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Amazing Top Shelf debuts at MoCCA this weekend!

March 12, 2025 / More →

Top Shelf's 2025 MoCCA Fest lineup, including Dani Diaz (Dreamover), W. Bradford Gambles (Shred or Dead), Kazimir Lee (Low Orbit), and Jon Allen (The Well), all located at tables 140-141.

If you're in the New York area, come out to see us at the 2025 MoCCA Fest this weekend, March 15-16, 2025 at the Metropolitan Pavilion! At the Top Shelf booth (tables 140-141), we'll be featuring four outstanding new members of the Top Shelf crew with brand-new books: Dani Diaz (Dreamover), W. Bradford Gambles (Shred or Dead), Kazimir Lee (Low Orbit), and Jon Allen (The Well)! And that's not all... around the floor you'll find Allison Conway, Maria Hoey, and other Top Shelf talents. Don't miss Manhattan's greatest indie-comics assemblage — we'll see you there!

Ben Wickey talks BUMPER BOOK and his upcoming MORE WEIGHT!

December 17, 2024 / More →

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One of the delights of Alan Moore & Steve Moore's monumental Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic is the introduction to a wider audience of the extraordinary artist Ben Wickey. Ben has spent many years working in animation (both traditional and stop-motion) as well as illustration and comics, and his artwork brings to life one of the key features of the Bumper Book, "Old Moores' Lives of the Great Enchanters."

What's more, Ben is preparing his solo graphic novel debut, a huge 480-page opus about Giles Corey and the Salem Witch Trials, entitled More Weight: A Salem Story.

Ben recently spoke with Alan Moore World about his experience working on the Moon and Serpent Bumper Book, his creative relationship with Alan, and what awaits us in More Weight — with plenty of behind-the-scenes photos and art. Check it out!

Dazzling video trailers for DREAMOVER and SHADOWPLAY!

December 10, 2024 / More →

Anticipation is heating up for our first two books of 2025. In fact, both of these books have multi-talented creators who not only wrote and drew these graphic novels, but also created gorgeous animated trailers for them!

Although the candy-colored early-teen dramedy of Dani Diaz's Dreamover is miles apart from over-the-top older-teen gothic horror of Sam Fonseca's Shadowplay, both are terrific at using imaginative visuals to capture the deep emotions of the growing-up process. Check them out below!

Dani Diaz's video trailer for Dreamover (coming in January):

Sam Fonseca's video trailer for Shadowplay: Midnight School (coming in February):

George Takei announces new graphic memoir, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI

October 30, 2024 / More →

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Award-winning team reunites to depict the astounding personal journey of a gay icon

Top Shelf Productions is proud to announce It Rhymes With Takei — a new full-color graphic memoir from the team behind George Takei’s award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, telling the untold story of his journey from closeted actor to international gay icon. Scheduled for publication in June 2025, It Rhymes With Takei will offer an unprecedented view into the heart of this beloved star and a celebration of the warp-speed changes he has witnessed in one lifetime.

Pre-orders are already live at:
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million | Bookshop.org | Hudson Booksellers | Indigo | Target
or speak to your local comic shop or bookstore!

George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist, helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing—one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared…and it rhymes with Takei.

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Pre-order new adventures with THE UNPETABLES and SURFSIDE GIRLS!

October 16, 2024 / More →

November and December will bring two new middle-grade gems — including the mile-a-minute wacky antics of Dennis Messner's The Unpetables and the sunny, spooky, mystery fun of Kim Dwinell's Surfside Girls!

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