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By: Craig Thompson
By: Craig Thompson
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
August 06, 2003
I don't know how to describe the way I feel about Blankets other than, when I closed its covers, it made me cry. Not because the ending was sad, because it wasn't, it was beautiful and hopeful, but because I couldn't believe what I had just experienced and I couldn't believe that it was over. For the first 200 pages of Blankets, I read slowly, immersing myself in every single drawing, every line... more
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| 2. Lost Girls Hardcover Edition | 
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By: Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
June 30, 2009
A different take on the traditional stories of Alice, Dorothy and Wendy, although the sexual nature of the book is not for the under-aged or those of prudish minds. I really liked some of the major illustrations throughout the story that showed the parallel of the original story and Moore's version. An interesting (and titillating!) read... more
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| 3. The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer (Owly (Graphic Novels)) (v. 1) | 
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By: Andy Runton
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
September 29, 2004
The Owly comics are deceptively simple tales of a sweet little owl and his forest friends, told without words but with plenty of emotion and gesture. This volume, which comprises two fairly long stories, is the first book in the series.
In the first story, Owly rescues a worm who nearly drowns in a sudden rainstorm. He picks up the unconscious worm with a leaf, brings him home, and sits... more
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| 4. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen CENTURY 1910 |
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By: Alan and O'Neill, Kevin Moore
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
January 01, 2009
Alan Moore needs no introduction; he's often considered by critics and readers worldwide one of, if not THE, best comic book writer of all times, and it's hard to disagree if you take a look at the massive amount of masterpieces he wrote. When he started his "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" project, in which he estabilishes an alternate world where famous literary characters are being gathered by... more
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| 5. Slave Girls of Rome |
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By: Don Winslow
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
December 31, 1997
Poor Marcos, after seeing a tall willfull blond haired blue eyed Nordic slave sold to the wealthy in Rome, he decides to request a transfer to the Northern hinterlands so that he can get himself one of those beauties to bring home.
The author spends considerable time describing the orgiastic feasts in the harems of the slave masters, and, of course the expected disciplinary proceedures... more
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| 6. The Complete Essex County Hardcover Edition |
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By: Jeff Lemire
By: Jeff Lemire
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
September 23, 2009
This hardcover collects Jeff Lemire's trilogy of graphic novels (plus some bonus stories) set in rural Essex County in Ontario, Canada. Lemire provides both the story and black-and-white artwork in this fictionalized account of life in his hometown. The first book "Tales From The Farm" centers on middle-school age Lester who lives on his uncle's farm after his mother's death. Unhappy with home and... more
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| 7. The Surrogates (Surrogates (Graphic Novels)) |
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By: Robert Venditti, Brett Weldele
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
September 13, 2006
Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele, The Surrogates (Top Shelf, 2006)
It is by now a Hollywood cliché, not to mention a Hollywood truism, that the book is better than the movie. And that is certainly the case where The Surrogates is concerned. That said, in some ironic way, reading Robert Venditti's original source material gave me a slightly greater respect for Jonathan Mostow's bloated... more
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| 8. Essex County Volume 1: Tales From The Farm (Essex County) |
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By: Jeff Lemire
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
March 21, 2007
Lonely ten year old Lester whose mother has just died of cancer goes to live with his uncle on a remote Ontario farm. Uncle Ken is uncomfortable that Lester wears a mask and cape to do his farm chores, go to school, everywhere, but is unable to talk with him. Jim, who works at the local convenience store/ gas station, and once played for the Leafs, befriends him. This slight story is enhanced by its... more
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| 9. Voice of the Fire |
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By: Alan Moore
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
July 15, 2009
Whenever an admired comic book writer makes the crossover from comics to novels I usually leap at the chance to see how the writer acquits himself. To varying degrees I've never been disappointed, and such is the case with Alan Moore's novel "Voice of the Fire". Moore is a fantastic writer, not just in terms of storytelling, but also in how he arranges words on a page to accurately simulate the characters... more
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| 10. Owly Volume 2: Just A Little Blue (Owly (Graphic Novels)) (v. 2) |
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By: Andy Runton
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
March 30, 2005
A nice little book for very young readers, kindergarten and maybe lst grade. But I was thinking is was suitable for a seven year old in 2nd grade, and he has gone considerably beyond the level of Owly Vol 2. It was described as a graphic novel but that would seem (to me) to be an exaggerated idea...it has few words and lots of pictures, and calling it a novel gives a wrong idea. For young children... more
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