General omnibus & hardcover discussion vol. II

[TomSlick]

If you're near a Barnes and Noble, they may have this in store for a clearance price of $35. I saw it about a week ago when I last stopped in.

Yeah, I saw if for about $30 as well. It's a beautiful looking book, but I'm not really interested in reading some of those older stories. It's certainly seems to be a great deal, tho.

[Orion]

I didn't like the Definite Edition of The Boys so I stuck with the tpb's. The slipcase version (of volume 1 at least) had paper that was so thin you could see through it and felt like you would tear it every time you turned the page.

[Mr`Orange]

Somebody asked me few pages ago how's ABC Warriors. It was all right, very straightforward, it's mostly about past of characters but art is stunning, and I'm not a big fan of digitalised art. It's not for everyone thou.

That was me, cheers lvizzz!

[awayne83]

Ok, just got the black science hc in and I gotta vent. Glued binding, glued page block to cover, not even a head or tail ribbon for Christ sake! They really cheaped out on this one. I sure hope it's not a sign of things to come cause I was super stoked for deadly class and possibly low in this format. Remender's other image releases were sewn as I recall, not sure what the thought process here was. Disappointing to say the least.

[JakeJarmel]

I just got a haul so big (2 big boxes) from IST, that I'm not so sure it'll fit into my car to get home from work.

It'll be a tight squeeze with a baby seat back there.

I'll open it when I get home and post pics of everything.

[gearsofcrabs]

Ok, just got the black science hc in and I gotta vent. Glued binding, glued page block to cover, not even a head or tail ribbon for Christ sake! They really cheaped out on this one. I sure hope it's not a sign of things to come cause I was super stoked for deadly class and possibly low in this format. Remender's other image releases were sewn as I recall, not sure what the thought process here was. Disappointing to say the least.

Maybe it was a rush job since they had to reprint?

[Orion]

Ok, just got the black science hc in and I gotta vent. Glued binding, glued page block to cover, not even a head or tail ribbon for Christ sake! They really cheaped out on this one. I sure hope it's not a sign of things to come cause I was super stoked for deadly class and possibly low in this format. Remender's other image releases were sewn as I recall, not sure what the thought process here was. Disappointing to say the least.

that's...disappointing.

[awayne83]

Maybe it was a rush job since they had to reprint?

That's what I thought initially. Still, it got pushed back several months, and that was supposedly a result of light print with text. I know a couple people got the first printing on here maybe they can speak for the initial build. I'd honestly rather take the printing issues over an inferior build.

[ChinBo37]

I really wish there was a collected edition resource whereby you just type in a single issue and then you get a list of all the collected editions that single issue is available in.

Anyone else think that would be helpful and does maybe it exist but I don't know about it? Wikipedia is helpful sometimes but it doesn't really have that function. Comicvine neither.

[RIPLynott]

That's what I thought initially. Still, it got pushed back several months, and that was supposedly a result of light print with text. I know a couple people got the first printing on here maybe they can speak for the initial build. I'd honestly rather take the printing issues over an inferior build.

In general image is kind of all over the place with build quality, my first invincible ohc and chew ohc were both sewn no glue, but all others have glue. I heard the saga and east of West had a sewn hybrid where its separate from the block or something while others are just glued to the block. I dont think this is new, theyre just inconsistent.

[gearsofcrabs]

In general image is kind of all over the place with build quality, my first invincible ohc and chew ohc were both sewn no glue, but all others have glue. I heard the saga and east of West had a sewn hybrid where its separate from the block or something while others are just glued to the block. I dont think this is new, theyre just inconsistent.

I think with Image it's up to the creator what gets the HC treatment and who they use. They may have people they have deals with or recommend but I think I read that its basically up to them how it gets printed, hence the inconsistency.

[rynprc]

I really wish there was a collected edition resource whereby you just type in a single issue and then you get a list of all the collected editions that single issue is available in.

Anyone else think that would be helpful and does maybe it exist but I don't know about it? Wikipedia is helpful sometimes but it doesn't really have that function. Comicvine neither.

leagueofcomicgeeks.com is an attempt at this.

[Mr`Orange]

I think with Image it's up to the creator what gets the HC treatment and who they use. They may have people they have deals with or recommend but I think I read that its basically up to them how it gets printed, hence the inconsistency.

Do they also choose the printer? I've found that the Korean printed books have always been really good quality.

[Hellboydce]

Do they also choose the printer? I've found that the Korean printed books have always been really good quality.

the cheapest quote wins.

sadly, quality wise the only books worth getting now seem to be DH and Absolutes

[Orion]

the Absolute books themselves are nice, but the slipcases are terrible quality.