Top Shelf has just signed mini-comics maestro, Andy Runton, and his all-
ages series, Owly. This beautifully rendered and touching story will be the
first actual graphic novel series from Top Shelf. … Owly is a kind, yet
lonely, little owl who's always on the lookout for new friends and
adventure. The first graphic novel in the series contains two enchanting
novellas, "The Way Home" & "The Bittersweet Summer," wherein Owly
discovers the meaning of friendship, and that saying goodbye doesn't
always mean forever. Relying on a mixture of symbols, icons, and
expressions to tell his silent stories, Runton's clean, animated, and
heartwarming style makes it a perfect read for anyone who's a fan of Jeff
Smith's Bone or Mike Kunkel's Herobear and the Kid. Don't miss the next
big thing in comics!
-- $10.00 (US), 160 pages, 5.25" x 7.5", Graphic Novel, ISBN 1-891830-62-7
DEAD HERRING COMICS
by Actus
Actus independent Comics presents an exciting and beautiful collection of
graphic short stories by some of today’s most outstanding international
Cartoonists. This fabulous oversized album includes Art Spiegelman’s ‘‘In
the Shadow of no Towers’’; a modern fairytale by the French cartoonist
Blanquet; an interview with the Japanese alternative Manga artist, Suehiro
Maruo; a new domestic drama by Rutu Modan, short stories by Etgar Keret,
a silent story by Ulf K., as well as new stories by all the Actus artists. Dead
Herring Comics also contains five detachable mini-posters by the Actus
artists.
-- $24.95 (US), 120 pages (56 in full-color), 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", Perfect-Bound
Anthology, ISBN 965-90221-5-8
