Pre-ordering the hardcover of [B]Terry Moore's Echo[/B]. First time purchasing anything from Abstract Studios and was curious if anyone could comment on the quality of their trades build-wise.
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Pre-ordering the hardcover of [B]Terry Moore's Echo[/B]. First time purchasing anything from Abstract Studios and was curious if anyone could comment on the quality of their trades build-wise.
[QUOTE=victorxd1999;424017]Anyone got that Ec comics slipcase? It's available for €45 on Amazon.de and I'd love to try Ec comics for the first time. Is it of good quality?[/QUOTE]
That's the great collection with superb quality, but you should know that it's only a part of fantagraphics' EC line reprints and they made it black & white for some reasons. Though maybe it's even better that way.
How does the material inside hold up? Is it still a good read or is it pretty hokey? I ask because I like crime stories and was interested in the crime/suspense archive edition
I received the Limited Edition's of Naja and Zaya today direct from Magnetic Press.
First up, they packaged the books quite well in a sturdy box and with paper around the books so they couldn't shift in transit.
Now for pics because that's all we really care about.
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That little gold symbol down in the bottom corner of the slipcase looks like this:
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It's a classy little addition.
Naja
Basically, the LE is the standard book in a slip case (with cut out window showcasing a part of the cover art) and a print. The prints are numbered so basically act as your edition number. The website says they were limited to 300 copies but the prints are out of 350. The Naja release print has been signed by the artist Bengal.
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Naja interior art
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Naja Synopsis
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Zaya
Print by Huang-Jia Wei which unfortunately is not signed. It is numbered like Naja was.
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Zaya interior art
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I really love the art in this one
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Zaya Synopsis
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[QUOTE=RIPLynott;426229]How does the material inside hold up? Is it still a good read or is it pretty hokey? I ask because I like crime stories and was interested in the crime/suspense archive edition[/QUOTE]
I think if you can watch Mad Men, or the original Twilight Zone series, or read old crime novels, you should be okay. With any old stuff, you have to understand where the material is coming from and work with it.
[QUOTE=iRbos;426114]That's the great collection with superb quality, but you should know that it's only a part of fantagraphics' EC line reprints and they made it black & white for some reasons. Though maybe it's even better that way.[/QUOTE]
Gemstone reprints the actual issues in color, and I find the Black and White helps you see all the background details that gets lost with color. Everything looks more vivid.
Just here to drop the Big Damn Sin City unwrapping video. Order was from bookdepository.
Even though it was neatly packed it got a bump. At customs I guess.
[video=youtube;eVciRMkIf0I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVciRMkIf0I[/video]
I thought I remember seeing something about a slipcase version of IDW's Alex Toth books, but can't find any information about it online. I see they're selling the slipcase itself, but would like to purchase everything together if possible.
[QUOTE=krelyan;427269]I thought I remember seeing something about a slipcase version of IDW's Alex Toth books, but can't find any information about it online. I see they're selling the slipcase itself, but would like to purchase everything together if possible.[/QUOTE]
Here you go: [url]https://pulllist.comixology.com/sku/AUG140494/Genius-Collected-Alex-Toth-Slipcase-Set-HC[/url]
The first comic from the 5 year contract Phillips and Brubaker signed with Image is coming out tomorrow, The Fade Out #1! I'm perhaps the biggest Brubaker and Phillips fan I met and of course I'm hoping this new comic, and all of those to come, to get nice deluxe hc's to put next to my Incognito, Criminal, Sleeper and Fatale hc's. God I love Phillips and Brubaker
[QUOTE=MartinNL;427414]Here you go: [url]https://pulllist.comixology.com/sku/AUG140494/Genius-Collected-Alex-Toth-Slipcase-Set-HC[/url][/QUOTE]
Hey, thanks! Looks like I gotta wait a few months :).
Some pretty big hits in the hardcover department from the Image solicitations. I mean... WOW, what a month! Here we go:
[B]JUST THE TIPS HC[/B]
THE TIPS: MATT FRACTION & CHIP ZDARSKY
THE ART / COVER: CHIP ZDARSKY
NOVEMBER 26 / 96 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99
[B]SAGA BOOK ONE HC[/B]
STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
ART / COVER: FIONA STAPLES
NOVEMBER 25 / 504 PAGES / FC / M / $49.99
Collects SAGA #1-18
[B]CASANOVA, VOL. 2: GULA - THE COMPLETE EDITION HC[/B]
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: FÁBIO MOON
NOVEMBER 12 / 168 PAGES / FC / M / $29.99
Collects CASANOVA: GULA #1-4
[B]LAZARUS BOOK ONE HC[/B]
STORY: GREG RUCKA
ART: MICHAEL LARK
COVER: OWEN FREEMAN
NOVEMBER 19 / 256 PAGES / FC / M / $34.99
Collects LAZARUS #1-9 with four-page preview and additional content.
[B]MICE TEMPLAR, VOL. 4.2 HC[/B]
STORY: BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
ART: VICTOR SANTOS, SERENA GUERRA, & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
COVER: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
NOVEMBER 12 / 256 PAGES / FC / $34.99
“LEGEND,” Part Two
[B]REVIVAL DELUXE COLLECTION, VOL. 2 HC[/B]
STORY: TIM SEELEY
ART: MIKE NORTON
COVER: JENNY FRISON
NOVEMBER 19 / 296 PAGES / FC / M / $34.99
Collects REVIVAL #12-23, CHEW/REVIVAL, and additional material
[B]THE WALKING DEAD OMNIBUS, VOL. 5 HC[/B]
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
NOVEMBER 19 / 560 PAGES / BW / M / $100.00 / S&N EDITION $150.00
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #97-120
I got so excited when I saw the Lazarus solicit, I love Rucka and Lark and have been enjoying the series. Can't wait to get a nice Hardcover collection of it.
[QUOTE=Jon Rock;427933]I got so excited when I saw the Lazarus solicit, I love Rucka and Lark and have been enjoying the series. Can't wait to get a nice Hardcover collection of it.[/QUOTE]
Seconded, theres been a lot of great solicits this month from all the major players but this is my favourite. No we need East of West and Bedlam OHCs.
[QUOTE=Jon Rock;427933]I got so excited when I saw the Lazarus solicit, I love Rucka and Lark and have been enjoying the series. Can't wait to get a nice Hardcover collection of it.[/QUOTE]
I'm at work at the mo, is it a deluxe/oversized edition?
The solicit dosn't say explicitly. It calls it a "Prestige" hardcover, and it has the same price as the revival deluxe so its a safe bet to be oversized.
[QUOTE=drd;428037]The solicit dosn't say explicitly. It calls it a "Prestige" hardcover, and it has the same price as the revival deluxe so its a safe bet to be oversized.[/QUOTE]
Many thanks!
Latest:
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What's the best route to get the Adventure Time Fionna and Cake Mathematical Edition? Like most new releases i was expecting a 50% off from IST but it's 30 instead. Do you think it's best to get it not or wait and see if drops further.
[QUOTE=victorxd1999;427591]The first comic from the 5 year contract Phillips and Brubaker signed with Image is coming out tomorrow, The Fade Out #1! I'm perhaps the biggest Brubaker and Phillips fan I met and of course I'm hoping this new comic, and all of those to come, to get nice deluxe hc's to put next to my Incognito, Criminal, Sleeper and Fatale hc's. God I love Phillips and Brubaker[/QUOTE]
Fatale isn't part of that deal? Thought it would be since it was Image. Haven't read Fatale, but it's already finished or is finishing with 24. Is there a reason it'll be so short?
And also, what is this "just this tips" Hardcover from Fraction? Is it related to Sex Criminals? Because I didn't think that would be out in OHC for a while judging that they aren't too far into the series lol
[QUOTE=SXVA;429941]What's the best route to get the Adventure Time Fionna and Cake Mathematical Edition? Like most new releases i was expecting a 50% off from IST but it's 30 instead. Do you think it's best to get it not or wait and see if drops further.[/QUOTE]
CGN has it for 40% off right not. If you have other books you were going to buy also, maybe check at CGN to see if the total would be cheaper after shipping fees.
Also I believe it was already mentioned a while back about the classic X-O Manowar Omnibus Volume 1, coming from Valiant. It's the only Big thing coming out of their November Solicits that I could find online.
This was the cover image they used by Joe Quesada:
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The IDW solicitations are out now and the HCs are:
[B]Littlest Pet Shop: Open for Business[/B]
Georgia Ball (w) • Nico Peña, Antonio Campo (a) • Nico Peña (c)
HC • FC • $9.99 • 72 pages • 6” x 9” •ISBN: 978-1-63140-087-2
[B]Sunglasses After Dark[/B]
Nancy A. Collins (w) • Stan Shaw (a & c)
HC • FC • $29.99 • 212 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-162-6
[B]Jack Kirby Mister Miracle: Artist’s Edition HC[/B]
Jack Kirby (w & a & c)
HC • BW • $95.00 net discount item • 200 Pages • 12” x 17” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-191-6
[B]The X-Files Season 10, Vol. 3[/B]
Joe Harris (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • Mark McHaley (c)
HC• FC • $24.99 • 128 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-165-7
• Collects issues #11–15!
[B]Complete Junior and Sunny by Al Feldstein[/B]
Al Feldstein (w & a & c)
HC • FC • $49.99 • 400 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-152-7
[B]Li'l Abner, Vol. 7[/B]
Al Capp (w & a & c)
HC • PC • $49.99 • 272 pages • 9.25” x 12” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-156-5
[B]LOAC Essentials, Vol. 6: Baron Bean 1917[/B]
George Herriman (w & a & c)
HC • B&W • $29.99 • 328 pages • 11.5” x 4.25” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-157-2
[B]Ditko’s Shorts[/B]
Various (w) • Steve Ditko (a & c)
HC • FC • $24.99 • 112 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-153-4
[B]Howard Nostrand's Nightmares[/B]
Various (w) • Howard Nostrand (a & c)
HC • FC • $24.99 • 148 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-151-0
[B]Adventures in Oz, Vol. 1[/B]
Eric Shanower (w & a & c)
HC • FC • $34.99 • 160 pages • 9.5” x 13” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-150-3
[QUOTE=TheTemp;430343]And also, what is this "just this tips" Hardcover from Fraction? Is it related to Sex Criminals? Because I didn't think that would be out in OHC for a while judging that they aren't too far into the series lol[/QUOTE]
Here's the whole solicitation:
[B]JUST THE TIPS HC[/B]
THE TIPS: MATT FRACTION & CHIP ZDARSKY
THE ART / COVER: CHIP ZDARSKY
NOVEMBER 26 / 96 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99
Just in time to come down everybody’s chimneys this holiday season, the creators of SEX CRIMINALS are proud-ish to present JUST THE TIPS: a curated collection of tips, tricks, moves, advice, suggestions, stories, and confessions, how-tos, do’s, don’ts, and do-agains-but-slower-this-times from the unmissable letters column of SEX CRIMINALS, alongside all-new material specially created for this collection only. Finally, a book to teach you how to not be a sex dumby no more. It’s this book.
[QUOTE=TheTemp;430343]Fatale isn't part of that deal? Thought it would be since it was Image. Haven't read Fatale, but it's already finished or is finishing with 24. Is there a reason it'll be so short?[/QUOTE]
Fatale was before they made the exclusive deal. Its ending because the story is finished. ;)
The solicited hardcovers from Valiant and Archaia respectively:
[B]X-O MANOWAR CLASSIC OMNIBUS VOL.1 HC[/B]
Written by BOB LAYTON, JORGE GONZALEZ, JIM SHOOTER, STEVE ENGLEHART, JOHN HARTZ and ROB JOHNSON
Art by JOE QUESADA, BOB LAYTON, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, SAL VELLUTO, MIKE MANLEY, STEVE DITKO, MARK MORETTI, MICHAEL LEEKE, HOWARD SIMPSON, BART SEARS, JOSE DELBO, JIM CALAFIORE, PARIS KAROUNOS, and RIK LEVINS
Cover by JOE QUESADA
Collecting X-O MANOWAR (1992) #0–30, ARMORINES #0, X-O DATABASE #1, as well as material from SECRETS OF THE VALIANT UNIVERSE #1.
$99.99 | 800 pgs. | T+ | On sale NOVEMBER 26
HARDCOVER OMNIBUS | ISBN: 9781939346308
[B]MOUSE GUARD: BALDWIN THE BRAVE AND OTHER TALES HC[/B]
Retail Price: $14.99
Author: David Petersen
Artist: David Petersen
Cover Artist: David Petersen
Also, two new HCs from Dark Horse showed up on Amazon:
[url]http://www.amazon.com/EC-Archives-Shock-Suspenstories-3/dp/1616556358/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408543682&sr=1-2&keywords=dark+horse+comics[/url]
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Concrete-Park-2-Tony-Puryear/dp/1616556331/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408543682&sr=1-1&keywords=dark+horse+comics[/url]
Just received a BIG package (and two smaller ones)
Got both Sin City Library's for cover, which is a good deal as far as I'm concerned since they're still shrinkwrapped. Looking forward to re-reading these stories, it's been ages since I last read them.
The Chaland books are largely the same content as the super-oversized "Young Albert" Humanoids published a few years ago only this edition has some extra's that were not included in that version.
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my latest arrivals:
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sanctum was interesting, really liked the art and some of the situations. i think i will need to reread to appreciate more.
deadly class was cool, i will continue getting the trades. remender is becoming one of my favorites.
really looking forward to diving into guns of shadow valley, that and cannon just arrived today. wachter's art has impressed me in the past and the quick flip through looks like he won't disappoint here.
and aaltomuoto, you are always getting the coolest looking books. and i need to snag that trail of the unicorn, i've loved the previous volumes.
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sanctum was interesting, really liked the art and some of the situations. i think i will need to reread to appreciate more.
deadly class was cool, i will continue getting the trades. remender is becoming one of my favorites.
really looking forward to diving into guns of shadow valley, that and cannon just arrived today. wachter's art has impressed me in the past and the quick flip through looks like he won't disappoint here.
and aaltomuoto, you are always getting the coolest looking books. and i need to snag that trail of the unicorn, i've loved the previous volumes.[/QUOTE]
Can you post some more pictures of Fury MAX? How do you like the build quality of book itself?
I'm on the verge of buying it but it just costs to much right now.
[QUOTE=Kalitarix;427788]Some pretty big hits in the hardcover department from the Image solicitations. I mean... WOW, what a month! Here we go
[B]CASANOVA, VOL. 2: GULA - THE COMPLETE EDITION HC[/B]
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: FÁBIO MOON
NOVEMBER 12 / 168 PAGES / FC / M / $29.99
Collects CASANOVA: GULA #1-4[/QUOTE]
Did I somehow miss out on Casanova Vol I OHC?!? If so is it still in print?
Also very excited by the announcement of a Lazarus Deluxe!!!
[QUOTE=WinterSoldier76;434564]Did I somehow miss out on Casanova Vol I OHC?!? If so is it still in print?
Also very excited by the announcement of a Lazarus Deluxe!!![/QUOTE]
The first volume is out in November I believe. Or October.
[QUOTE=johnsme;434640]The first volume is out in November I believe. Or October.[/QUOTE]
CASANOVA, VOL. 1: LUXURIA - THE COMPLETE EDITION HC
story: MATT FRACTION
art / cover: GABRIEL BÁ
OCTOBER 15 / 168 PAGES / FC / M / $29.99
Collects CASANOVA #1-4
I just learned about the upcoming complete HC edition of Little Nemo. Seems like I've heard good things about Taschen books, right? I've got it pre-ordered for $140 after tax at Amazon, but I'm worried about their shipping on such a large book. CGN has it listed at $150 plus shipping. Anywhere else people are planning to purchase this book? Please advise. Thx.
P.S. I don't usually follow this thread; sorry if this has been discussed.
Great purchases James and Aaltomuoto. Those Sin City LEs are a great find! Curious to see what the Guns of Shadow Valley is going to be like. I have it pre-ordered too, so will probably get it next week or so.
[QUOTE=invisiblegardener;435031]I just learned about the upcoming complete HC edition of Little Nemo. Seems like I've heard good things about Taschen books, right? I've got it pre-ordered for $140 after tax at Amazon, but I'm worried about their shipping on such a large book. CGN has it listed at $150 plus shipping. Anywhere else people are planning to purchase this book? Please advise. Thx.
P.S. I don't usually follow this thread; sorry if this has been discussed.[/QUOTE]
I plan on purchasing it, but will wait a little longer till I see a decent price drop on amazon.de or amazon.co.uk. EUR 150 is a little too much right now, but the book will probably look stunning given that it is produced by Taschen. Apparently it's going to be two books, which will hopefully be packed together in a slipcase. You might want to wait till it is actually released. In the week of release you should be able to get the book from instocktrades.com with a massive discount and very well packed. You can check the Taschen we site to get a sneak peak of the book [url]http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/popculture/all/01129/facts.winsor_mccay_the_complete_little_nemo.htm[/url]