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Alan Moore talks Magic with Publishers Weekly!

October 10, 2024 / More →

To celebrate the long-awaited launch of The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic next week, the iconic Alan Moore granted a rare interview to Rob Salkowitz for Publishers Weekly! It's full of gems like this:

"...The Bumper Book is certainly intended as a means to unlock the freedoms of the mind, wherever or whenever the freedoms of the flesh and of the street are being locked down. Just as with the age-old purpose of magic itself, our book is meant as an irresistible and sumptuously decorated mental cake, that has a mental file concealed inside it. This might prove useful for sawing through what William Blake called 'mind-forged manacles' two hundred years ago, which are clearly still around today."

Head to PW for the full interview!

Chris Gooch brings IN UTERO to New York!

September 10, 2024 / More →

To celebrate Chris Gooch's fastest-selling and most acclaimed graphic novel to date, In Utero, Chris is not only an international Special Guest of the SPX, he's also sticking around our continent afterwards for two appearances in New York City!

  • Wednesday, September 18th from 5-7pm: Chris will be signing at Forbidden Planet NYC! Details on Instagram, RSVP at this Facebook event.
  • Friday, September 20th from 6:15-8pm: Chris will be featured in conversation with Top Shelf's own Leigh Walton at the 53rd Street branch of the New York Public Library, folllowed by a book signing! Details at NYPL.

Come get to know the brilliant mind behind Bottled, Deep Breaths, Under-Earth, and now In Utero! Our thanks to Creative Australia for making Chris's trip possible.

Top Shelf's 2024 SPX will be a tri-continental crew!

September 9, 2024 / More →

We're approaching that most special of weekends, the Small Press Expo (SPX)! Join us September 14-15, 2024, at the Marriott in North Bethesda, Maryland, for a glimpse into the beating heart of the indie comics & graphic novel community. across the US and beyond. 

First, visit SPX Special Guest Chris Gooch (In Utero, Under-Earth, Deep Breaths, Bottled) who’s traveled all the way from Australia to meet you at table M10B!

Visit the Top Shelf booth (W56-W59) to meet three more outstanding creators:

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OUT TODAY: Punch ecological despair right in the face! Lima & Aquilani present UNDERGROWTH.

September 4, 2024 / More →


After Red and her friends are killed by invaders from beyond, they’re revived inside massive organic battle-mechs. Now it’s time to take their planet back!

“Wild, weird, and strangely heart-wrenching, Undergrowth is a lot of fun… a tale of terror and obsession, told with great empathy and off-the-charts excellent mech violence.” — Zander Cannon (Kaijumax, Heck)

Pick it up today from your favorite shop, or click below to learn more!

Julian Hanshaw Builds a Miracle Out of SPACE JUNK!

August 20, 2024 / More →


In the shattered remnants of a doomed planet, the last shuttles are leaving soon… So why do these misfits want to stay behind?

Faith has a metallic mystery bolted to her head. Hoshi keeps his rage in check with an emotional support chicken. On a dying world where most adults have already left and the remaining kids are training for their turn, these two are starting to wonder: what’s the point? Gradually, a cluster of lonely souls who’ve spent their lives emotionally adrift are pulled into each other’s orbit as they try stay in place in a universe that is moving all too quickly.

“These are broken people in a broken world... but so are we. The tenderness that Julian Hanshaw finds for his characters will touch you as deeply as his dystopian sci-fi visuals will haunt your dreams.” — Moby

Space Junk by Julian Hanshaw
ISBN 978-1-60309-543-3 | Diamond Code: JUN241249
$19.99 (US) | 176 pages | Full color paperback | 8.25" x 10"
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