due to be published in November 2010. This list is not comprehensive, as there are over 350 books scheduled. Instead, I have selected titles which caught my interest. If you would like to browse forthcoming graphic novels and related books [...]
Continue ReadingSD10: Indie Comics Saturday
Dark Horse Given that pretty much all of the Spartans died at the Battle of Thermopylae - which was sort of the point - people have been speculating for years about how Frank Miller would wring a sequel out of his hit Dark Horse graphic novel and movie 300. Today, at Comic-Con, the answer came out. The sequel, XERXES, will actually take place at exactly the same time on another battlefield of the same war.
Continue ReadingC2E2: Top Shelf continues Swedish Invasion
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via: Hey Chi-town friends, the Top Shelf Swedish Invasion is coming to you! Starting Friday and all weekend long, the new Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) takes over the lakeside McCormick Center in downtown Chicago, and we’ll be there in full force! Come out and meet: Indie comics superstar Jeffrey Brown, signing his [...]
Continue ReadingTop Shelf debuts new website, new books
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThis morning, indie publisher Top Shelf unveiled a new, more user-friendly website, but they’ve also announced a slew of new books for 2011 and beyond listed below — among the highlights, a two-volume BACCHUS omnibus by Eddie Campbell, the return of Petey and Pussy, and promising work by Jess Fink [...]
Continue ReadingLemire announces THE UNDERWATER WELDER
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet While continuing with work at Vertigo (SWEET TOOTH), Canadian artist Jeff Lemire hasn’t forgotten his indie roots and has just announced a new graphic novel, THE UNDERWATER WELDER, which is due later next year from Top Shelf. Pressure. As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack [...]
Continue ReadingSWEDISH INVASION video may rock your world
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet In April, Top Shelf publishes three graphic novels out of Sweden, and this trailer is definitely the bomb. It stars a guy named Errki and gets better from there, with a sense of the fun-loving, quirky, self-deprecating humor that you’ll find in most comics products from above the 45th parallel. Northern [...]
Continue ReadingSD08: Top Shelf — #1721
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Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Top Shelf has announced the following signings at their booth: – Alex Robinson (Too Cool To Be Forgotten) – Andy Hartzell (Fox Bunny Funny) – Andy Runton (Owly) – Christian Slade (Korgi) – Corey Barba (Yam) – Eddie Campbell (From Hell, Alec) – James Kochalka (Johnny Boo, American Elf) – Jeff Lemire (Essex County Trilogy) – Jeffrey Brown (Incredible Change-Bots, [...]
Continue ReadingHeroesCon: Top Shelf
Share this link on Facebook!TweetTop Shelf told us they will be out in force this weekend with more cartoonists than they’ve ever brought along before. Safety in numbers. Alex Robinson — Too Cool To Be Forgotten Jeffrey Brown — Incredible Change-Bots Matt Kindt — Super Spy Andy Runton — Owly Robert Venditti — The Surrogates Liz Prince — Delayed Replays Aaron Renier [...]
Continue ReadingMoCCA: Top Shelf
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Chris Staros tells us who will be at the Top Shelf booth: Alex Robinson — with the debut of his (amazing) new graphic novel: TOO COOL TO BE FORGOTTEN Liz Prince — with her new book DELAYED REPLAYS Andy Runton (Owly) Robert Venditti (The Surrogates) Jeff Lemire (Essex County/Tales from the Farm & Ghost Stories) Matt Kindt [...]
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Top Shelf 2.0 launches
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Top Shelf has launched its new webcomics site, dubbed Top Shelf 2.0! . Spearheaded by Brett Warnock and Leigh Walton, it sounds like a lot of fun: From here on out, every weekday (M-F) we’ll post a new story. It might be a new chapter in your favorite serial, it might be [...]
Continue ReadingHollywood stuff from all over
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet• Continuing the intriguing trend of Euro comics getting developed for the US, NBC announced a mini series based on XIII, which Kevin Melrose tells us, is an 80s Euro-comic by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance: XIII, originally serialized in 1984 in the Belgian comics magazine Spirou, begins with a man [...]
Continue ReadingAlex Robinson's Next Book
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Alex Robinson’s next book is out this July, a graphic novel entitled TOO COOL TO BE FORGOTTEN; it’s the cmedic tale of a sorty-something man who is transported back to his high school days and gets a second chance to ask that girl in math class out.
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