General omnibus & hardcover discussion vol. II

[vark]

Not sure what you mean with your question.

But yeah, I love these special editions. Sadly we don't have the Gaston or Spirou special/"Artist's Edition"-type ones that you have in France (awesome blog, btw.).

Speaking of which, I was wondering if those are done from the original art pages (like IDWs AEs) and if so, how it can be that there are complete sets of original pages of any seminal and famous work like Asterix or by Franquin. Do the pages belong to the publisher? I know that IDW is often having a hard time publishing an AE because in many cases pages have been sold and can often not be located.

I was refering to this collection http://www.amazon.fr/Lint%C3%A9grale...eywords=uderzo, with volume two out this month.
From Gaston #8 it is indeed a coloured scan process for the original pages (it's the same for Spirou starting with QRN). In french it's referred as "fac similés". Like the Hellboy IDW AE, if the original pages are untraceable, they used plain B&W reproduction from the films. For Franquin it's a long process to gather these pages and they only publish a volume once a year in the best of cases. For Uderzo I have seen somewhere that he has kept all of his original work (but all the pages from one of the asterix album has been stolen), so it will be easier to publish this material, although this treasure hasn't been exploited yet.

[LordJulius]

I'm so happy my oversized Ultimative Asterix collection has finally been completed. The new coloring and lettering are awesome. That Uzumaki book is freaking!
Wouldn't it be better to buy the german HC edition from Hellblazer? There's still no english OHC and that's a shame. I recently bought the german Preacher HC and they're really nice. I believe Hellblazer have the same quality.

By complete you mean including the last one by Uderzo, "Gallien in Gefahr"? They are indeed, though handlettering would've been even nicer.

Uzumaki looks and sounds absolutely weird. Looking forward to it.

Hell no! I'm not gonna buy any German translation of an English book, especially one by Ennis. I don't even want to know what they did with all the different English accents. I'd rather buy a miniature English-language version.

While we're on the subject: I'd love to be able to read BD in their original French, but I'm afraid half a year of French in 9th grade won't be much use here.

[LordJulius]

I was refering to this collection http://www.amazon.fr/Lint%C3%A9grale...eywords=uderzo, with volume two out this month.
From Gaston #8 it is indeed a coloured scan process for the original pages (it's the same for Spirou starting with QRN). In french it's referred as "fac similés". Like the Hellboy IDW AE, if the original pages are untraceable, they used plain B&W reproduction from the films. For Franquin it's a long process to gather these pages and they only publish a volume once a year in the best of cases. For Uderzo I have seen somewhere that he has kept all of his original work (but all the pages from one of the asterix album has been stolen), so it will be easier to publish this material, although this treasure hasn't been exploited yet.

Just checked Amazon and I cannot find a German version of those. Could be because they are not purely Asterix-based, but perhaps they will be published at some point.

Then it's the same as in the US apparently. Luckily there's people like Mazzucchelli or Simonson who keep almost all of their original artwork - or at least high-res scans of it. If that is true about Uderzo, then that is a potential goldmine - as long as Uderzo's children won't somehow get in the way again. Do you know if the Asterix Deluxe books reprint the art at the actual size of the original pages?

[Spirou]

By complete you mean including the last one by Uderzo, "Gallien in Gefahr"? They are indeed, though handlettering would've been even nicer.

Uzumaki looks and sounds absolutely weird. Looking forward to it.

Hell no! I'm not gonna buy any German translation of an English book, especially one by Ennis. I don't even want to know what they did with all the different English accents. I'd rather buy a miniature English-language version.

While we're on the subject: I'd love to be able to read BD in their original French, but I'm afraid half a year of French in 9th grade won't be much use here.

I will HAVE to buy "Gallien in Gefahr" when it's been released (appearently they prepare "Obelix feiert Geburtstag"& "das goldene Buch" in Ultimative as well, so that makes it 4 more books with "the picts")...it's hard to be a completist sometimes. I think that Preacher has been translated quite well, though I didn't compare both versions. But you have a point. Only english comics I bought in german where the Library Edition from Carl Barks and Don Rosa (these are awesome edition and Fuchs' translation is probably better than the original), Prinz Eisenherz (great german edition and I just started collecting comics back in 2007 so I was not thinking too much at the time), Preacher (english HC partly OOP) and Metropolitan (because they only announced the Absolutes a few weeks ago and there was no HC) :-)

[LordJulius]

I will HAVE to buy "Gallien in Gefahr" when it's been released (appearently they prepare "Obelix feiert Geburtstag"& "das goldene Buch" in Ultimative as well, so that makes it 4 more books with "the picts")...it's hard to be a completist sometimes. I think that Preacher has been translated quite well, though I didn't compare both versions. But you have a point. Only english comics I bought in german where the Library Edition from Carl Barks and Don Rosa (these are awesome edition and Fuchs' translation is probably better than the original), Prinz Eisenherz (great german edition and I just started collecting comics back in 2007 so I was not thinking too much at the time), Preacher (english HC partly OOP) and Metropolitan (because they only announced the Absolutes a few weeks ago and there was no HC) :-)

Wouldn't say that the translations of the Barks books are necessarily better. I have a couple of the German library editions but also all of the Fantagraphics ones and I much prefer the latter - even if they are (regrettably) smaller.

The Prince Valiant books look great (the publisher is my old, favourite comic shop in Bonn; plus my English literature professor is involved in the publication - so I have to promote them, even if I'm not into Prince Valiant).

I was also about start buying Transmet in trades. Luckily I held out just long enough.

[vark]

Do you know if the Asterix Deluxe books reprint the art at the actual size of the original pages?

I don't know for sure but I doubt it as I imagine that every artist back then would work on the same page size (Franquin's Gaston fac-simile are much larger than these deluxe Asterix).

[momaw]

Has anyone else pre-ordered the new edition of Before the Incal on amazon.com and not recieved it? Customer service says they arent getting it in as far as they know. Why the hell did they take pre-orders?

Amazon.com (and book depository for that matter) often offer preorder of Huminoid books only to never actually receive any stock. By the time they finally admit it to you it's also often sold out in most places. Amazon.co.uk seems a little more reliable in this regard. But basically, if you want a Huminoids book, don't preorder with Amazon.com or book depository.

[LordJulius]

New Fantagraphics fish on Amazon:

- The Eternonaut by Oesterheld/Lopez

http://www.amazon.com/Eternonaut-Héc...=fantagraphics

- a Graham Ingels EC Library book: Grave Business and other stories

http://www.amazon.com/Grave-Business...=fantagraphics

- the next Barks Library volume: The Pixilated Parrot

http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disneys-D...=fantagraphics

- the next Don Rosa Scrooge/Donald Duck volume

http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Un...=fantagraphics

and many more:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_da...date-desc-rank

[LordJulius]

Dynamite is going to publish three Gallery Art Editions (their version of Artist's Editions):

Vampirella by Gonzalez, Battlestar Galactica by Simonson amd John Carter by Infantino, Cockrum and others

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/10/...d-john-carter/

[LordJulius]

Aaaannnd... (big effing drumroll...)...

Finally the next B.P.R.D. HC: "B.P.R.D. 1946-1948"

http://www.amazon.com/B-P-R-D-1946-1...k+horse+comics

About time!

"In the wake of World War II, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm--occult investigator and guardian of the young Hellboy--and a group of war-weary veterans investigate Hitler's top secret Project Vampir Sturm, exposing one of the greatest villains of the Third Reich, uncovering the secret history of vampires, and leading one Bureau agent to risk his soul and his mind.

Collects B.P.R.D.: 1946, 1947, and 1948."

Out in June 2015

[Black Iron Tarkus]

Amazon.com (and book depository for that matter) often offer preorder of Huminoid books only to never actually receive any stock. By the time they finally admit it to you it's also often sold out in most places. Amazon.co.uk seems a little more reliable in this regard. But basically, if you want a Huminoids book, don't preorder with Amazon.com or book depository.

SpeedyHen are my go-to for Humanoids books. They've even managed to come through on a few back orders on books that seemed out of print at first glance.

[maeda]

New Fantagraphics fish on Amazon:

- The Eternonaut by Oesterheld/Lopez

http://www.amazon.com/Eternonaut-Héc...=fantagraphics

wow, this is a must have for any serious comic reader, great job by fantagraphics.

[Spirou]

wow, this is a must have for any serious comic reader, great job by fantagraphics.

yes. amazing. and that's the reason why: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Eternauta

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[maeda]

yes. amazing. and that's the reason why: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Eternauta

yeah, when i first heard of the story my first thought was 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'

here is the first 48 pages, in croatian thou

http://www.fibra.hr/preview/EternautPreview.pdf

and a little more info

http://maxmordon.kinja.com/el-eterna...me-c-475601536

[James]

i am rather excited to get my hands on the new blacksad this wednesday!