One final post for the week with the Friday afternoon news of Ben Harel’s Hotel Limbo, coming from Top Shelf in April…
Top Shelf Checks In at Hotel Limbo for a Glimpse of the Afterlife
In Stores April 14, 2026, Preorder Available Now
Welcome to the afterlife…may we take your bags? Hijinks and heartbreak await as this fan-favorite online comic becomes a gorgeous graphic novel, Hotel Limbo (Book 1) arrives April 14, 2026 at retailers everywhere. In this charming 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 found an audience as a Webtoon with more than 1.3M views of this most of the time hilarious, sometimes terrifying, and oftentimes heartbreaking glimpse into the afterlife.
“My debut as a published author makes absolutely no sense. I went from coming up with terrible stories while playing with toys as a kid, to writing terrible fan fiction as a teenager, to slowly losing that part of me as I pursued my career as a therapist. I took the “mature,” “responsible” path, and I thought I’d closed that other door forever,” says creator Ben Harel. “One day I made an impulsive decision involving a huge financial investment and years of work filled with self-doubt and uncertainty, and here we are. It feels like I hopped into a different timeline. The ideas of anyone buying my book, meeting people who’ve read it, or even just holding it with my own hands – none of it feels possible. I’m just grateful for the immature, irresponsible kid in me who opened that door.”
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.
Hotel Limbo will be available wherever books are sold, as a full-color softcover graphic novel (ISBN: 978-1-60309-587-7) as well as a digital edition, on April 14, 2026, for a list price of $19.99. For more information please visit the Top Shelf web site.
About the Creator:
Ben Harel’s ideal story is one that unpredictably reshapes itself, mischievously deceives others, and shamelessly fights the world. However, given this is his first go with being a writer, he’s settled for a weird little heartwarming comedy about dead people. As a therapist, he leverages his daily experiences listening to stories and processing emotions in order to help him understand and write characters (none of which are based on actual clients—please do not sue him). His passions include reading (with his cat), watching movies (with his cat), playing games (with his cat), and occasionally standing up.
About the Publisher
Top Shelf Productions has published critically acclaimed and popularly beloved graphic novels since 1997. Now an imprint of IDW Publishing, Top Shelf continues to showcase the vanguard of the comics medium, publishing works of literary sophistication, visionary artistry, and personal resonance.
