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Random Stranger posted:In fairness to DC (and obviously they don't deserve much), the 27th volume is material that they didn't have the rights to. Alan Moore wasn't going to let them reprint his story, for example. And considering volume 25 wraps up the "real" Spirit stories and volume 26 collects the daily newspaper strip, it's not like DC was doing a crappy job. Dark Horse had planned to continue their own line once they acquired the Spirit rights. They were going to reprint pretty much everything Spirit related in matching HCs but then DC decided to re-up their license for some reason and hosed up those plans.
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Rhyno posted:Dark Horse had planned to continue their own line once they acquired the Spirit rights. They were going to reprint pretty much everything Spirit related in matching HCs but then DC decided to re-up their license for some reason and hosed up those plans. Wasn't that right around when Darwyn Cooke did his Spirit series? Because if so, I'm willing to accept that sacrifice.
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Random Stranger posted:Wasn't that right around when Darwyn Cooke did his Spirit series? Because if so, I'm willing to accept that sacrifice. No, this was just last fall or so.
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sporklift posted:rumors of IST's demise Wait, what? I hope they at least give me enough warning to order all the books on my wishlist. :c
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This came up a few pages ago but has anyone who ordered from Fantagraphics during the big sale in May who ordered the Mickey Mouse collection get their entire order?
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Zachack posted:This came up a few pages ago but has anyone who ordered from Fantagraphics during the big sale in May who ordered the Mickey Mouse collection get their entire order? I received my complete order within a week or so. Bought two of the Mickey Mouse (One for someone else but they didn't want it.)
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I just stumbled onto this deal. For the next two days the Kindle version of various Deadpool collections are $3 at Amazon. Edit: Iron Man and GI Joe as well. Sadly I've got all of those I want so I can't tell you the quality of the Kindle versions. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Aug 3, 2013 |
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Aug 3, 2013 01:37
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What TPBs tend to be the biggest sellers; "catalogue" releases (by which I mean reprints of classic stories, such as Marvel Masterworks and Essentials or DC's Showcase series) or collections of more recent stories? As I've mentioned before, I've been checking out a lot of the Marvel Masterworks stuff (the re-released versions with black covers rather than the silver-bordered ones that came out ten years ago) lately and it strikes me as more than a little odd how much of it has gone out of print and how only specific books seem exceptionally difficult to find. For example, over the past three or four years, Marvel have re-released the first nine Fantastic Four Masterworks collections, but the second, fourth, fifth and sixth seem to be exceptionally difficult to find, whereas the rest are easier to track down. I might ask, while I'm here, what's a good resource for developing one's understanding of how the comic book industry works behind the scenes, in this area and others?
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Metal Loaf posted:What TPBs tend to be the biggest sellers; "catalogue" releases (by which I mean reprints of classic stories, such as Marvel Masterworks and Essentials or DC's Showcase series) or collections of more recent stories? My question: I'm about to say gently caress it and buy up TPBs of the Miles Morales USM. It's been coming out for 2 years or something, any reason to hope it'll get an OSHC release like the Parker stuff?
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StumblyWumbly posted:Comichron is a great resource for sales info. Forum/Funnybookbabylon poster Edge & Christianson (?) also knows a lot of poo poo about this kind of thing. Otherwise it's mainly rumor-mongering. The last chunk of the Peter era was dumped into that DOSM Omnibus, we never actually got proper OSHCs of it so I don't know if/when we'll see the Miles stuff.
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Has Marvel ever released (or indicated that they might release) any of Busiek's original run on Thunderbolts beyond the Justice, Like Lightning TPB? I have that one and I like it a lot, and I'm re-reading his run on Avengers at the moment and it's a lot of fun too.
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Metal Loaf posted:Has Marvel ever released (or indicated that they might release) any of Busiek's original run on Thunderbolts beyond the Justice, Like Lightning TPB? I have that one and I like it a lot, and I'm re-reading his run on Avengers at the moment and it's a lot of fun too. There are two or three Thunderbolts classics.
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Metal Loaf posted:Has Marvel ever released (or indicated that they might release) any of Busiek's original run on Thunderbolts beyond the Justice, Like Lightning TPB? I have that one and I like it a lot, and I'm re-reading his run on Avengers at the moment and it's a lot of fun too. Looks like Thunderbolts Classic is up to v3 which collects up to issue 22 + a lot of related issues from other series. Looks to be about 2/3rds of his initial run.
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Zachack posted:This came up a few pages ago but has anyone who ordered from Fantagraphics during the big sale in May who ordered the Mickey Mouse collection get their entire order? I got it about a week ago. Took like nine weeks? Must've been a freaking disaster there.
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Glenn Danzig posted:Looks like Thunderbolts Classic is up to v3 which collects up to issue 22 + a lot of related issues from other series. Looks to be about 2/3rds of his initial run. This actually came up on Busiek's Facebook recently. He said the design work on the 4th volume is done probably to be solicited by years end.
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Further concerning comics from that era, are there any collections which compile the issues of FF v.3 which preceded the Waid/Wieringo run?
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Metal Loaf posted:Further concerning comics from that era, are there any collections which compile the issues of FF v.3 which preceded the Waid/Wieringo run? A quick check tells me that Marvel has not committed that crime against humanity. Trust me when I say that you are better off for it.
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Random Stranger posted:A quick check tells me that Marvel has not committed that crime against humanity. Trust me when I say that you are better off for it. They have released Fantastic Four: Heroes Return Fantastic Four vol. 3, #1-4 Scott Lobdell, Chris Claremont Fantastic Four: Flesh and Stone Fantastic Four vol. 3, #35-39 Jeph Loeb, Rafael Marin, Carlos Pacheco Fantastic Four: Into the Breach Fantastic Four vol. 3, #40-44 Jeph Loeb, Rafael Marin, Carlos Pacheco Fantastic Four/Inhumans Fantastic Four vol. 3, #51-54; Inhumans 1-4
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I pulled the trigger on the Strangers in Paradise collection thing (which is out in 2 weeks or so). This is a 100% blind buy since I have never read SiP and the only recommendation I ever got was "put that gay poo poo down" by a LCBS owner when I asked if the series was any good. Reviews are generally favorable and I've always remembered the series as being critically acclaimed. I'm a fan of anything as long as it's not objectively awful...Did I do good or should I cancel my pre-order? 2000+ pages of comics for 70 bucks seems like an OK deal. Fake edit: Is there any way I can find what series' are going to be collected in HC editions? I'm asking mainly for the Marvel Now stuff...I've been holding back on buying Hawkeye since the 1st couple trades are being collected in a hardcover. I'm curious if I should wait for things like Gambit, FF, and Fantastic Four. I have no problem buying the paperback collections, but would way prefer to get some deluxe hardcovers.
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Doji Sekushi posted:I pulled the trigger on the Strangers in Paradise collection thing (which is out in 2 weeks or so). This is a 100% blind buy since I have never read SiP and the only recommendation I ever got was "put that gay poo poo down" by a LCBS owner when I asked if the series was any good. You won't be let down, it's an amazing series overall.
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Doji Sekushi posted:Did I do good or should I cancel my pre-order? 2000+ pages of comics for 70 bucks seems like an OK deal. I purchased the hardcover omnibus edition without ever reading a page. It's loving awesome, and it's one of my favorite series of all time.
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Does anyone else have a mismatched set of Sandman TPBs (and is as bothered about it as I am)? I've been trying to put together a matching set, and I'm getting closer little by little. Does anyone have matching volumes 5, 6, and/or 10 that might prefer the ones I have?   If so, e-mail me at saxman2 AT hotmail! Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Aug 25, 2013 |
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I've a general question for the thread; which series or particular runs on a series that haven't been collected in Marvel Omnibus/DC Absolute/etc editions a) most deserve to be and b) are you most surprised haven't been already?
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Metal Loaf posted:I've a general question for the thread; which series or particular runs on a series that haven't been collected in Marvel Omnibus/DC Absolute/etc editions a) most deserve to be and b) are you most surprised haven't been already? My answer is always DCs Vigilante. It was a critical darling when it was being published and had one of the most talked about endings of it's time and at 50 issues it could be done in 5 volumes. But I'm not really surprised because it's taken them forever to get Hellblazer sorted out and we still don't have complete collections of Swamp Thing or Animal Man.
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Metal Loaf posted:I've a general question for the thread; which series or particular runs on a series that haven't been collected in Marvel Omnibus/DC Absolute/etc editions a) most deserve to be and b) are you most surprised haven't been already? edit: poo poo, ROM! redbackground fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Aug 19, 2013 |
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Metal Loaf posted:I've a general question for the thread; which series or particular runs on a series that haven't been collected in Marvel Omnibus/DC Absolute/etc editions a) most deserve to be and b) are you most surprised haven't been already? Annihilation and Abnett/Lannings cosmic Marvel stuff, definitely. It's mostly out of print and kind of a mess to short through chronologically. Marvel should put out a bunch of big cosmic Marvel omnibuses, I'd buy them in an instant. Also I don't know why they're dragging their feet on Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 2. Get that poo poo out already.
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Shade the changing man. They put out the first three paperbacks then nothing.
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Hakkesshu posted:Also I don't know why they're dragging their feet on Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 2. Get that poo poo out already. If you mean the Morales stuff, I'm with you. I gave up and got TPBs, tho, and I'm glad I get the stories at least. I wish they got back to large trades, even just thicker TPBs, for the Ultimate line.
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In relation to my previous post, I was thinking of mentioning Walt Simonson's FF and Peter David's Hulk as popular runs I was surprised they haven't collected, but on further reflection, Simonson's Thor has already been collected, they'll only just finish Byrne's own FF run this December and PAD's Hulk is loving long (I imagine it'd end up being something like four omnibuses or more if you tried to collect). Kurt Busiek's Avengers is another one, and Waid's Fantastic Four; Bendis's New Avengers and Jonathan Hickman's FF titles are getting omnibus-ized first (though I concede that both of the former runs have been collected already in TPB format, and I guess the latter sell better since they're more recent).
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Metal Loaf posted:In relation to my previous post, I was thinking of mentioning Walt Simonson's FF and Peter David's Hulk as popular runs I was surprised they haven't collected, but on further reflection, Simonson's Thor has already been collected, they'll only just finish Byrne's own FF run this December and PAD's Hulk is loving long (I imagine it'd end up being something like four omnibuses or more if you tried to collect). Busiek's Avengers was collected in OSHC long ago, so was Waid's F4.
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Metal Loaf posted:In relation to my previous post, I was thinking of mentioning Walt Simonson's FF and Peter David's Hulk as popular runs I was surprised they haven't collected, redbackground fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Aug 19, 2013 |
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redbackground posted:Simonson's FF has been collected, in 3 trades. Metal Loaf posted:I've a general question for the thread; which series or particular runs on a series that haven't been collected in Marvel Omnibus/DC Absolute/etc editions a) most deserve to be and b) are you most surprised haven't been already?
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StumblyWumbly posted:If you mean the Morales stuff, I'm with you. I gave up and got TPBs, tho, and I'm glad I get the stories at least. No, I mean the Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 2. It even says "vol. 1" on the spine, but as far as I know the second one hasn't even been announced. They're pretty old issues by this point, and I don't want to start buying trades.
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redbackground posted:I took "/etc" to include trades Not everything is going to get a HC, I have about 200 books that will likely never see anything more than the SC edition.
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Hakkesshu posted:No, I mean the Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 2. It even says "vol. 1" on the spine, but as far as I know the second one hasn't even been announced. They're pretty old issues by this point, and I don't want to start buying trades. It will come out closer to Amazing Spider-man 2.
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Rhyno posted:Not everything is going to get a HC, I have about 200 books that will likely never see anything more than the SC edition. Yeah, I guess so. I did mean stuff like the big hardcover compilations. I ought to have been much clearer about it, sorry.
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Metal Loaf posted:I've a general question for the thread; which series or particular runs on a series that haven't been collected in Marvel Omnibus/DC Absolute/etc editions a) most deserve to be and b) are you most surprised haven't been already? This is an easy one for me: Ostrander's Spectre. There is one trade that was published early on (I want to say during the first year of it) that collects the first four issues and nothing else of the spectacular five year long run that redefined the character and colored a lot of the DC universe since. It's a crime that this isn't collected. Of course, Ostrander got the short end of the stick when it comes to all of his terrific work at DC...
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I finally got a "real" bookshelf and can finally post my own bookshelf porn. These books make up about 90% of my OSHC and omnibuses. I have two other shelves about the same size for my SC and manga. On top of the bookshelf is a Star Wars B-Wing from Lego. The jug is a growler from Stone Brewing Company.
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obi_ant posted:I finally got a "real" bookshelf and can finally post my own bookshelf porn. These books make up about 90% of my OSHC and omnibuses. I have two other shelves about the same size for my SC and manga. On top of the bookshelf is a Star Wars B-Wing from Lego. The jug is a growler from Stone Brewing Company. Why're you gonna lie straight up to us. The jug says Russian River right there. That's not Stone at all.  Great collection layout though.
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