Chris Staros

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

#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

#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/

#MoreWeightGraphicNovel #SalemWitchTrials #GraphicNovel #Historical

Will you be joining us at #NYCC? Come spend An Afternoon With George Takei!

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

#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

#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

#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

#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.

Love Languages One of my favorite things to do at conventions is find books new to me. That’s not always easy, since I hear about a lot of upcoming titles through press releases and such. Even better at sho…

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 travels to The land of Unfinished Dreams in August — Major Spoilers — Comic Book Reviews, News, Previews, and Podcasts 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.

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...

Low Orbit - A Small Town Coming-of-Age, Coming Out Story from Kazimir Lee and Top Shelf Productions Told Through a Sci-Fi Novel Lens  – Broken Frontier Kazimir Lee's 'Low Orbit' from Top Shelf Productions tells a slice-of-life, queer coming-of-age story from a different perspective.

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

A Brief Respite From Our Times: Tasha Lowe on COIN-OP BOOKS by Peter and Maria Hoey - SOLRAD Today on SOLRAD, Tasha Lowe looks at the precisely executed surrealism of COIN-OP BOOKS by Peter and Maria Hoey.

"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