Comic Book Binding

[Gotham Thrasher]

There's a map for the full run of WW Vol. 2 at this great site : http://comicbinding.com/mapping/wonder-woman that im using.

[SJNeal]

There's a map for the full run of WW Vol. 2 at this great site : http://comicbinding.com/mapping/wonder-woman that im using.

Um, wow. That's what I call thorough! Awesome site, btw. I'll be bookmarking that one.

After seeing this, I think I may have misunderstood krisis' original request. I was thinking of how the various issues of WW v. 2 fit into other crossovers, but maybe he meant how to map the wider DCU crossovers into WW...?

[Dick Grayson]

Um, wow. That's what I call thorough! Awesome site, btw. I'll be bookmarking that one.

After seeing this, I think I may have misunderstood krisis' original request. I was thinking of how the various issues of WW v. 2 fit into other crossovers, but maybe he meant how to map the wider DCU crossovers into WW...?

That is in fact the map I used. That site is very helpful, no doubt about it, and Canaryfarmer (the guy who put the map together) always does excellent work.

As for some Messner-Loebs pics:

[Dick Grayson]

I also did the Jimenez run, with some bonus content, pics here:
http://comicbindingpro.com/post/1120...-run-on-wonder

And my Rucka and Simone runs:
http://comicbindingpro.com/post/1231...ay-two-volumes

[krisis]

Since you always do cover pages, does that mean your books are never hand-sew, or can they do a single-sheet tip-in on a hand-sew?

[Dick Grayson]

My books are never hand sewn, it's not really necessary for what I bind, plus I like to remove ads/back covers where possible which also prevents the book from being handsewn. I have a bunch of oversewn books and a bunch of DFAB, and I prefer DFAB, they lay flatter than oversewn and are more than sturdy enough. A lot of people are obsessed with having sewn binding because glued binding from the big two is so terrible typically. But DFAB is muchhhhh better than that glue, so I have no worries. And as for gutter loss, it's never been a problem, especially with older comics that already have gutters built in anyway.

That said, some titles, like Batwoman, I would probably go for smythe or handsewn because of the double-page splashes, but most of my stuff doesn't have full bleed, and even when it does, the gutter loss is acceptable for me.

[CrazyOldHermit]

Oh man those Conway/Moench books are killer.

[SJNeal]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post the pics, Dick Grayson! Those are AMAZING!!!

I don't suppose you'd be interested in selling them? It would save me so much time if you were...

This is all brand new to me, so I have a million questions. I'll check out the rest of the thread and the links provided before I blow up your inbox though.

[Gotham Thrasher]

@SJNeal: yeah that site is great, you'll be surprised by how much you may have of a run that you want to bind or how little lol .
@ Dick Grayson: Dude those books are friggin beautiful!

[Dick Grayson]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post the pics, Dick Grayson! Those are AMAZING!!!

I don't suppose you'd be interested in selling them? It would save me so much time if you were...

This is all brand new to me, so I have a million questions. I'll check out the rest of the thread and the links provided before I blow up your inbox though.

No problem, I love showing them off! While I don't want to sell them, one of my goals with doing comicbindingpro.com is to help new folks get into binding, as well as be a "one-stop shop", so they just have to send me their books, and I handle the rest. So by all means, blow up my inbox

[John Aston]

That's amazingly beautiful work.

[Dick Grayson]

Got my latest batch back from the bindery, it's a doozy! Here's a few pics. First up, Grell's Green Arrow run:

[Dick Grayson]

Chuck Dixon's Nightwing in three volumes (you'll quickly see I've REALLY gotten into spreading an image across multiple spines):

[Dick Grayson]

Two volumes collecting all of Ostrander's Spectre:

[Dick Grayson]

Ostrander's Wasteland:







I also did another Nightwing volume containing everything post-Bruce Jones up through the end of the series (plus I threw in the two Nightwing/Oracle Convergence issues and some other items), all of Andreyko's Manhunter (including the Streets of Gotham backups) in one massive volume, a couple Teen Titans-related books, and a Chuck Dixon Robin volume containing some early stories to match some previous binds of the series I did. It feels like Christmas!