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Dash Shaw Books in Order

Dash Shaw has written 16 books, published between 2005 and 2021. The first book is Goddess Head (2005) and the newest is Discipline (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2005–2021
Pages on record
1,398 in 6 of 16 books
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Photo of Dash Shaw, author

Dash Shaw is an American comics writer, artist and animator, born April 6, 1983. His graphic novels Bottomless Belly Button, New School, Doctors and Cosplayers were published by Fantagraphics. Other Shaw books appeared from Alternative Comics (The Mother's Mouth), Pantheon Books (BodyWorld), Meathaus (GardenHead) and Odd God Press (Love Eats Brains). His square-format short stories were gathered in GoddessHead, published by Hidden Agenda Press in 2005. The catalogue holds 16 books, and Discipline (2021) is the newest.

How many Dash Shaw books are there?

Dash Shaw has 16 books, released between 2005 and 2021. They include 2 series and 12 titles listed outside any series.

Dash Shaw Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Dash Shaw books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Mother's Mouth by Dash Shaw (2006)
  2. Cover of Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw (2008)
  3. Cover of BodyWorld by Dash Shaw (2009)
  4. Cover of The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. by Dash Shaw (2009)
  5. Cover of New School by Dash Shaw (2013)
  6. Cover of 3 New Stories by Dash Shaw (2013)
  7. Cover of Doctors by Dash Shaw (2014)
  8. Cover of Cosplayers by Dash Shaw (2016)
  1. 1
    Goddess Head2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  2. 2
    The Mother's Mouth2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006128
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  3. 3
    Bottomless Belly Button2008 · 720 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008720
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  4. 4
    Virginia2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  5. 5
    BodyWorld2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D.2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  7. 7
    New School2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    3 New Stories2013 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201332
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  9. 9
    Doctors2014 · 95 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201495
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  10. 10
    Cosplayers2016 · 111 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016111
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  11. 11
    A Cosplayers Christmas2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Cosplayers: Perfect CollectionCosplayers #12017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Candlestick #1Candlestick #12019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  14. 14
    Candlestick #2Candlestick #22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  15. 15
    Candlestick #3Candlestick #32019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  16. 16
    Discipline2021 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021312
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Dash Shaw books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Candlestick in order

3 books
  1. 1. Candlestick #1
  2. 2. Candlestick #2
  3. 3. Candlestick #3

Cosplayers in order

1 book
  1. 1. Cosplayers: Perfect Collection

Standalone books

12 books

12 Dash Shaw titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Dash Shaw books in order?

You only need to read Dash Shaw books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Dash Shaw

Start with Goddess Head (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dash Shaw book?

Discipline (2021) is the newest Dash Shaw book released so far.

Is there a new Dash Shaw book coming?

No next Dash Shaw book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Dash Shaw at a glance

Paused
No new Dash Shaw title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Dash Shaw books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,398 pages across the 6 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 120 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dash Shaw books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Dash Shaw books are about

9 of the 16 Dash Shaw books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels is tagged on 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.