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GIGS in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Mon, 22 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

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

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

WE ARE PAN in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Thu, 4 Jun 2026 00:00:00 PST

Family or freedom? Discover the astonishing history of the mass evacuation of Cuban children, leaving communism — and their loved ones — behind.

We Are Pan is based on the true story of Operation Pedro Pan, a joint effort between the U.S. government and the Catholic Welfare Bureau to evacuate 14,000 children from Cuba to the U.S. between 1960 and 1962. With the rise of communism following Fidel Castro’s revolution, parents feared for their children's future and through a secret operation, secured passage for their children to America. These children (later referred to as “Pedro Pans”) would be distributed across the U.S., mostly living in foster homes. In many cases, these children never saw their families again, and their lives would be changed forever. This is their story. — a 184-page full-color graphic novel (6" x 9")

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We Are Pan by Andre Frattino and Yasmin Flores
$19.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-592-1
184 pages | 6” x 9”
full-color graphic novel

THE MARSH FELLOWS in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 PST

Beloved online cartoonist Anna-Laura Sullivan makes her graphic novel debut with a captivating adventure about misfits exploring the dark edges of their world!

After a nuclear war plunged the world into darkness, Slumber City emerged as humanity’s last beacon of hope. This island utopia is a rainy, happy place, but grumpy orphan Urchin doesn’t see what there is to smile about — especially after he’s sent to live with elderly oddballs Marvin and Pearl! But there’s more than meets the eye about these self-proclaimed “Marsh Fellows,” and soon Urchin is pulled into their quest to unravel the mystery of the marsh surrounding their little town. Something sinister lurks outside Slumber City, and once the Marsh Fellows uncover it, they’ll turn the whole world upside-down!

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The Marsh Fellows by Anna-Laura Sullivan
$14.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-589-1
150 pages | 6” x 9”
full-color graphic novel

GHOUL in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Wed, 6 May 2026 00:00:00 PST

Be careful what you wish for! This graphic novel about a lonely Filipino American teen and her ghoulish companion puts a spooky twist on the imaginary friend.

When they were little, Lyn and Meg promised to be friends forever…but now Meg is dead, and Lyn is 15 and miserable. Moving into a new condo with her family doesn’t help, especially given the gossipy neighbors. But just when Lyn needs a friend the most, a monstrous cartoon ghoul climbs out of the pages of a comic book and into her life! The bizarre duo will soon discover just how many secrets lie within the walls of Forest Court Apartments.

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Ghoul by kasey Iris
$19.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-583-9
292 pages | 6” x 8” w/flaps
full-color graphic novel

HOTEL LIMBO in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 PST

Welcome to the afterlife… May we take your bags? Hijinks and heartbreak await as this fan-favorite online comic becomes a gorgeous graphic novel!

After awakening in the middle of nowhere, a young man is forcefully inducted into the Hotel Limbo as its new bellboy (“BB” for short). Faced with magical masks, giant cats, a mysterious staff, and a hotel that just won’t sit still, BB will soon learn that helping with “baggage” means something very different when all the guests are dead. In this series debut, writer Ben Harel teams up with 28 artists (!) from around the world to breathe life into a story about death. As comedy dances with drama and mystery, every tonal shift and blurred line is accentuated by an ever-changing visual style, creating a genre-bending medley of deadly (and death-ly) adventures.

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Hotel Limbo by Ben Harel and 28 (!) artists
$19.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-587-7
272 pages | 6” x 9” w/flaps
full-color graphic novel

PUNK'N HEADS in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 00:00:00 PST

This band plays together, lives together… and unfortunately two of them are sleeping together. Whatever, I’m sure it’s fine. Now put on your punk’n mask and let’s rock!

Sometimes life doesn’t pan out the way you thought. That’s a lesson that Hannah Lipsky is learning in real time. She had everything planned out. Art school, a successful gallery career as a painter, and a cat named Bonbon. However, after breaking up with her girlfriend, everything fell apart. She left art school, moved into a flophouse, and is now playing in a punk band. To make things even more complicated, she’s hooking up with her roommate/bandmate/high school crush. Wherever this is leading, it’s going to be messy.

Punk’n Heads, from Eisner Award-nominated creators Nicole Goux (This Place Kills Me, Forest Hills Bootleg Society) and Dave Baker (Everyone Is Tulip, Mary Tyler MooreHawk) is a probing new graphic novel that showcases the complications of remaining true to yourself while living in Los Angeles and pursuing your dreams.

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Punk’n Heads by Dave Baker & Nicole Goux
$19.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-586-0
224 pages | 6.625” x 10.187” (landscape) w/flaps
full-color graphic novel

THE SHADOWER in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 PST

Readers will lose themselves in this surreal spy thriller… and may find it impossible to find themselves again.

Nadia is a quiet drama student in a country divided by a brutal civil war. Amid the steady tension of armed men, checkpoints, and random violence, the theater is her one escape.

One evening, after an Ibsen performance, she is given an opportunity to serve her people. Nadia bears a strong resemblance to a waitress in the next district whose café is frequented by enemy agents. Would she be willing to take her place for a week and plant recording devices? It’s a dangerous mission that will take all her acting skills to disappear into this role… but she knows that she has no choice.

As Nadia settles into this other woman’s apartment and life, she becomes more immersed in this character than she ever imagined. And as one week drags into two, she realizes this isn’t going to end the way she hoped…

In The Shadower, award-winning sibling duo Peter and Maria Hoey present a haunting, ice-cold story of identity, espionage, and betrayal.

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The Shadower by Maria Hoey and Peter Hoey
$19.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-585-3
192 pages | 10” x 8.5” (landscape) w/flaps
full-color graphic novel

LCGG: THE ROCK GOD COMPLEX in stores now!

Chris Staros@www.topshelfcomix.com — Mon, 2 Mar 2026 00:00:00 PST

Return to the crackling, critically-acclaimed series that combines vintage comic-book energy and unbeatable 21^st-century vibes!

Ghost Guitar has lost her guitar strings. Auntie Pam lost her bakery’s special flour. Rossferatu lost a fang. And Lisa Cheese is losing her self-respect… just in time for her high school reunion! Meanwhile, there's a Battle of the Bands competition in Earth City, and all hell is about to break loose.

In the second volume of Kevin Alvir’s raw, relatable, and rambunctious graphic novel series, Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar must team up like never before — to smash jerks, navigate frenemies, shop for magic crystals, and save the world!

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Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar by Kevin Alvir
$19.99 (US) | ISBN 978-1-60309-584-6
212 pages | 6.5” x 9” w/flaps
full-color graphic novel