What happens when you want #Halloween decorations? You create the #Spoops! Find out about how Spoops came to be from author AJ LoCascio. #Spoops: #TheLittleSpiritsofHalloween by The Spoops and Laurie A. Conley#Halloween#Spoops#Spoops#TheLittleSpiritsofHalloweenon sale now! #ChildrensBooks #HalloweenBooks #PictureBooks

Thank you to everyone who visited us at #NYCC! It was great seeing fans and introducing you all to your next favorite book. We hope you got to see your favorite artists. We have more coming, so make sure you keep an eye out for us. #MYCC2025

After bursting onto the scene with his captivating and quirky artwork in #TheMoonandSerpent Bumper Book of Magic, Ben Wickey finally unveils his #magnumopus! About colonial America's dark heart in #MoreWeight! #MoreWeightASalemStory is on sale!: https://ow.ly/syUx50X0XmS#TheMoonandSerpent#magnumopus#MoreWeight#MoreWeightASalemStory#SalemWitchTrials

Honorary #BannedBooksWeek chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read, so that all Americans can find ourselves, and find each other, in books. Visit BannedBooksWeek.org to learn more and get involved. #BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984

Featuring elegant inky artwork, tense pacing, lived-in characters, and a touch of pandemic paranoia, Jared Throne’s Top Shelf debut is a captivating work of suspenseful sci-fi that will leave readers gasping for breath. #BP9 #OGN #CrimeThriller #Scifi #BridgePlanetNine #Heists

Frank is in big trouble. Meeting Ricky made Camp Jay Bird less lonely… but they enemies of all the other scouts. And they released something dark and scary in the forest! #OrderoftheNightTheRiverRises by Jonathan Schnapp is on sale!: https://ow.ly/Ct3x50WJaML#OrderoftheNightTheRiverRises #GraphicNovel

"Healey’s plot threads about coping with loss come together very nicely." — Slings & Arrows Gabriel Navarro can see ghosts. Feeling alone and lost, he suddenly finds himself with a new best friend and business-partner, Clementine. Together, they form #PsychicInvestigatorsEvilExterminators #PIEE

Top Shelf Productions is heading to #NYCC! Join us as for #authorsignings and a #GeorgeTakei Panel. What else could you want. We'll see you Thursday at IDW's booth #4551! #Dreamover #TLOUD #Spoops #MoreWeight #BridgePlanetNine #IRWT #TheWell IDW Publishing

Grab your #Spoops! Join AJ LoCascio on his signing tour for Spoops: The Little Spirits of Halloween. Discover the whimsical magic behind #Halloween in this timeless new illustrated fable for the whole family! #SpoopsTheLittleSpiritsofHalloween is out: https://ow.ly/8ujq50X5iyW#Spoops#Halloween#SpoopsTheLittleSpiritsofHalloween#PictureBooks

Prepare for #MoreWeight! Come celebrate the release of #MoreWeightASalemStory with author Ben Wickey at The House of the Seven Gables. This Saturday at 6:30 PM! More information: https://7gables.org/event/more-weight-ben-wickey/#MoreWeight#MoreWeightASalemStory#MoreWeightGraphicNovel #SalemWitchTrials #GraphicNovel #Historical

Will you be joining us at #NYCC? Come spend An Afternoon With George Takei#NYCC? Join legendary actor, activist, & author George Takei for a rare & personal conversation to close out his national book tour for #ItRhymesWithTakei. On 10/12 at 3:30 - 4:30pm, in room #409!

It's time for haunting reads! Our #TrickorRead sampler contains peeks at #Spoops: The Little Spirits of #Halloween, Psychic Investigators, Evil Exterminators, & #MoreWeight: A Salem Story! If you're heading to #NYCC, you can grab a free sampler at IDW's booth #4551!

Get your pencils ready! We're kicking off #NYCC with a bang with #NYPLArtDay! Spend the day with #IDW Publishing, Top Shelf Productions, and your favorite creators! More information here: https://ow.ly/KsZm50X4CiT#NYCC#NYPLArtDay#IDW#NYCC25 #Art #HowToDraw

Return to the wilderness with nervous bear Frank and excitable raccoon Ricky as they dive deeper into the long-lost (and supernatural) secrets of Camp Jay Bird! #OrderoftheNight : The River Rises by Jonathan Schnapp is at bookstores next week!: https://ow.ly/Ct3x50WJaML#OrderoftheNight #TheRiverRises #MiddleGrade

Join Top Shelf Productions and Ben Wickey on his signing tour for #MoreWeight: A Salem Story! A unique and profound inquiry into the infamous #SalemWitchTrials and the long shadows they still cast on us all. #MoreWeightASalemStory is out now: https://ow.ly/VJot50WzBcm#MoreWeight#SalemWitchTrials#MoreWeightASalemStory#GraphicNovel #Historical

Get ready for an unforgettable meal with #WhereTheresSmokeTheresDinner! This unprecedented #graphicmemoir blends comics with satirical recipes to explore the intersections of food, feminism, & family. #WTSTD by Jennifer Hayden: https://ow.ly/hCHw50X38Zm#WhereTheresSmokeTheresDinner#graphicmemoir#WTSTD#CartoonCookbook #Cartoonist

Just finished up a wonderful conversation with @jaredthrone.bsky.social discussing his upcoming @topshelfcomix.bsky.social sci-fi heist graphic novel BRIDGE PLANET NINE 🪐 🚀 This episode w/ Jared will be available this upcoming Monday (9/22) wherever you listen to your favorite comic book podcasts 🎧

Thank you for joining Top Shelf at Small Press Expo this year! We had a great time meeting fans & showing off new books! Shoutout to our talent who helped make the event special: Ben Wickey, Jon Allen, Nick Bertozzi, Dani Diaz, KT Healey, Ricky Lima, Jonathan Schnapp & Jared Throne.

Did y'all know I had my first graphic novel published by @topshelfcomix.bsky.social back in March? It's true. It's about a bunch of weirdo skater kids who battle other weirdo skater kids for territory and to level up. The 1st major showdown is a fun one and it's posted below.

Ionheart is a great first graphic novel. Lukas Kummer begins a fantasy that becomes a complex meditation on what life is and what it’s worth, yet it’s also an extremely creative extrapolation of science-fiction possibilities. @topshelfcomix.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/ionheart/

Only 50 pages left to pencil! Here’s a scene from pretty late in RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3. The dogs do a lot more shape-shifting in this one. #graphicnovel #kidlit #childrensbooks

Announcing #OrderoftheNight: The River Rises by Jonathan Schnapp! Return to the wilderness with nervous bear Frank & excitable raccoon Ricky as they dive deeper into the long-lost (and supernatural) secrets of Camp Jay Bird! Preorder: ow.ly/u1Vj50WJaMJ #OGN #MiddleGrade

Beloved #StarTrek icon #GeorgeTakei gets personal with California Live correspondent Sam Alipour at @jamuseum. Opening up about his new graphic memoir #ItRhymeswithTakei, coming out in Hollywood, & more! Check out the full interview here: ow.ly/SI4750WChqB

A dark epic of true #Americanhistory & #horror... “Every word is an accusation… & every whisper kills.” This staggering #graphicnovel explores the #Salemwitchtrials & the long shadows they cast. Preorder #MoreWeightASalemStory by Ben Wickey: ow.ly/v4G250Woyh5

Friends, I had a profound conversation on Bullseye with Jesse Thorn about my new graphic memoir, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI. We discussed my years in the closet, the AIDS crisis, and today's injustices. Watch or listen on NPR: ow.ly/yEjw50Wo2fk Learn more about #ItRhymesWithTakei here: ow.ly/6tcc50WnZNy

It was an honor to talk with so many librarians at the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference this weekend about my new graphic memoir, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI. At a time when our fundamental freedoms are under attack, these heroes are on the front lines to defend the right to read.

New review: Love Languages from @topshelfcomix.bsky.social Great read about falling in love through cross-cultural communication. comicsworthreading.com/2025/06/25/l...

Just Announced: #Ionheart Lukas Kummer! This head-spinning, time-bending #graphicnovel is a nuclear fusion of #Fantasy & #sciencefiction whose every page glows with an eerie light. Will you survive the blast? Preorder here: ow.ly/lmWf50WfzMk #IonheartGraphicnovel #OGN

Top Shelf Productions announced the August 2025 release of The Land of Unfinished Dreams, the English language debut of the book from Marco Daeron Ventura and Marco Ferraris. @topshelfcomix.bsky.social majorspoilers.com/2025/06/18/t...

Last week at Broken Frontier... Low Orbit – A Small Town Coming-of-Age, Coming Out Story from Kazimir Lee and Top Shelf Productions @topshelfcomix.bsky.social Told Through a Sci-Fi Novel Lens. www.brokenfrontier.com/low-orbit-ka...

Readers are raving about #ItRhymesWithTakei. "Uplifting, encouraging, and inspiring." @ala-booklist.bsky.social "Unflinchingly honest… A bold and introspective memoir." @libraryjournal.bsky.social #ItRhymesWithTakei is on sale! Get yours today: ow.ly/rEO750VEuxt @georgetakei.bsky.social

"It is easy to get sucked into the story. But days later, it can be hard to get the echoes & ramifications of the story out of your mind — a testament to their talent and artistry." - Tasha Lowe, @solrad.bsky.social about @coinophoey.bsky.social. Read more: ow.ly/x5tE50W8xaZ #GraphicNovels

Lukas Kummer makes an explosive debut w/ #Ionheart — coming in August! This head-spinning, time-bending #graphicnovel is a nuclear fusion of #fantasy & #sciencefiction whose every page glows with an eerie light. Preorder Ionheart: ow.ly/ZLuR50W8sfN #OGN #TopShelfNovel #DebutNovel #Knights

Join us for the #ItRhymesWithTakei Book Launch & Tour! We've got multiple events planned so you can have the chance to meet the legendary #GeorgeTakei & grab a signed copy. First, Midtown Comics Grand Central on the 11th! Info here: www.facebook.com/events/18757... #BookSigning

Spoops: #TheLittleSpiritsofHalloween by AJ LoCascio and Laurie A. Conley is an timeless classic that places #Halloween right up alongside other beloved holidays. The #1 Children's Halloween book, preorder your copy: ow.ly/AwiL50W5anx #Spoops #ChildrensBook #PictureBooks

In the captivating debut, #Dreamover, when one sleepover literally turns into a dream, will Amber and Nico ever want to wake up again? Mark your calendars for a #booksigning with author Dani Diaz! More details here: browseaboutbooks.com/event/2025-0...

On June 22, we’re honored to welcome legendary actor, activist and author @georgetakei.bsky.social for a talk & signing in celebration of "It Rhymes with Takei,” a new graphic memoir revealing his most personal story yet. 📚🌈 Seating is limited: japansoc.org/3TakyXy

Got a feature in Style Weekly! :)

This was weird, and therefore I loved it. A wonderful mix of fantasy and sci-fi, gorgeous use of colour and a non-linear story that kept me hooked. ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25 shorturl.at/RG79T #booksky 💙📚 #bookskyreview Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social

LOVE LANGUAGES by James Albon: Sarah meets Ping and finds authenticity in this friends-to-romance comic. This new connection formed by melding strangers who uses bits of 3 languages to become acquainted features a vibrant primary palette. #comics #LGBTQIA @topshelfcomix @IDWpublishing

It's clear that readers are head over heels with the #queerromance, #LoveLanguages, where two foreigners in France reach across language barriers & turn each other’s lives upside down. #LoveLanguages is available in our bio! #LGBTQIA #Sapphics #Romance #art #comic #WLW #graphicnovel #OGN #Pride

Love love loves James’ work. Just learned he’s coming to TCAF (I already own all of his books, but I guess I can swing by and tell he’s super-great? Is that a thing people do?)

Here's a fresh look at my new graphic memoir, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI! For the first time, I'll share the full story of my 68 years in the closet, my decision to come out and join the fight for LGBTQ rights, and how that moment changed everything. Learn more: ow.ly/rEO750VEuxt

Looking for something to give teens aging out of SMILE? Try DREAMOVER by @memoryfuel.bsky.social. Starting summer after 8th thru 9th grade, this GN chronicles a b/g friendship turned romance and the ripple effects on their friend group. Thx to @topshelfcomix.bsky.social for publishing #youngteenlit.

I have something very personal to share with you. Next month, my new graphic memoir, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI, will pull back the curtain on my life in the closet—and my pivotal decision to come out. It’s never too late to stand up for who you are. More info: ow.ly/rEO750VEuxt

Top Shelf Productions announced the June 2025 release of It Rhymes With Takei, the graphic novel memoir of George Takei. @topshelfcomix.bsky.social majorspoilers.com/2025/05/01/g...

New animated trailer for queer graphic novel Low Orbit, from Top Shelf. #booksky 📚 @topshelfcomix.bsky.social

Huge Congrats @chrisgooch44.bsky.social for winning an award recently for this awesome graphic novel! Check this #graphicnovel out if you have not already ....and if you already have read it, read it again ;) @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social

Really proud of our (@topshelfcomix.bsky.social) first six books of the year with Dani Diaz, Sam Fonseca, D. Bradford Gambles, Jon Allen, Kazimir Lee, and James Albon. topshelfcomix.com/catalog/