General omnibus & hardcover discussion vol. II

[James]

Woah. More stuff today. Mailman is busy.

i really liked west coast blues! i need to get a copy of that peter pan too...

[downinthezero]

Does anyone have the original Stray Bullets hardcovers? I'm in love with the series and keep circling around to them when looking at how to collect them physically (I'd get the rest of the issues bound to match). Do they contain extras? Do the original issues contain letters pages? Does the Uber Alles contain the Amy Racecar specials?

I’ve still got my original Stray Bullets HC’s. I love them, and wish they’d continued producing them.

They only released three hardcovers, collecting up to issue 22. A fourth had an ISBN assigned, but I sure haven’t ever seen one in print. Each hardcover has a small section of extras, perhaps 15 pages each? Binding single issues would be tough to match, because the hardcovers are nicely oversized (sorry for the dark pic attached showing the size difference). I bought the Uber Alles edition because I wanted everything collected, but I’m still holding onto the old hardcovers in the hopes that they’ll decide to use the same format again someday.

The Uber Alles edition has the Amy Racecar appearances from the main series, but not the color specials.
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[Tony]

So I sold my invincible trades a few years ago and was thinking of replacing them with the hardcovers. Are they good builds or do they seem like they will fall apart down the line? I pick up the monthly so the wait between volumes is no big deal and the size is perfect for me.

[victorxd1999]

The Ultimate linr is pretty nice and it has loads of extra's pre volume. I don't think they'll fall apart on me very easily

[Tony]

Cool thanks I wasn't even thinking about extras. You sold me

[victorxd1999]

I made some pic if you want
my vol 1 is used so don't mind the dinged corners
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It's glued but it's a pretty good glued binding
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As you can see it (and every other volume) has a shitload of extra's. The red part consists of sketches with annotations by Kirkman and Ottley and the small part after that consists of scripts, covers and some text by the people invloved.
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[victorxd1999]

Some of the extra's
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[Henrik K. Kristensen]

I made some pic if you want
my vol 1 is used so don't mind the dinged corners
IMG_20150211_163358.jpg
It's glued but it's a pretty good glued binding
IMG_20150211_163456.jpg
As you can see it (and every other volume) has a shitload of extra's. The red part consists of sketches with annotations by Kirkman and Ottley and the small part after that consists of scripts, covers and some text by the people invloved.
IMG_20150211_163524.jpg

These are some of the best glued comic collection.
I usually despise glued books, but these are VERY good.

[ER Prest]

These are some of the best glued comic collection.
I usually despise glued books, but these are VERY good.

It's sewn actually. You can see the individual signatures very clearly.

[Tony]

Hey Victor, I already put in the first order but seeing all those pictures I'm not sure how I'm gonna get through the wait. Thanks for such a fast and thorough response.

[lvizzz]

Never heard about it, any good?

https://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/ne...NEWS1423664471

[ER Prest]

Never heard about it, any good?

https://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/ne...NEWS1423664471

Looks like Gaiman was just the initial creator, and did none of the writing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Justice_%28comics%29

[canadianaidan64]

These are some of the best glued comic collection.
I usually despise glued books, but these are VERY good.

Yeah, it's sewn. Virtually all sewn bindings use glue for added support, and to attach the cloth lining. The presence of glue doesn't necesarily indicate glued binding.

Sewn bindings have "signatures" which are little partitions of paper that are folded together and then sewn:

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Glued bindings just have a big block of pages glued to the spine:

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[pud333]

Finished reading March book one. I thought it was very good. I enjoyed the art, the writing - everything. Looking forward to getting book two.

[Henrik K. Kristensen]

It's sewn actually. You can see the individual signatures very clearly.

Hahaha, well that explains my love for them then :-)

Then I still don't love any glued binding of books with +180 pages or so.