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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!

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):

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.

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.

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!

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!