Bookshelf #15

This week's shelf is the one devoted to books from the publishers First Second and Toon Books. I know I said last week that that shelf might be my most reviewed shelf—that is, the shelf containing the most books that I reviewed professionally—but I think this shelf is even more reviewed. In fact, I'm pretty sure I reviewed every single book on this shelf for one venue or another (Many of these books are actually review copies provided by the publishers; if you look closely, you can see the publishing dates on Paul Pope's Battling Boy, Faith Erin Hick's Nameless City and Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter's Dungeon Critters, so those ones at least were advance review copies). 

Considering the shelf now, I don't think there's a single book on it that isn't pretty excellent in one way or another, nor is there a book I wouldn't recommend (Like Fantagraphics from last week, First Second and Toon don't really publish any bad books, at least not in my experience). 

In the Toon stack, which are laying like that because I ran out of book ends, there are a trio on top that are more horizontal in format than vertical, and thus their spines aren't facing out. If you're curious, those are James Sturm's Birdsong, Thereza Rowe's Hearts and Lilli Care's Tippy and the Night Parade.