From the press release: The incredible graphic novel LUCILLE by Ludovic Debeurme hits stores! In the tradition of BLANKETS, ESSEX COUNTY, and SWALLOW ME WHOLE comes the next literary masterpiece from Top Shelf Productions: LUCILLE by Ludovic Debeurme. With the book arriving in stores worldwide this week, we present a video introduction to Ludovic Debeurme [...]

The following items will be solicited in the May 2011 issue of Previews catalog, with a shipping date of July 2011. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (VOL III): CENTURY #2 (OF 3): “1969″ by Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill - ISBN 978-1-60309-006-3 - an 80-pg full-color gn - $9.95 (US) The League is back! Our [...]

From the press release: The late great Harvey Pekar pioneered autobiographical comics, mining the mundane for magic beginning in 1976 with his American Splendor comics (and Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film starring Paul Giamatti as Pekar and Pekar as himself), and later with graphic novels like Our Cancer Year (with Joyce Brabner & Frank Stack) [...]

What is this? Every week I like to pull apart Diamond’s confirmed shipping list for the week, and create a list of all of the creator-owned titles that will be arriving in stores that Wednesday. I then use the magic of Javascript to pull the details on the books from comiXology.com, and hey presto! Why? [...]

What is this? Every week I like to pull apart Diamond’s confirmed shipping list for the week, and create a list of all of the creator-owned titles that will be arriving in stores that Wednesday. I then use the magic of Flash to pull the details on the books from comiXology.com, and hey presto! Why? [...]

Breaking news from Twitter, as Pat Mills just tweeted the following: Kevin O’Neill and I just signed up Marshal Law with DC Comics. http://twitpic.com/45qao5 He had more about the news on his Facebook page: Kevin O’Neill and I just signed up Marshal Law with DC Comics. So they will be reprinting the existing material - [...]

Top Shelf have provided Hypergeek with the solicitation information for all of their titles that will be shipping in May 2011. These titles can be ordered from the March 2011 issue of Previews catalog, which hit stores this week. The Homeland Directive by Robert Venditti & Mike Huddleston - $14.95 (US) - 144-page full-color softcover [...]

From the press release: God Is Disappointed in You is for people who would like to read the Bible if only it would just cut to the chase. Stripped of its arcane language and its interminable passages of poetry, genealogy and law, every book of the Bible is condensed down to its core message, usually [...]

From the press release: 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. His exploits are hotly debated: could he really get free long-distance calls by whistling into a pay phone? Did [...]

Just as I was considering pulling out of going to Emerald City, FB and Top Shelf have to go and announce this! I may still be able to go, but we’ve just had to pay some massive vet bills for our very sick parrot, and the $500 on hotel and ferry for the weekend is [...]