Top Shelf has announced its publishing plan for 2009. A quick list is presented below.
With The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman (VOL III) and the all-new edition of Lost Girls hitting this spring; The Surrogates movie starring Bruce Willis hitting theatres on September 25th; the Essex County, Alec, Marshal Law, and Ax Manga omnibuses being released; several key literary debuts hitting this year: namely, Far Arden, Second Thoughs, Moving Pictures, and Welcome To Forest Island; plus more kids comics from James Kochalka and two great anthologies – it’s going to be a busy year.
January: Johnny Boo (Book 2): Twinkle Power by James Kochalka
March: World War 3 Illustrated #39 Edited by Peter Kuper
April: The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman (Vol III): Century #1 (“1910”) by Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill
April: Voice Of The Fire (All-New Paperback) by Alan Moore
May: Lost Girls (Single-Volume Hardcover Edition) by Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie
May: Far Arden by Kevin Cannon
May: Second Thoughts by Niklas Asker
May: Awesome II: Awesomer Edited by Indie Spinner Rack’s Charlito and Mr. Phil
June: Welcome To Forest Island by Bwana Spoons
July: The Surrogates (Vol 2): Flesh & Bone by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele
July: The Surrogates (Special Hardcover Edition – Vols 1 & 2)
July: New-Cover Edition of The Surrogates (Vol 1) by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele
August: The Complete Essex County by Jeff Lemire
August: Johnny Boo (Book 3): Happy Apples by James Kochalka
September: Alec: The Years Have Pants by Eddie Campbell
October: Moving Pictures by Kathryn and Stuart Immonen
November: The Marshal Law Omnibus by Pat Mills & Kevin O’Neill
December: Ax (Vol 1): A Collection Of Alternative Manga Edited by Sean Michael Wilson and Mitsuhiro Asakawa