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Preview: Johnny Boo: On The Go – Friends and Enemies

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Johnny Boo: On The Go – Friends and Enemies

James Kochalka
July 28, 2026

Perfect for beginning readers, this quirky and fun graphic novel follows the adventures of a ghost and his pet Squiggle!

Johnny Boo is the best little ghost in the whole world, because he has Boo Power. This means that he can go “BOO” really loudly! His pet ghost named Squiggle has Squiggle Power, which means that he can fly and do really fast loop-the-loops. Together they have the world’s greatest ghost adventures! And now, for the first time, read the first seven volumes in one book!

Johnny Boo: On The Go - Friends and Enemies

Top Shelf Embarks on a New Adventure with Kodi: A Place To Call Home

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What happens when two friends get separated by everything in the world…except love! Top Shelf Productions brings this gorgeous story to life in Kodi (Book 2): A Place to Call Home available September 1, 2026.  In Kodi 2, painter/cartoonist Jared Cullum returns to his award-winning graphic novel series for an incredible new adventure, full of gorgeous outdoor vistas, amazing animals, lovable and hateable new characters, roaring rivers, thrilling dangers, and tender moments. Readers and animal-lovers of every age will want to relive this journey over and over again.

After being reunited, Katya and Kodi are settling into their fast-paced new life together in the city. But as Katya starts to fall behind in school and Kodi struggles to find his place in this noisy new world, everything is put at risk by a greedy zookeeper who aims to break them up for good. Now, Katya and her unusual family must venture back into the wild, face their fears, and learn to trust new friends, as they fight to find a place to belong.

Kodi: A Place to Call Home​ will be available wherever books are sold, as a full-color softcover graphic novel (ISBN: 978-1-60309-595-2) as well as a digital edition, on September 1, 2026, for a list price of $19.99.

Kodi: A Place to Call Home

Preview: Kloud 9: The Star Soldier

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Kloud 9: The Star Soldier

Written by AJ O. Mason
Art by Dominic Bustamante
July 7, 2026

Some love stories stay close to home. This one crosses galaxies.

Kal is an ordinary teen searching for direction. Cosmo is an alien deserter with an entire galaxy hunting him down. When an unexpected romance ignites between them, their quiet lives are shattered by a relentless pursuit that stretches from suburban streets to the farthest reaches of space.

Now, with an unstoppable peacekeeping force closing in and a manipulative pseudoparent determined to reclaim Cosmo at any cost, Kal must decide whether to remain on Earth—or risk everything for the boy who’s stolen his heart.

Kloud 9: The Star Soldier

Preview: Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm

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Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm

Written by Caleb Goellner
Art by Eric Lide

Minnie is super-strong and super-anxious… but she’ll have to journey through the MicroRealm to save her best friends: her five pets!

Her parents are famous scientists and multiverse travel influencers…but MinniePouches hates being on camera. She feels too big, too shy, and too nervous. She can’t even finish an important middle school project! One day, when the pressure becomes too much, Minnie rage-quits her parents’ show and activates her stylish fanny pack to disappear into the MicroRealm. Now, far from home, she’ll dance through encounters with greasy pizza dinosaurs, angry laser robots, and toothy pool floats to push past her fears, find her missing pets, and save the entire family.

Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm

Preview: Gigs

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Gigs

Written by Mark Mosedale
Illustrated by Si Smith

A.I. took the work. Gigs replaced jobs. Ordinary people are left to scrape together lives in a world that’s no longer built for them. These are their stories.
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In a frighteningly near future where Basic Income is supplemented by gig work assigned by “the app”…an octogenarian punk and a lonely young worker seek escape through music. A street artist makes art by night and paints over it by day. A has-been detective chases a case into a forgotten world. A drug runner makes a long, strange delivery. A writer marks her days on a decaying space station she can’t leave. And a refugee asks for help in the last free place.
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With a hard-won blend of biting satire and humanistic passion, two creators from the North of England weave together six divergent chapters into an extraordinary graphic novel. Gigs is both a powerful warning about the oppressive world to come and a defiant celebration of the humanity that will sprout up in the cracks.

Gigs

Top Shelf and Brian “Box” Brown are Collecting Souls with Forevr!

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Why say goodbye? Death is only a temporary glitch in the eerily plausible future of FOREVR! Top Shelf is selling the afterlife in FOREVR, the forthcoming original graphic novel from award-winning creator Brian “Box” Brown, releasing September 8, 2026. From “Hologram Tupac” to “AI Stan Lee,” real-world tech companies continue to try to artificially resurrect the dead, while generative AI continues to be hotly debated. FOREVR plunges straight into the heart of these ethical controversies and asks the question, do we have the right to rest in peace. 

Brenda’s mom is dying—but not for long. Like millions of others, she’s uploaded her consciousness to the groundbreaking new app Forevr, which allows the surviving family members to chat with her on their screens for a very reasonable monthly fee. Now Brenda’s dad doesn’t have to be alone…while Brenda and her girlfriend focus on building their careers as wilderness survival influencers. But when this very modern family sets out on a camping trip, their tensions and tech addictions build to an explosive climax whose consequences may last…forever.

FOREVR​ will be available as a full-color, soft-cover (ISBN: 978-1-60309-600-3) wherever books are sold on September 8, 2026 for a list price of $19.99.

FOREVR

Preview: Ghoul

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Ghoul

(W) Kasey Iris (A) Kasey Iris

Be careful what you wish for! This graphic novel about a lonely Filipino American teen and her ghoulish companion puts a spooky twist on the imaginary friend.

When they were little, Lyn and Meg promised to be friends forever…but now Meg is dead, and Lyn is 15 and miserable. Moving into a new condo with her family doesn’t help, especially given the gossipy neighbors. But just when Lyn needs a friend the most, a monstrous cartoon ghoul climbs out of the pages of a comic book and into her life! The bizarre duo will soon discover just how many secrets lie within the walls of Forest Court Apartments.

Ghoul

Preview: Hotel Limbo

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Hotel Limbo

Ben Harel

Welcome to the afterlife…may we take your bags? Hijinks and heartbreak await as this fan-favorite online comic becomes a gorgeous graphic novel!

After awakening in the middle of nowhere, a young man is forcefully inducted into the Hotel Limbo as its new bellboy (“BB” for short). Faced with magical masks, giant cats, a mysterious staff, and a hotel that just won’t sit still, BB will soon learn that helping with “baggage” means something very different when all the guests are dead.

In this series debut, writer Ben Harel teams up with 28 artists (!) from around the world to breathe life into a story about death. As comedy dances with drama and mystery, every tonal shift and blurred line is accentuated by an ever-changing visual style, creating a genre-bending medley of deadly (and death-ly) adventures.

Hotel Limbo

Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm — One Anxious Hero’s Big Rescue!

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Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm​

Meet Minnie! Minnie is super-strong and super-anxious… but she’ll have to journey through the MicroRealm to save her best friends: her five pets! Top Shelf Productions is set to release the critter adventure, Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm, available June 23! Middle grade readers are invited to crack open new worlds of adventure in this all-new graphic novel from Eisner-winner Caleb Goellner and Eric Lide.

Her parents are famous scientists and multiverse travel influencers…but Minnie Pouches hates being on camera. She feels too big, too shy, and too nervous. She can’t even finish an important middle school project! One day, when the pressure becomes too much, Minnie rage-quits her parents’ show and activates her stylish fanny pack to disappear into the MicroRealm. Now, far from home, she’ll dance through encounters with greasy pizza dinosaurs, angry laser robots, and toothy pool floats to push past her fears, find her missing pets, and save the entire family.

Minnie Pouches in the MicroRealm​ will be available wherever books are sold, as a full-color softcover graphic novel (ISBN: 978-1-60309-590-7) as well as a digital edition, on June 23, 2026, for a list price of $14.99. 

Preview: Punk’n Heads

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Punk’n Heads

Dave Baker, Nicole Goux
April 7, 2026

This band plays together, lives together…and unfortunately two of them are sleeping together. Whatever, I’m sure it’s fine. Now put on your punk’n mask and let’s rock!

Hannah Lipsky isn’t sure what’s happening. She dreamed of becoming a fine art painter, but after breaking up with her girlfriend, she’s suddenly dropped out of art school, moved into a flophouse, and gotten roped into singing in a campy horror-punk band. With costumes. To make things even more complicated, she might be hooking up with her housemate/bandmate/high school crush, Jerry. Wherever this is leading, it’s going to be messy.

Punk'n Heads
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