General omnibus & hardcover discussion vol. II

[Roland1580]

Great stuff there! I've got some of those coming up too.

You can get the 75 years Marvel book straight from Taschen (no shipping charges). Probably won't work out cheaper, but at least you can get it from there.

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/cata...ver_screen.htm

Yeah, thanks, but I'll be in a business trip on Monday in Stockholm - so I'll check some book shops for this book and for Little Nemo

[drd]

Recently I uploaded a photo looking right on my phone, it was upside down. I then turned the photo on my phone and uploaded it again. Same result. There's some voodoo going on sometimes.

EXIF tags, they tend to be either poorly implemented or completely ignored. In this case it seems like your phone changed the orientation data in the EXIF tag rather than changing the picture itself and then the website stripped the EXIF data from the picture.

[TomSlick]

The comics come from the spine when reading, just like the darkness compendium.
But still worth it for me... and if you can pick up the hc it's not that big of a deal... just glue it back together with proper glue.

Tbh EVERYTHING that is glued from top cow falls apart, even the normal trades... real shame, cause I like a lot of their stuff.
They might have fixed it by now though, haven't bought anything from their newer stuff.

Unfortunately Top Cow doesn't put out a decent well-built book. My Rising Stars hardcover fell apart after a read.

[danmar85]

Unfortunately Top Cow doesn't put out a decent well-built book. My Rising Stars hardcover fell apart after a read.

That's gross and I wish there were a governing party that could step in and handle **** like that right away. For any product in general mind you.

[Henrik K. Kristensen]

Quiet week for me. I just had Son of the Gun arrive from amazon, after some amazon roulette. Looks like a damn good title. I don't think anyone posted pics of this yet, so here are a couple.

Great looking book Martin.
How is the binding (lay reasonably flat?) ?

Looking forward to hear your opinion on the story.

[Balakin]

That's gross and I wish there were a governing party that could step in and handle **** like that right away. For any product in general mind you.

Yeah, there should be some kind of reprehensions when they release shitty products for 30-50 bucks (or even more).
On the other hand Image's copendiums are really good quality.

[NZ_InFerno]

Went into my local library this afternoon and found they had a Thorgal tpb and The Tour OGN. They've both been mentioned a bit on here, so I got them out to try.

Thorgal is pretty good, very similar to Conan but much more depth. The Tour is fantastic, I sort of follow the Tour de France so really enjoyed the "tour" through the history of the event.

[Kalitarix]

And here is the solicitation for the second volume of The sixth gun deluxe:

THE SIXTH GUN VOLUME 2 HC
Written by Cullen Bunn, art by Brian Hurtt, Tyler Cook, Bill Crabtree, cover by Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree.
Traveling by secret railroad, Becky and Drake accompany an order of mysterious monks on a quest to bury General Hume's body on holy ground. But during a terrifying attack on the train, Drake vanishes without a trace. Alone, Becky sets out to find and rescue Drake -- a journey that takes her to secluded mountain fortresses, decaying towns, and underground strongholds. Along the way, she discovers how deeply her fate... and Drake's own existence... is entwined with that of The Sixth Gun. This deluxe edition collects issues 12 through 23 of the smash hit series, The Sixth Gun, in a massive, new, oversized format jammed with extras and bonus features.
376 pages, $59.99 (Gunslinger Edition, $79.99).

[MartinNL]

Great looking book Martin.
How is the binding (lay reasonably flat?) ?

Looking forward to hear your opinion on the story.

Yep it's Humanoids, so top notch quality sewn binding and lays flat from page 1.

[victorxd1999]

And here is the solicitation for the second volume of The sixth gun deluxe:

THE SIXTH GUN VOLUME 2 HC
Written by Cullen Bunn, art by Brian Hurtt, Tyler Cook, Bill Crabtree, cover by Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree.
Traveling by secret railroad, Becky and Drake accompany an order of mysterious monks on a quest to bury General Hume's body on holy ground. But during a terrifying attack on the train, Drake vanishes without a trace. Alone, Becky sets out to find and rescue Drake -- a journey that takes her to secluded mountain fortresses, decaying towns, and underground strongholds. Along the way, she discovers how deeply her fate... and Drake's own existence... is entwined with that of The Sixth Gun. This deluxe edition collects issues 12 through 23 of the smash hit series, The Sixth Gun, in a massive, new, oversized format jammed with extras and bonus features.
376 pages, $59.99 (Gunslinger Edition, $79.99).

So excited for this! Loved volume 1

[LordJulius]

Asterix, Slaine, RE Howard and Veys/Puerta (do you know their unfinished Adamson?), we are almost soul mate !

It's almost Christmas time, which means I need my yearly sword and sorcery fix So RE Howard is a given, and I just got into Slaine. So far I'm enjoying the heck out of it.

Haven't read anything else by Puerta. Sadly, Red Baron is the only work that is available in a language I can read. Would love to have more of that (Red Baron preferably in German; it's kinda weird having street thugs from Berlin speak Cockney).

[johnsme]

He's right. It's probably your phone. Look at the originals and see how they're oriented in comparison to how you took the photo. I noticed my phone does similar things. Maybe it's the way your holding the phone. Tilting it clockwise vs counter-clockwise? My phone doesn't always adjust properly. If I turn my phone sideways for a widescreen shot the zoom icon doesn't always adjust along with it. That tells me the phone still thinks the phone is in it's original position and saves the image vertical instead of horizontal.

The originals are right side up.

[lvizzz]

Have these not begun to drop in price since the release of Big Damn Sin City? For the longest time I'd try to win these on Ebay, but quit even looking for them after the Big Damn release.

Not sure, don't follow auctions like that anymore but my guess is, for a like new/very good condition you'd have to pay 400 for 2 sets. Word of warning about those editions: they're great, best books I've ever had and will, but when you read them you'll leave soooo much fingerprints on pages you can't even imagine. Use some gloves, I didn't.

[TomSlick]

Not sure, don't follow auctions like that anymore but my guess is, for a like new/very good condition you'd have to pay 400 for 2 sets. Word of warning about those editions: they're great, best books I've ever had and will, but when you read them you'll leave soooo much fingerprints on pages you can't even imagine. Use some gloves, I didn't.

I always found that the first volume was hitting the $150-175 mark and the second you could maybe - if lucky - score for $100.
Personally, I'm no longer interested in them. I suppose if I could get both sets for super cheap, I'd jump, but I'm happy with the Big Damn book. It looks great sitting next to Colossal Conan!

[NZ_InFerno]

All deal discussions, Barnes & Noble codes etc are to go in this thread from now on:

Good Deals Thread


There has been a fair bit of off topic away from Collected Edition discussion, mostly around sales, and how to get them, shipping from B&N etc . All of that can go into the new thread.

I have also put up a PSA about Ebay links, they are not allowed on CBR per the rules which you agreed to when signing up to the forum . Now I have deleted a fair few of these posts lately, so hopefully this will stop that.




Carry on