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Alan Moore Gets Top Shelf Billing

Posted: Tuesday, February 25
By: Markisan Naso

This month, Top Shelf will release several Alan Moore projects, solicited in the current Diamond PREVIEWS catalog.

TOP SHELF: ASKS THE BIG QUESTIONS
Co-edited by Rob Goodin and Brett Warnock

Top Shelf Asks The Big Questions, features the controversial Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie Cobweb story, previously banned by DC Comics from the ABC/Wildstorm anthology Tomorrow Stories, providing Moore's heroine and her fans with the sense of completion they are due. Note: The story is published in its original form, but to respect DC's copyright on "Cobweb," the story has been re-titled "La Toile" (the French word for "The Web"). Also inside this behemoth anthology, replete with full-color and two-color sections and clocking in at 336 pages, you'll find: a tribute to Charles Schulz, with strips by Chris Ware, Seth, Ivan Brunetti, Joe Matt, Tony Millionaire, Tom Hart and more; an amazing collection of international comics by Jason, Martin Tom Dieck, Nicolas Mahler, Ulf K, Winshluss, and the Swiss comics collective Atrabile; plus stateside inkstuds like Matt Madden, Renée French, Josh Simmons, Jesse Reklaw, Mack White, James Kochalka, James Sturm, Steve Weissman, Peter Kuper, and the Robot Publishing Posse; and a career spanning interview and portfolio section with David Chelsea. All wrapped in eye-popping cover art by rising star Tomer Hanuka (Midnight Mass).

$24.95 (US)
7" x 8 1/2"
336 pages,
Color Cover, Full-Color, Two-Color, and B&W Interiors
Perfect Bound Anthology, ISBN: 1-891830-32-5


ALAN MOORE LITHOGRAPH
As Alan Moore fans are well aware, Mr. Moore is not usually one for the public spotlight. In fact, the most commonly seen photo of Alan is the same one originally used for the back cover of Watchmen -- taken almost 20 years ago! Recently, José Villarrubia conducted a long photo session with Alan Moore at his home in Northamton, and from that exquisite batch, Top Shelf presents the first ever, official portrait of Alan Moore. José, the master digital artist and photographer (for books like the Eisner-nominated Veils and Promethea), and Eisner-nominated colorist (Fantastic Four: 1234, Sentry, Hellshock and Cage), beautifully captures the essence of Alan in this striking image suitable for framing. 13" x 17", Full Color.

$40.00 (US), Signed & Numbered by Alan Moore & José Villarrubia,
Limited To 500
$20.00 (US), Unsigned


ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO (APE) POSTER
by Craig Thompson

Top Shelf begins the roll-out for Craig Thompson's
four-years-in-the-making, magnum opus, BLANKETS, with this deliciously drawn official promotional poster supporting The 2003 Alternative Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco. Featuring the lead female character from BLANKETS, the lovely Raina, this poster measures over 13" x 19", is offset printed in two shades of melancholy blue, and comes signed by the artist. This beautiful poster is an original image that will not be reprinted. Craig Thompson fans should not miss this opportunity. Suitable for framing.

$15.00 (US)
13" x 19"
Signed by Craig Thompson


ALAN MOORE: PORTRAIT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMAN

Edited by "Smoky Man" and Gary Spencer Millidge (Abiogenesis Press), with an Introduction by Terry Gilliam

A stunning homage to the genius of From Hell and Watchmen creator, author, performance artist and magician, Alan Moore, celebrating his 50th year. Featuring specially created comic strips, illustrations, stories, essays, articles, personal tributes, photographs and lots more, including new and rarely seen interviews, a new biography and many other surprises. Over 100 contributors include best-selling authors Michael Moorcock, Iain Sinclair, Darren Shan and Neil Gaiman; Illustrators Peter Kuper and John Coulthart; Moore’s former collaborators Dave Gibbons, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bryan Talbot, David Lloyd, J H Williams, Kevin O’Neill, Oscar Zarate and Steve Bissette and many others from his early 2000AD and Marvel UK days right up to his current ABC titles; his musical collaborator Tim Perkins; Creators from every era include veterans like Will Eisner, and Len Wein through “underground” figures like Denis Kitchen and Howard Cruse right up to current hot indie cartoonists like James Kochalka and Scott Mills. This book provides a unique and revealing insight into of one of this era’s greatest creative minds, which no fan of Moore’s work should be without. 100% of all publisher’s net profits and all creators’ royalties from proceeds of this book are to be donated to charities in aid of Alzheimer’s disease.

$14.95 (US)
6" x 8 1/2"
272 pages
Color Cover, B&W Interiors with a full-color section
Perfect Bound
ISBN 0-946790-06-X