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COME SEE US AT THE SPX!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 00:00:00 PST

FOREVR in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Wed, 2 Sep 2026 00:00:00 PST

What if you didn’t have to say goodbye to your loved ones?

Old fashioned death, the way our parents and grandparents went, is a sad barbaric tradition. FOREVR allows humans, for the first time in history, to defy death. Say "Hello" to the most wise, powerful, and customizable version of your loved one.

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Forevr
by Brian "Box" Brown
$19.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-600-3
148 pages | 6" x 8.5" full-color graphic novel (w/3" French flaps)

KODI: A PLACE TO CALL HOME in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Tue, 1 Sep 2026 00:00:00 PST

Stunning watercolor artwork, a headstrong young girl, and a huge bear with a gentle heart — all return for an emotional new adventure in this stunning sequel!

After being reunited, Katya and Kodi are settling into their fast-paced new life together in the city. But as Katya starts to fall behind in school and Kodi struggles to find his place in this noisy new world, everything is put at risk by a greedy zookeeper who aims to break them up for good. Now, Katya and her unusual family must venture back into the wild, face their fears, and learn to trust new friends, as they fight to find a place to belong.

In Kodi: A Place To Call Home, painter/cartoonist Jared Cullum returns to his award-winning graphic novel series for an incredible new adventure, full of gorgeous outdoor vistas, amazing animals, lovable and hateable new characters, roaring rivers, thrilling dangers, and tender moments.

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Kodi: A Place to Call Home
by Jared Cullum
$14.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-595-2
172 pages | 6.5" x 9" full-color graphic novel (w/3" French flaps)

HOME TIME: TWELVE DAYS in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 PST

Talking peaches, magic tea, frightening wildlife, and more—the award-winning fantasy epic graphic novel that critics called “an intoxicating and visually stunning Australian Narnia” is now collected into a single massive volume!

The last school bell has rung, and it’s finally HOME TIME! Even though they’re twins, Lily and David don’t agree on much…except that the last summer before high school is the perfect time for relaxing with friends.

But their plans for sleepovers, fantasy games, and romance are thrown out the window when the whole gang falls into a river and wakes up in a village of fantastic creatures. Hailed as magical spirits, threatened by lizards, and trained in the mysterious arts of tea-brewing, these kids must find their way home—if they don’t throttle each other first.

Featuring a kaleidoscope of art styles, a puzzle-box narrative structure, and a spectacular reimagining of his childhood hometown, Campbell Whyte’s astonishing Australian fantasy series is now collected in one volume for the first time.

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Home Time: Twelve Days
by Campbell Whyte
$39.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-582-2
452 pages | 9" x 9" full-color graphic novel (w/3" French flaps)

JOHNNY BOO: ON THE GO in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 PST

Perfect for beginning readers, this quirky and fun graphic novel follows the adventures of a ghost and his pet Squiggle!

Johnny Boo is the best little ghost in the whole world, because he has Boo Power. This means that he can go "BOO" really loudly! His pet ghost named Squiggle has Squiggle Power, which means that he can fly and do really fast loop-the-loops. Together they have the world's greatest ghost adventures! And now, for the first time, read the first seven volumes in one book!

James Kochalka has won multiple Eisner Awards for Best Publication for Young Readers and has published 14 volumes of the Johnny Boo series. This special On The Go edition collects the first seven into one convenient-to-read book!

Johnny Boo: On the Go
by James Kochalka
$13.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-604-1
272 pages | 6" x 9" full-color graphic novel

IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI wins the Eisner for Best Graphic Memoir!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 PST

Congratulations to George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger on winning the "Best Graphic Memoir" Eisner Award for It Rhymes With Takei!

KLOUD 9 in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 PST

Kal and Cosmo are teen boys in love. It should be simple— except that Cosmo is an alien deserter on the run from an intergalactic peacekeeping force!

Kal is an Earthling without much purpose in life. Cosmot’urr Col Al’neyr, or Cosmo for short, is an alien struggling to find his place in the galaxy. Sparks fly when the two meet—but when Cosmo’s past catches up with him, Kal is forced to make a choice: follow his crush into the great unknown or remain on Earth.Easy choice, right? Now they just have to navigate the dangers of outer space, a megalomaniac pseudo-parent, and their growing feelings for each other. Yeah. It’s complicated.

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Kloud 9 (Book 1): The Star Soldier
by AJ O. Mason and Dominic Bustamante
$19.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-594-5
272 pages | 6" x 9" full-color graphic novel

MINNIE POUCHES IN THE MICROREALM in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 PST

Join Minnie Pouches, a super-anxious super-strong girl, as she travels through the MicroRealms to save her best friends: her five pets!

The daughter of larger-than-life influencer-scientist parents, Minnie is too camera shy, sad over her lost pets, and angry at her parents to complete a make-or-break middle school project.

When it all becomes too much, Minnie rage quits her parents’ show, and activates her stylish MicroRealm fanny pack. She’ll dance through encounters with greasy pizza dinosaurs, angry laser robots, and toothy pool floats to push past her fears and bring the entire family home.

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Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm
by Caleb Goellner & Eric Lide
$14.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-590-7
160 pages | 5.6" x 8.5"
full-color graphic novel

GIGS in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 PST

In a frighteningly near future where Universal Basic Income has to be earned by completing gig work assigned by “the app”…

An octogenarian punk and a lonely young worker seek escape through music. A street artist makes art by night and paints over it by day. A has-been detective chases a case into a forgotten world. A drug runner makes a long, strange delivery. A writer marks her days on a decaying space station she can’t leave. And a refugee asks for help in the last free place.

With a hard-won blend of biting satire and humanistic passion, two creators from the North of England weave together six divergent chapters into an extraordinary graphic novel. Gigs is both a powerful warning about the oppressive world to come and a defiant celebration of the humanity that will sprout up in the cracks.

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Gigs
by Mark Mosedale and Si Smith
$24.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-593-8
276pages | 6.75" x 9.5"
full-color graphic novel w/French flaps

JEKYLL ISLAND in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 PST

In the shadow of World War I, a thrilling new world rises—a gilded world of miraculous technology, frightening threats, and brave new heroes. Discover this award-winning alternate-history graphic novel trilogy, now collected in a single volume!

At the turn of the century, 1/6th of the world’s wealth vacationed in and around the tiny Georgia island of Jekyll. Captains of industry like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, and Carnegie all called the Jekyll area home, and used this place of grandeur to strategize a peace fostered by the end of the Great War. But an international cabal of anarchists, known internationally as Zeno and led by the infamous Luigi Galleani, seeks to disrupt the new order. Working across the globe, Zeno uses startlingly advanced technologies to seed unrest, taking lives in an effort to force the world back into another bloody conflict.

Supported by the wealth of Jekyll and the most innovative minds of the early 1900s, a newly formed band of heroes—all wounded veterans of the Great War—stand against the forces of chaos. As rivals race to unlock the secret of Nikola Tesla’s death ray, cities burn, electricity crackles, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Collecting The Jekyll Island Chronicles, Book 1: A Machine Age War, Book 2: A Devil’s Reach, and Book 3: A Last Call.

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The Jekyll Island Chronicles Complete Trilogy
by Steve Nedvidek, Ed Crowell, Jack Lowe, Prentis Rollins, Moses Nester, & S. J. Miller
$39.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-578-5
548 pages | 6.75" x 10.5"
full-color graphic novel w/French flaps