Favorite Oversized Hardcovers?

[DialHForHagai]

Hey guys,

After viewing your (and many others') collections or Shelf Porn at a different thread, I've been wondering - what are your favorite OHCs, in terms of paper quality, binding, design, price, et cetera et cetera?

[canadianaidan64]

Hellboy library editions have the best paper quality of any book I own. The cloth cover is very classy as well.

[DialHForHagai]

Hellboy library editions have the best paper quality of any book I own. The cloth cover is very classy as well.

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The Library Editions do seem awesome. I've been considering buying the Fear Agent ones for a while now, and this influences my dilemma.

[Dayle88]

Hellboy Library Editions and Big Damn Sin City. I also really like the Incognito Classified Edition, there's nothing especially great about it as an object but I like the design and feel.

[gearsofcrabs]

You can't go wrong with any of the Library Editions, but yeah the Hellboy ones take the cake for me as well.

[canadianaidan64]

t

The Library Editions do seem awesome. I've been considering buying the Fear Agent ones for a while now, and this influences my dilemma.

Get fear agent!!! It's awesome!


One thing I don't like about the hellboy LEs is the writing on the spine. It's very boring and I'm worried the gold might flake off.

[DialHForHagai]

Get Fear Agent!!! It's awesome!.

I fully intend to do that, at some point. I'm catching up on so much reading simultaneously, so it's going to take a while, but I'm sure I'll get it at some point!

[gearsofcrabs]

Get fear agent!!! It's awesome!


One thing I don't like about the hellboy LEs is the writing on the spine. It's very boring and I'm worried the gold might flake off.

Mine hasn't and I've had them for awhile. I don't think they're boring personally. I think they look classy, which I imagine is what they were going for. I just wish they would have done the Art of Hellboy with the gold lettering instead of the metallic red. Kinda lame that the book is the same in every aspect other than the lettering color. Did the Art of LE come out first and then they decided to switch to gold for everything else?

[Canucked]

Dark Horse Library Editions.
The original Wolverine omnibus.
DC Absolutes.

And a shout out to the recent Big Hard Sex Criminals, which is actually a beautiful book from Image.

[victorxd1999]

Definitely Library Editions, Absolutes and Parker Martini Edition. I'm also pretty fond of my Sixth Gun Deluxe, definitely getting vol 2.

[awalk1227]

I'll agree to the aforementioned Dark Horse books and add another - Colossal Conan. It's hands down the largest book I own but the binding is solid and the art looks incredible.

While not oversized, the Mind MGMT HC books are really great too. The art design on the covers is nice, the paper is thick, and they feel great in your hands.

[Wollodrin]

DC absolutes with the nice slipcases.

Monstrous collection of Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson.

IDW Artist's edition.

And yes the library editions from Fear Agent.

[MartinNL]

I've said it before and I'll say it again... Parker Martini Edition... Makes me smile every time I take it off the shelf and flick through it.

[Hellboydce]

Kind of OHC but I love the BPRD omnis, well made, excellent story and pretty much the perfect sized book, I much prefer them to the HB library dust magnet editions