hosted press release from Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf in San Diego!
Top Shelf will have its biggest San Diego this year, with more cartoonists signing than ever before. Come visit us at booth #1721 and the Top Shelf crew of Brett Warnock, Chris Staros, Kristen Siebecker & Leigh Walton will be there to introduce you to everyone below:
-- Alex Robinson (Too Cool To Be Forgotten)
-- Andy Runton (Owly)
-- Christian Slade (Korgi)
-- Corey Barba (Yam)
-- Eddie Campbell (From Hell, Alec)
-- James Kochalka (Johnny Boo, American Elf)
-- Jeff Lemire (Essex County Trilogy)
-- Jeffrey Brown (Incredible Change-Bots, Clumsy)
-- Matt Kindt (Super Spy)
-- Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele (The Surrogates)
-- Tim Sievert (That Salty Air)
Special International Guests:
-- Daren White (Deevee, Australia)
-- Gary Spencer Millidge (Strangehaven, England)
-- Josh Palmano (Gosh! Comics, England)
-- Rutu Modan & Yirmi Pinkus (How To Love, Israel)
2008 Eisner Award Nominations
And while we're on the subject of San Diego, we'd also like to congratulate Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt for their 2008 Eisner Award Nominations as well:
Best Graphic Album New: Essex County
(Vols. 1-2) by Jeff Lemire
Best Graphic Album Reprint:
Super Spy by Matt Kindt
Best Writer/Artist: Jeff Lemire
(for Essex County Vols 1 & 2)
Jeff Lemire not only received these two Eisner Award nominations, but was also nominated for a Harvey, the Doug Wright, and also won the 2008 Schuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist, and the 2008 American Library Association Alex Award -- all for his ground breaking work on the ESSEX COUNTY TRILOGY.
And Matt Kindt was also nominated for 3 Harvey Awards this year for Best Cartoonist, Excellence in Presentation, and Best Colorist -- all for his amazing SUPER SPY.
Check them out here:
JEFF LEMIRE: http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=25
MATT KINDT: http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=29
Hot Off the Press
TOO COOL TO BE FORGOTTEN by Alex Robinson
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=565
ESSEX COUNTY (VOL 3) by Jeff Lemire (SAN DIEGO!)
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=569
YAM by Corey Barba (SAN DIEGO!)
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=603
KORGI (BOOK 2) by Christian Slade (SAN DIEGO!)
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=602
JOHNNY BOO (BOOK 1) by James Kochalka
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=594
HOW TO LOVE by Actus Independent Comics
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=623
FROM THE SHADOW OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS:
An Anthology of Swedish Alternative Comics (SAN DIEGO!)
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=627
TOP SHELF SEASONAL SAMPLER -- 2008
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=614
OWLY & FRIENDS (FREE COMIC BOOK DAY) by Runton, Slade, Kochalka & Barber
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=611
Coming In Just A Few Weeks
OWLY (VOL 5): TINY TALES by Andy Runton
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=615
The new edition of PINKY & STINKY by James Kochalka
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=12&title=57
Your friend thru comics,
Chris Staros
Top Shelf Productions
PO Box 1282
Marietta GA 30061-1282
USA
chris@topshelfcomix.com
http://www.topshelfcomix.com
Page last updated on July 13, 2008