Tag: Top Shelf

The other day I was prepping for a talk on marketing at an NYU publishing class, and reached out to the Twitosphere to ask what were "the notable comics marketing success stories over the last year" and the Twitosphere responded with a bunch of smart and savvy suggestions:

MARCH made it to Maddow last night, as Rep. John Lewis, co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell appeared on the Rachel Maddow show for a full 10 minute segment which you can watch...

Sixteen years ago, notorious science-brigand Janni Nemo journeyed into the frozen reaches of Antarctica to resolve her father’s weighty legacy in a storm of madness and loss, barely escaping with her Nautilus and her life. ... But when the pirate queen learns that her loved ones are held hostage in the nightmarish Berlin, she has no choice save to intervene directly, traveling with her aging lover Broad Arrow Jack into the belly of the beastly metropolis.

Every year indie mainstay Top Shelf Holds a big $3 sale selected backstock that last for a few weeks. The 2013 sale ends today and you can get books for even a lot less than $1, as well as comics by Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell, Craig Thompson and many many more. You can get some very awesome books for only $1. What are you waiting for? Seriously here are a few of the books you can get for ONE FRAKKING DOLLAR:

by Pam Auditore  Among the faux Heroes in spandex came a true, real life one, in suit and tie, to San Diego's Comic-Con one Saturday morning. Representative John Lewis, Democrat, of the Congressional 5th District of...

March: Volume 1 has already had pretty huge success since its release at Comic-Con—and last night it got one of the ultimate media accolades—a slot on The Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert grilled the civil...

What was that we were saying about Fall shaping up? Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 is coming out in October, and will undoubtedly be the talk of the town. Pre-orders from the...

August! New month, more comics, 'nuff excitement. We have a shuftie round and picked out the comics we're looking forward to this month:   Jessica Lee: PALOOKAVILLE #21 SETH With an appearance slated for September's SPX, Seth's long awaited...

by Bruce Lidl   If nobody cares about DRM on digital comics, why does everybody keep bringing it up? San Diego 2013 was unquestionably a triumph for digital comics heavyweight comiXology, with a stream of announcements of...

Live from San Diego Comic-Con, it's More To Come! Heidi's podcast from Publishers Weekly Comics World brings you special coverage from San Diego Comic Con. Interviews fresh from the convention floor, with new episodes...

Continuing out look at actual COMICS that are debuting at Comic-Con, Top Shelf has a bunch, led by MARCH, the first volume in a graphic autobiography of civl rights legend Rep. John Lewis. With...

I never really understand people who complain about not having enough good comics to read- I feel (despite trying pretty damn hard) I can never keep up with the amount of quality stuff released...