From Top Show
Nov. 8, 2012
Top Shelf new releases: AUGUST MOON, UPSIDE DOWN, and reprints of several key perennials!
As we head into the holiday season and winter, it's the perfect time to stock up on a few of our new releases. This month, get spooked silly with UPSIDE DOWN and seriously spooked with AUGUST MOON, and restock your shelves with several of our key perennails just back in print!
HOT OFF THE PRESS: AUGUST MOON & UPSIDE DOWN: A VAMPIRE TALE!
AUGUST MOON by Diana Thung
-- 320 pages • 6" x 8" • $14.95 (US)
-- ISBN 978-1-60309-069-8 • Young Adult (13+)
-- In stores (and in stock) now!
"A dream of a book. August Moon hums with menace and wonder, like the coolest childhood you never had. Diana Thung's work is beautiful in all the right ways, for all the right reasons." -- Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waoand This Is How You Lose Her
The townspeople of Calico believe in family. In fact, some say that the souls of dead ancestors watch over this town, and on a clear night, you can see their "Soul Fires" dancing through the sky.
But when young Fiona Gan comes to town with her father, she finds that the Soul Fires are just the beginning of Calico's mysteries. Strange graffiti appears all over town, a huge rabbit-like creature is found in an alley, and a peculiar street boy named Jaden claims to come from the moon. Now time may be running out, because Fi and her dad are not the only newcomers to Calico. As the Soul Fire festival approaches and a creepy corporation starts to bulldoze the nearby forests, she finds herself drawn into Jaden's battle for the soul of a community.
Diana Thung's debut Top Shelf graphic novel is a true adventure, rooted in the diverse local traditions of Asia and the films of Hayao Miyazaki, with a modern sensibility and a hint of magic.
UPSIDE DOWN: A VAMPIRE TALE by Jess Smart Smiley
-- 144 pages • 6" x 9" • $9.95 (US)
-- ISBN 978-1-60309-088-9 • All Ages
-- Deluxe softcover with french flaps • Two-color
-- In stores (and in stock) now!
"I really enjoyed Upside Down! It has a goofiness that reminds me of Joann Sfar, and the simplicity of its art is like a sophisticated version of Ed Emberley." -- Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese
Harold is a friendly young vampire who lives in a piano and LOVES candy. Pretty normal, huh? ...until he sets out for a dentist appointment that turns into the biggest adventure of his life! Now he'll face bats, witches, magic spells, vampire frogs, mad scientists, and so much more! It's a wild magical romp for all ages, perfect for Halloween or any time at all.
Upside Down is a spooky fun tale for all-ages and tweens, colored in black, white and Halloween green.
MODERN CLASSICS FROM THE TOP SHELF LIBRARY, HOT OFF THE PRESS IN NEW PRINTINGS!
Retailers -- If you need to restock these titles for the holiday season, please get your orders into the Diamond system ASAP. We did shorter runs than usual on these, since we had to print all of them at the same time. And since the book trade will pull in large quantities shortly, I want to make sure you get copies for your stores.
-- Blankets HC by Craig Thompson (hitting stores at the end of November)
-- Blankets SC by Craig Thompson (hitting stores at the end of November)
-- From Hell by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell
-- Essex County by Jeff Lemire
-- The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire
-- Lost Girls by Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie
-- Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod (hitting stores in December)
BRING TOP TALENTS TO YOUR TECH TABLET WITH TOP SHELF DIGITAL!
Retailers -- If you haven't signed up with Diamond Digital yet, you might consider it, so you can offer these digital books to your customers as well. Check out the further adventures in the bestselling SURROGATES universe, dive into James Kochalka's award-winning life-as-art project AMERICAN ELF, and catch up with the Cannon boys' thrilling adventure serial DOUBLE BARREL, now halfway through its run:
Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele:
Surrogates Case Files #1
Surrogates Case Files #2
James Kochalka:
American Elf 1999
American Elf 2000
American Elf 2001
American Elf 2002
American Elf 2003
Kevin Cannon & Zander Cannon:
Double Barrel #1
Double Barrel #2
Double Barrel #3
Double Barrel #4
Double Barrel #5
Double Barrel #6
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