♫It's the most wonderful time of the year...♫ — Comic-Con time, of course! Join us next week for a special milestone: Top Shelf's first San Diego Comic-Con since joining the IDW Publishing family. We'll be marking the occasion in TWO locations, both at IDW's booth #2743 and at the Top Shelf island in its historic home, booth #1721.
And what have we got in store? You may have already heard about our special Comic-Con exclusives, but that's just the tip of the iceberg...
Legendary civil rights icon and #1 New York Times bestselling author Congressman John Lewis returns to Comic-Con along with his award-winning collaborators Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, ready to meet you at their Saturday morning panel and discuss their newest bestseller March: Book Two, now available in a limited signed & numbered hardcover edition!
After years away, the internationally renowned Eddie Campbell returns to Comic-Con to celebrate the debut of his massive Bacchus (Omnibus Edition): Volume One, also available in the exclusive signed & numbered Bacchus Hardcover "Private Reserve" Edition!
Likewise, Jeff Lemire joins us to celebrate the exclusive new signed & numbered Essex County Deluxe Slipcase Edition, also available in a super-limited Sketch Edition!
Troy Little makes his Top Shelf con debut with a FREE giveaway of your first look at his hotly-anticipated graphic novel adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, ahead of its October release!
By popular demand! Chris Sheridan's hit digital series The Motorcycle Samurai is now a gorgeous printed graphic novel — and it debuts at Comic-Con, with Chris on hand to sign your copy!
Also debuting: prizewinning UK cartoonist Julian Hanshaw's gorgeous and moody Tim Ginger, ready to blow your mind and break your heart, in the finest Top Shelf tradition. Give him a fine American welcome and he just may help you understand the rules of cricket!
Join these titanic talents, along with Nate Powell (promoting his stunning new short-story collection You Don't Say as well as March) and Ray Fawkes (author of next month's mind-bending Junction True with Vince Locke), on Friday's panel Top Shelf Productions — Live!
Speaking of panels, Mark Russell & Shannon Wheeler have developed a cult following for their tongue-in-cheek version of the Bible, God Is Disappointed in You — don't miss their gut-busting Thursday panel and be the first to hear the Good News about the unbelievable sequel!
All this AND Jess Smart Smiley, joining us to delight readers of all ages with his Top Shelf Kids Club hit Upside Down: A Vampire Tale and to tell you what he's cooking up for Book Two!)
