Take Advantage Of The Top Shelf 4-Day MoCCA Sale Going On Now!

Celebreate MoCCA Fest during the comiXology Top Shelf 4 Day Sale!

This weekend comic artists from around the world will be gathering to celebrate all things sequential art at the 10^th annual MoCCA Fest in New York City. This one of a kind creator centric convention benefits the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art by embracing the independent spirit of today’s top indie talent.

Top Shelf Productions; a leader in the indie Graphic Novel field is offering a few of their MoCCA Featured titles for half-price on comiXology right now!

THE COMPLETE ESSEX COUNTY: collects Jeff Lemire’s critically-acclaimed and award-winning trilogy — TALES FROM THE FARM, GHOST STORIES, and THE COUNTRY NURSE — into one deluxe volume. Also included are over 50 pages of previously unpublished material (including two new stories). Set in an imaginary version of Jeff Lemire’s hometown, ESSEX COUNTY is an intimate study of an eccentric farming community, and a tender meditation on family, memory, grief, secrets, and reconciliation. With the lush, expressive inking of a cartoonist at the height of his powers, Lemire draws us in and sets us free.

Infinite Kung Fu: The Martial World is ruled by a mysterious emperor whose five armies are each headed by a cruel and highly skilled kung fu master. Lei Kung, a soldier in one of these armies, grows tired of his master’s evil ways and seeks enlightenment elsewhere. However, he soon finds that he’s been chosen as the one who will put an end to the emperor’s tyrannical rule, personally! Allegiances are blurred, techniques are perfected, fists fly, limbs are lost and blood vessels burst in this tale of furious rivals, supernatural masters, walking corpses, and above all, raging kung fu! 459 pages!

Any Empire: Nate Powell’s follow-up to the Eisner winning Swallow Me Whole examines war and violence, and their trickledown effects on middle America. As a gang of small-town kids find themselves reunited in adulthood, their dark histories collide in a struggle for the future.

Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City: PTERODACTYL HUNTERS is a story of sibling rivalry and family tradition in a rapidly changing world: a version of 1904 New York where generations of working-class hot-air-balloonists take to the skies each night to defend their city from a dwindling population of pterodactyls. In this town, heroic hunter Eamon Sullivan dominates the headlines, while his brother Declan, a nightwatchman, tires of looking on. As the last pterodactyl and its trackers circle each other above four-story tenements, brick smokestacks, and wooden watchtowers, a face-to-face showdown may prove to be the end for all of them. The Pterodactyl Hunters (in the Gilded City) received a prestigious Xeric Award in 2010 and was included in Houghton Mifflin’s Best American Comics of 2011.

Expand your digital collection with these “Must-have” Graphic Novels. Pick up all these titles and more for half-price on comiXology right now!

Let’s Get Digital: The Digital Comics Report for April 18th, 2012

Looks like we have a new record!  Over 70 new same day as print releases hit comiXology this week – The highest the number of new releases to date – in addition to a ton of notable back issues and collections from all your favorite publishers. Needless to say we’ve got a lot of comics to keep you busy this week and if you’re looking for a place to start, we’ve got that covered as well. This week’s digital comics report is all-new with the hottest titles on the app today! Take a look and tell what you’re picking up:

Same Day as Print

The Shadow #1: 1938: The Shadow returns in a tale of blazing action and deadly intrigue, as a night of carnage on the New York waterfront plunges the mysterious vigilante into a conspiracy involving the fate of the world itself. As storm clouds gather across the globe, American Military Intelligence meets with a certain Lamont Cranston, determined to beat a host of spies and assassins to the greatest prize of all… but what that might be, only the Shadow knows.

The Sixth Gun #21: Using the power of the Sixth Gun, Becky Montcrief invades the sanctum of the Knights of Solomon in order to rescue Drake Sinclair! Becky’s enemies have often seen her as the helpless damsel in distress – but no more! Once she’s finished with them, the Knights will know without a doubt that she is the deserving wielder of the deadliest weapon ever created!

Batman (2011-) #8: Broken and beaten, Bruce Wayne has retreated from Gotham City–the city of Owls–to Wayne Manor. But no place is safe, because the Court is about to strike at the heart of city, and nothing will ever be the same. Plus: a backup tale exploring the origins of the mysterious Court of Owls!

Collections & Graphic Novels

Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland: 129 pages! A lifelong Cleveland resident, Harvey Pekar (1939-2010) pioneered autobiographical comics, mining the mundane for magic since 1976 in his ongoing American Splendor series. Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland is sadly one of his last, but happily one of his most definitive graphic novels. It combines classic American Splendor-ous autobiographical anecdotes with key moments and characters in the city’s history as relayed to us by Our Man and meticulously researched and rendered by artist Joseph Remnant. With an introduction by Alan Moore to boot!

King City: Collects KING CITY #1-12! AT LAST! The long-awaited collection of the complete KING CITY series is here, full of full on comic book games, puzzles and wordplay! Joe is a catmaster, trained to use his cat as any tool or weapon. His best friend Pete falls in love with an alien he’s forced to sell into green slavery, while his ex Anna watches her Xombie War veteran boyfriend turn into the drug he’s addicted to. King City, an underbelly of a town run by spy gangs and dark dark magic with mystery down every alleyway.

New & Noteworthy

Seven Soldiers of Victory: Fresh from their hit miniseries, seven unique and unlikely soldiers must join forces to save humanity from its own future! The only catch? They can never meet! Klarion, Zatanna, The Manhattan Guardian, Bulleteer, Mister Miracle, Frankenstein and The Shining Knight return as the apocalyptic threat of the Sheeda intensifies to a terrifying, unexpected climax. A devastating global threat is on its way–one never imagined nor prepared for. It consumes entire civilizations and leaves behind only ruins. Its hunger is unstoppable; its origins, unspeakable. Now this devouring empire of cruelty has set its sights on the treasures of the 21st century.

Daredevil Vol. 3: Having turned his world upside over the past several years, Matt Murdock realizes that justice may not be blind to his past and villains may not be the only ones looking for answers. If Matt Murdock could see what he was up against he’d be terrified.

ComiXology and Top Shelf Productions launch Top Shelf & Kids Club Apps

For Immediate Release:

Top Shelf Productions Partners with comiXology to Launch Top Shelf Productions App & Top Shelf Kids Club App

To Celebrate These App Launches Top Shelf And comiXology Are Having A Sale On Select Bestselling Graphic Novels — For Only A Few Dollars Each!

November 14th, 2011 – New York, NY — Top Shelf Productions, the publisher of critically acclaimed and popularly beloved graphic novels, and comiXology, the leading distributor of digital comics, are proud to announce the launch of the official Top Shelf Productions iOS App and Top Shelf Kids Club iOS App  today.  Purchases on these apps will sync across the Comics by comiXology platform —  iOS, Android and the Web!

To celebrate, Top Shelf and comiXology are offering five keystone graphic novels at reduced prices for the next week. Fans will now be able to own all of these classic books for only $9.95:

$1.99 for League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910 by Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill

$1.99 for Owly book 1 by Andy Runton

$0.99 for Johnny Boo book 1 by James Kochalka

$1.99 for Clumsy by Jeffrey Brown

$2.99 for The Surrogates by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele

Additionally, Wednesday will see the comiXology debut of the newly remastered Top Shelf edition of Lost Dogs, the Xeric-award-winning first graphic novel by Jeff Lemire (Essex County, Sweet Tooth, Animal Man).

“I’ve long been a personal fan of Top Shelf’s catalog, so it’s very gratifying that comiXology can help bring Top Shelf’s great graphic novels to a larger audience through the Top Shelf Productions iOS App, the Top Shelf Kids Club App, and our own Comics by comiXology platform,” said comiXology co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “And really, who’s going to pass up getting League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910 for only $1.99?”

“We at Top Shelf are very excited to partner with comiXology to launch this pair of apps,” said Top Shelf Productions publisher Chris Staros. “We’ve all worked hard to create a digital reading experience that’s a worthy companion to the high-quality physical books we’re known for, and that suits the sophisticated comics that our artists create. With these new apps, we’re offering a really easy and affordable way for people to read Top Shelf books – both hardcore fans and casual folks who just enjoy creative stories with depth and richness.”

In addition to those titles listed above, the Top Shelf apps feature such contemporary classics as From Hell by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell and Essex County by Jeff Lemire, new critical darlings like Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod and Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme, and stellar full-color kids’ books like Incredible Change-Bots by Jeffrey Brown and Okie Dokie Donuts by Chris “Elio” Eliopoulos, along with over a dozen more titles.

About comiXology
Since 2007 comiXology has been developing the technological infrastructure to bring comics into the digital mainstream and expose new audiences to the rich history and culture of the industry. Through partnerships with top comic book publishers including Archaia Entertainment, BOOM! Studios, DC Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW Publishing, Image Comics and Marvel Comics as well as their own mobile and web apps which host over 14,000 digital titles, comiXology has become a leader in digital comic book proliferation. Also focused on creating strong ties with retail stores through its technology solutions, comiXology continues to transform the previously fragmented comic ecosystem into a vibrant and cohesive marketplace.

About Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions is one of the most acclaimed independent publishers of graphic novels in America. Dedicated to creating powerful books for all readers, regardless of genre or format, we publish artists who combine sophisticated storytelling, distinctive artistic vision, and popular accessibility. The Top Shelf library is anchored by established masters of the craft but also includes exciting new creators, and features books that readers of every age can fall in love with.