Hey Bartender! Archives
January 2015
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
- From the Veeps Archives
- Catching up on Veeps!
- Final Courtroom Sketch Art
- More Courtroom Sketch Art
- Courtroom Sketch Milestones
- Life at Top Shelf Productions.
July 2014
- ComicCon is in full swing, baby!
- ComicCon goes full-time today!
- ComicCon starts TOMORROW!
- Chris Sheridan's Motorcycle Samurai
- Incredible Change-Bots Two Point Something Something
June 2014
- In which i catch up with the authors of God is Disappointed in You, Mark Russell and Shannon Wheeler
- june 10, 2014
- june 8, 2014
- june 6, 2014
- june 5, 2014
- june 5, 2014
January 2014
December 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
- august 26, 2013
- "AN 11-YEAR-OLD'S EXPERIENCES AT THE BIG SHOW!"
- God is really really really disappointed in you!
- WW2 and more March!
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
- hey, i'm on a podcast!!
- february 17, 2012
- february 15, 2012
- february 9, 2012
- Staff Pick: Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City
- february 1, 2012
January 2012
December 2011
- Hidee Ho, happy campers!
- december 23, 2011
- Long Live AdHouse Books!
- december 14, 2011
- december 13, 2011
- december 10, 2011
- december 7, 2011
- december 2, 2011
November 2011
- sale! sale! sale!
- november 19, 2011
- november 15, 2011
- Digital Festivities—James Kochalka AMA
- november 9, 2011
- november 1, 2011
October 2011
- Happy Halloween!!
- James Kochalka writes in:
- James Kochalka writes in:
- James Kochalka writes in:
- october 13, 2011
- october 8, 2011
September 2011
- shannon wheeler, one-one-one-one!
- burning building!
- september 14, 2011
- september 11, 2011
- everything priced to MOVE!!
- jennifer hayden jennifer hayden jennifer hayden!!!
August 2011
- YIKES!... two weeks since my last update...
- we're running a BLANKETS contest!...
- august 8, 2011
- eddie campbell is...
- just back from some camping...
July 2011
- Gregory Benton, stud artist, cartoonist and friend of Top Shelf
- Reading Frenzy, Portland's premier small press & zine store
- comiccon is in full-swing...
- busy busy busy...
- super early computer animation
- and now even more on Lucille!...
June 2011
- ludovic debeurme youtube flick...
- ed piskor, author of the forthcoming original graphic novel Wizzywig,
- top shelf 2.0 contributor Box Brown
- Jennifer Hayden, whose first Top Shelf book, Underwire
- the mighty Tom Hart
May 2011
- hey kids... some news
- if you're in New York, and you read this in the next couple hours,
- Eric Skillman will be rockin' his Liar's Kiss release party
- back from Stockholm, Sweden. sigh... I really do love this wonderful city and its beautiful people.
- catching up and getting books out the door and support materials made and my garden planted...
April 2011
March 2011
- oh, man... what a bummer!
- james kochalka does biology!
- this is so cool!
- march 21, 2011
- yikes!...
- eric skillman on his incredible design
February 2011
- monsters!!!
- jennifer hayden has really been busy!...
- wow, there's been lots of news from the Top Shelf camp as of late,
January 2011
- january 30, 2011
- january 25, 2011
- viva world war 3 illustrated!!!
- january 18, 2011
- january 11, 2011
- the inimitable Todd Klein...
- Regardez! La lumiere! C'est... C'est 2011!
- Welcome to a brand new decade, friends.
December 2010
- Whew...
- Merry Christmas (Eve), and/or any other holiday you choose to celebrate!
- december 22, 2010
- Ho Ho and one more Ho for good measure.
- really? has it been two weeks?...
- december 1, 2010
November 2010
- happy snappy holidays one and all...
- Eric Orchard showcased in Spectrum
- oh man oh man oh man...
- november 3, 2010
October 2010
September 2010
- Sean Michael Wilson is back in the U.S...
- Steve Lafler all over the place!
- Sale! Sale! Sale!
- september 9, 2010
August 2010
July 2010
- kochalka kochalka kochalka
- breathing a sigh of relief...
- San Diego beckons... NERD ALERT!
- El Vocho, baby!!
- july 7, 2010
June 2010
- fingerprints rolling off the press
- Um, yeah... i have no idea what the contents of this newsletter says...
- mighty mike dawson on the mic
- summer has arrived at Top Shelf West.
May 2010
- slow days at Top Shelf West
- YES! Ax: Alternative Manga has left for the printer!
- Stumptown and TCAF have both come & gone...
- picturebook pedagogy #3.
April 2010
- next year?...
- i am at the mercy of the volcano gods. less than 48 hours away from departure, and i'm still not
- lock up your sons and daughters!!!
- ai ai ai... so much going on...
March 2010
February 2010
- James Kochalka needs your help!!
- how much better can you get than Stephen Colbert teaming up with Shepard Fairey?
- february 12, 2010
- SUNDANCE has come on gone, and let me tell ya folks, what a treat this was...
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
- i'm not one to bring attention to myself,
- APE came and went in a flash!
- APE is looming large.
- It's been a crazy busy movie-centric two weeks for this bartender.
September 2009
August 2009
- summer winding down...
- oh, jeffrey brown...
- [Updated, with pictures!] let's reach back, my friends. april, in fact...
- isotope award for excellence in mini-comics
- well this is wicked cool on Wired...
- san diego has now come and gone again. sigh...
July 2009
- san diego looms large, and i'm stoked!!
- come one come all to one hella cool book release party!! (well, if you live in portland.)
- really really cool comics events abound during the summer, and here are just a couple...
June 2009
- all hail the great Eddie Campbell...
- kochalka's brilliant tribute to MJ...
- so-many-cool-new-books/minis/comics/etc-no-time-for-lengthy-reviews Episode #37
- item of interest for Portlanders...
- catchin' up catchin' up...
- good stuff in the in-box...
- back in black...
- june 3, 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
- march 27, 2009
- march 19, 2009
- alex robinson's six highlights of life in New York,
- first, big ups to Nate Powell!
- so much to do, so very little time...
February 2009
January 2009
- january 29, 2009
- january 25, 2009
- mr. bill [kelter] returns to portland!...
- grass hut goodness!
- arctic weather continues to pummel top shelf west coast headquarters!!
December 2008
- jeff lemire's country nurse ranks tops on
- top shelf wunderkind Alex Robinson makes Pop Candy's
- if you're in Portland this weekend,
- one of my first publisher heroes, Dean Mullaney, is interviewed at Newsarama.
- witness: a stunning piece by Renee French for the re-formatted Soap Lady, which we'll be publishing
November 2008
- Peter Kuper took this snap at a fruit stand at 98th and Broadway. Top Shelf, baby!
- yummy sketchbook drawings from matt kindt and jeff lemire...
- this just in... james kochalka at
October 2008
- Top Shelf goes APE!
- here's a SUPER terrific short film about
- october 19, 2008
- top shelf is a sort-of sponsor for Greg Palast's terrific Steal Back Your Vote comic:
- back from spx...
September 2008
- two items of particular note
- leaving for Bethesda a week from today, so i'll be missing this,
- nate powell's lengthy and intriguing four-part interview
- a fabulous epic-length interview with alex robinson
- VEEPStravaganza!
- september 4, 2008
August 2008
July 2008
- san diego san diego san diego san diego
- Suddenly it's Alan Moore week!
- Holy crapola, Batman...
- july 4, 2008
June 2008
May 2008
- may 29, 2008
- i'm not the jealous type, but...
- sunny, warm, and sad...
- busy busy busy busy...
- may 5, 2008
- ouch... sorry for the delay.
April 2008
- april 20, 2008
- april 16, 2008
- does the world really need another blog?
- april 13, 2008
- it's not too late!!
March 2008
- judas priest! everybody wants to be a bloody hero!
- d'oh!...
- march 16, 2008
- jeff lemire loves the capes!
- spring is coming...
- order this book!
February 2008
January 2008
- january 31, 2008
- some fine new booty...
- james kochalka superstar
- january 11, 2008
- yeah!
- feliz ano neuvo!
December 2007
- Christmas night is here...
- with a corncob pipe and a button nose...
- you're a mean one...
- dig-dog bloggity blah blah
- happy happy holidays
- change-bots fans, dig this!
- r.i.p. evel knievel
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
- blogblogblog
- one year later...
- bwanamanaman
- just because i can
- channel surfing jewel
- shark week!
- new guy
- post-san diego
July 2007
- off to san diego... freak-scene that i love
- he does the things a spider can...
- bill moyers
- headline edition
- listening as i write to the tasty
June 2007
May 2007
- may 31, 2007
- may 29, 2007
- may 26, 2007
- super stud... er, i mean, super spy
- may 15, 2007
- comic foundry
- go dog, go!
- slow like molasses...
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
- and i wept like a baby...
- cool beans...
- st valentine indeed
- long live the King & Queen
- beasts!
- some stuff
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
- ROCK!
- post food-coma thoughts
- mmm... food
- (no official title)
- cool...
- new day in america
- piles & piles of comics
- stumptown
October 2006
September 2006
- incredible jeffrey brown
- comics lifestyle
- update city
- bunnies bunnies bunnies
- last of ulana'a sketchbook pages
- happy birthday to...
- mad mad mad lost girls
August 2006
- comic foundary
- ulana ulana ulana
- more things i've read
- bloggity blog blah
- hutch owen on the loose
- french sighting
- but I voted for you!
July 2006
- san diego booty
- there and back again...
- san diego bound
- arf! arf!
- top secret ass-kickin'
- superman deliverance
- damn you, gary!
June 2006
- Gregory Benton sighting
- woof! woof!
- oh how wrong i was...
- nine days later...
- off to nyc
- the number of the man-beast
- being scott mccloud
- catching up on a few things
May 2006
- yeesh... more x-men?
- classic x-men
- new reneè french art
- fanboy stuff
- better late than never?
- view from the commander's chair
- some cool things i read
- a few things this time around
- a time for heresy
April 2006
March 2006
- off to see the wizard
- break the deal... face the wheel
- library love
- lost girls lost girls lost girls
- a little bit o' this, a little bit o' that
- workin' on from hell
- o.k. then, on to tjc #273
- just got back last night
- astute reader response
- i love it i hate it...
- art spiegelman lecture
February 2006
- top shelf does new york, and new orleans... sort of
- aaron renier sketches
- wondercon part 2, and so much more
- desperately needing a laptop...
- bloggedy blog off to san francisco
- angouleme e tres chic
- so much going on
- it's a dumb-ass, and ...it's a girl?
January 2006
- alex robinson update
- dylan horrocks sighting
- hulk SMASH plenary executive!
- of politics & smallville
- lapdog for the powerful
- convention season is upon us
- whither ivan brunetti
- Rivalry (not comics)
- a new comics blog
