Top Shelf comic books issue 1

Signed and Numbered Edition by Jeff Lemire

1st printing.

Story and art by Jeff Lemire.

WARNING: CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE.

As an underwater welder on an oil rig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deep-sea work - but not the pressures of impending fatherhood. While Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from his young wife and their unborn son.

Then one night, deep in the icy solitude of the ocean floor, Jack has a mysterious and supernatural encounter that will change the course of his life forever.

Equal parts blue-collar character study and mind-bending mystery, The Underwater Welder is a graphic novel about fathers and sons, birth and death, memory and reality, and the treasures we all bury deep below the surface.

Hardcover, 232 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 300 copies.

Cover price $49.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

1st printing. Story and art by Jennifer Hayden. Here's the wisdom that comes with wearing an underwire - and you don't have to own a bra to enjoy it! These stories are about the little things that give us the big picture. Jennifer Hayden's webcomic Underwire has gained critical attention as a fresh indie comic about womanhood, parenthood, and being-in-the-middle-of-life-hood. Here is a collection of the original strips, plus a slew of new comics and art created exclusively for this volume. Softcover, 6 1/2-in.x 8 1/2-in., 80 pages, Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Fine $7.70

1st printing.

Story and art by Nicholas Mahler.

Austrian cartoonist Nicholas Mahler is famous for his silent and sophisticated comics. Perfect for fans of Edward Gorey, this volume includes humorous comics stories featuring the classic archetypes of the mummy, vampire, wolfman, Frankenstein, and, of course, Van Helsing. These short stories are intriguing, humorous, and incredible illustrated in a whimsical, yet weighted, sketchy style. This first American compilation will be sure to create an instant fan base.

Softcover (Horizontal Format), 7 1/2-in. x 5 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Very Fine $7.99

1st printing. By Bill Kelter and Wayne Shellabarger. It's a tired but true cliché that every American Vice President is just a heartbeat away from the most powerful job in the world, a job they've often never really interviewed for. Who are these people? We all know about the one who shot his hunting partner in the face, but how about the tavern owner who once married one of his slaves and then sold her at auction when she tried to leave him? Or the one whose President went to his death regretting that he hadn't had his Vice President hanged? Or the one who was too frequently inebriated to serve out the whole of his term? Over more than 200 years, the American voters have sent a platoon of rogues, cowards, drunks, featherweights, doddering geriatrics, bigots, and atrocious spellers to Washington D.C. to sit one bullet, cerebral hemorrhage, or case of pneumonia away from the highest office in the land. Veeps tells the sordid, head-scratching, perversely-entertaining stories of these men we've chosen to ride shotgun in the biggest rig in democracy, without ever seriously considering the possibility that they might have to take the wheel. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, Text ( with B&W Chapter Illustartions). Cover price $19.95.

1st printing.

By Alan Moore.

Alan Moore's only novel, now available in paperback, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman!

We meet twelve distinctive characters that lived in the same region of central England over the span of 6,000 years. Their narratives are woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions and uncanny visions. Through each tale, Moore travels through history blending truth and conjecture, in a novel that is dazzling, moving, sometimes tragic, but always mesmerizing.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 304 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $14.95.

2nd and later printings.

By Alan Moore.

Alan Moore's only novel, now available in paperback, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman!

We meet twelve distinctive characters that lived in the same region of central England over the span of 6,000 years. Their narratives are woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions and uncanny visions. Through each tale, Moore travels through history blending truth and conjecture, in a novel that is dazzling, moving, sometimes tragic, but always mesmerizing.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 304 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $14.95.

1st printing.

By Alan Moore. Cover by John Colhart.

Discover the astonishing first prose novel from the legendary author of Watchmen and From Hell-an epic yet intimate portrait of a single English town across the whole span of human history. The precursor to Jerusalem.

In a story full of lust, madness, and ecstasy, we meet twelve distinctive characters that lived in the same region of central England over the span of six thousand years. Their narratives are woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions, and uncanny visions. First, a cave-boy loses his mother, falls in love, and learns a deadly lesson. He is followed by an extraordinary cast of characters: a murderess who impersonates her victim, a fisherman who believes he has become a different species, a Roman emissary who realizes the bitter truth about the Empire, a crippled nun who is healed miraculously by a disturbing apparition, an old crusader whose faith is destroyed by witnessing the ultimate relic, two witches, lovers, who burn at the stake. Each interconnected tale traces a path in a journey of discovery of the secrets of the land.

Throughout, the image of the fire resonates between the tales, while Moore finds a different voice for each character-though most are inherently duplicitous in some manner, leading to a further commentary on the disparity between myth and reality, and which is more likely to endure over time.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 312 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Batia Kolton. A unique visual interpretation of an Irish folk song. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers

NOTE: Originally part of the Actus Box 5 GN Set. Cover price $6.75.

Add to cart Near Mint $15.00

Add to cart Near Mint $15.00

The Well

1st printing. Story and art by Jon Allen. Veronika is 24 and tired: of her crummy boyfriend, of living with her parents, of feeling stalled out while everyone else moved on. With a new job coding software for a "wellness" company that makes brain-boosting energy drinks, she finally has a chance to turn things around. At this rate, Veronika may never feel tired again! But as she gets more comfortable with the office and the people in it, Veronika stumbles upon surprises in the dark that leave her questioning everything she thought she knew about the world... and about herself. Jon Allen's THE WELL combines deadpan dialogue with thrilling plot twists, and its skepticism about techno-utopian promises is matched by its affection for relatable characters. Softcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 720 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

1st printing.

Story and art by Axelle Lenoir.

Teen girls rewrite the universe on a daily basis! This comic collection proves there's nothing better than using your imagination... except maybe talking nonsense with your friends. Hey, why not both?

Nathalie and Marie are 17 years old and best friends. Since elementary school, they've been creatively filling moments of boredom with a game called "What If We Were...?". One player names a topic-let's say "vampire slayers" for example-and then both imagine what life would be like as that subject. "I would only hunt vampires during daytime, because it would be less exhausting" would be a good answer. "I would only hunt them for sport, to eventually sell their skins" could be another, if a little disturbing.

Easy to play, but hard to master. An expert player will know how to think outside the box and surprise their opponent. And after all these years, Nathalie and Marie are experts!

What If We Were... collects dozens of these games as hilarious and addictive comic strips, along with super-fun bonus material like diary entries, bonus comics, and more.

Softcover, 104 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

1st printing.

Story and art by Shannon Wheeler.

The Eisner Award-winning wit of Shannon Wheeler breaks hilarious new ground in a handsome new collection!

Hot off Sh*t My President Says, Shannon Wheeler unloads a new set of top notch cartoons in this premium collection. Instead of lampooning the President, Wheeler demonstrates what won him a couple of Eisner Awards with a more personal set of single panel comics. Relationships, social norms, cats, dogs, food, and Wheeler himself are all targets of his urbane wit. It's a gem of a book.

Softcover, 5-in. x 6-in., 120 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $5.60

1st printing. Story and art by Liz Prince. What started out as an exercise in keeping a personal comics journal quickly evolved into Liz Prince's first solo graphic novel. Described as a mix between Jeffrey Brown and James Kochalka, Liz's comics are made up of short vignettes that capture all the cute, gross, and endearing aspects of relationships. It's the perfect book for all those fans of autobiographical comics who want to see a happy ending. Softcover, 4-in. x 6-in., 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Liz Prince. What started out as an exercise in keeping a personal comics journal quickly evolved into Liz Prince's first solo graphic novel. Described as a mix between Jeffrey Brown and James Kochalka, Liz's comics are made up of short vignettes that capture all the cute, gross, and endearing aspects of relationships. It's the perfect book for all those fans of autobiographical comics who want to see a happy ending. Softcover, 4-in. x 6-in., 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.00.

1st printing. Story and art byEd Piskor. They say "What you see is what you get!" but Kevin "Boingthump" Phenicle could always see more than most people. In the world of phone phreaks, hackers, and scammers, he's a legend. Could he really get free long-distance calls by whistling into a pay phone? Did his video-game piracy scheme accidentally trigger the first computer virus? And did he really dodge the FBI by using their own wiretapping software against them? Inspired by the incredible stories of real-life hackers, Wizzywig is the thrilling tale of a master manipulator. Hardcover, 288 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.