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[Camilo]

Blindzider wrote: "@Camilo, that's at least an Alistair-sized haul, if not bordering on a Frank-sized haul. :)

Looking forward to see what you think about those. That's a nice variety across the decades."

Yeah, altough is going to take me a while to read all of them haha

[The Lion's Share]

It's all about quality not quantity ;)

[XenofoneX]

Alistair wrote: "It's all about quality not quantity ;)"

Very true, though I love the idea of quality in large quantities.

That's one hell of a fine order, Camillo. A good range of titles.

[Aildiin]

Big order day for me too :
- Descender vol 2 TP
- Uncanny X-Men Omnibus v1
- Gotham Central Omnibus
- Scalped DLX 4
- justice League : Darkseid War Power of the gods.

Received my big X-Men sales order yesterday and I am getting a shipment of french comics ( more recent less known titles) next week so after this I will be quiet for a while....( only incoming I want in May are Fables Deluxe 12 and Kingdom Come Deluxe and I will probably order those on Amazon using my rewards).

[Camilo]

Eisnein wrote: "Alistair wrote: "It's all about quality not quantity ;)"

Very true, though I love the idea of quality in large quantities.

That's one hell of a fine order, Camillo. A good range of titles."

Exactly! Thanks man, i've waited for some of this titles for a long time ago.

[Saugata]

Can anybody comment about the quality of Gotham Central Omnibus, once they get there hands on it? Binding, print, paper quality the usual stuff. I want to buy it, but since it is going to be a huge book have my doubts about the durability of it.
Also very much excited about Stand on Guard :)

[Saugata]

Today I have ordered:
Sam and Twitch: The Complete Collection, Volume 1
Sam and Twitch: The Complete Collection, Volume 2
Three
A Silent Hell
Scene of the Crime

Next order will include Gotham Central Omnibus and We stand on guard dlx

[Bruno]

My order today:
Fatale Deluxe Edition Volume 1
Fatale Deluxe Edition Volume 2
Blacksad: A Silent Hell
Blacksad: Amarillo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 1
Scene of the Crime

[Bruno]

Saugata wrote: "Also very much excited about Stand on Guard :) "

I've read "We Stand on Guard" and it felt like an incomplete work for me... hope you like it more.

[Saugata]

Thanks for the update Bruno.
I will then put buying it on hold and wait for our fellow goodreaders to reach to a consensus ;)
One point of concern, TMNT IDW collection volume 1has a bad reputation in the market regarding it's binding. Hopefully, they have sorted this out by now, but keep an eye out for just in case. And let us know, hiw do you enjoy this particular incarnation of TMNT.

[Relstuart, Mod+]

I'm interested in the Darkseid War but not able to pick it up with all the other books coming out right now. I'd love to see the event as an Absolute or DLX. Not sure what the odds are of that though.

[XenofoneX]

I just got in...
The Manhattan Projects Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 & 2. Excellent.


Patience, by Dan Clowes (a couple weeks ago, excellent book; Donovan did a great review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ).


Frank in the 3rd Dimension - Jim Woodring


Will Eisner's The Spirit: Artist's Edition
This is Eisner at his peak. I was torn between the Jim Steranko Agensts of SHIELD Artist's Edition and this one; both are essentials, but I had to go with The Spirit. This is one of the huge editions - some are smaller - at 15.5 x 22.25-inches. I've got a dozen of these super-sized, >12" x 17"-tall books, and I love'em. The Artist's Editions are the best thing IDW's done, or tied with the Library of American Comic HC reprints, the classic cartoonist artbook/biographies of Alex Toth, Milt Caniff and Al Feldstein, and Darwyn Cooke's Parker books. Locke and Key is second.


Feldstein: The Mad Life & Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein -- an absolutely excellent art book published by IDW, featuring all of his EC Comics covers for Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, etc. Very nicely constructed, 9 x 12-inch format, 420 pages on nice, glossy stock.


Other stuff, including signed & numbered deluxe ltd. editions, French comic albums and artbooks... (view spoiler)[A couple weeks back I got the signed, numbered, slipcased and 11 x 15-inch ltd edition of Blacksad: Amarillo - Tirage de Tête, which is a beautifully made book for people obsessed with Blacksad and the art of Juanjo Guarnido. It has an artbook sketch section, amazing extras. It was expensive, at 175$ CAD + shipping (@140$ USD), but worth every dollar.


Also for Blacksad/Guarnido fans, I was very impressed with the deluxe oversized omnibus HC collecting Blacksad: T01-T05. Like most BD series, this omnibus-equivalent is 320 pages, short by US standards; but the heavy, coated, paper-stock and binding, as well as the 9.25 x 12.75-inch format make for a gorgeous book; it collects the all three of the books Dark Horse adapted, Tomes 1, 2 and 3 in the first DH collection, and Tomes 4 - A Silent Hell - and 5 - Amarillo. I now have Amarillo in three different sizes. The increase from 8 x 11-inches to 11 x 15-inches is actually huge: 88-square inches --->165-square inches; almost double. Even the difference between the DH omnibus and the Dargaud Tirage de Tete is very noticeable as well, 88-sq.in. to 120-sq.in. Still, the DH books are great. The extras include a sketchbook section that switches to matte finish stock. I love those paper-changes.


Also: The VACVVM Portfolio: just incredible. Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Also:

My absolute favorite Deluxe HC -- the French Omnibus collection of the three albums I read as the English adaptations by Fantagraphics:

Mezzo's one of my top 3 artists, up there next to Guarnido, and this 11.5 x 14.5-inch book shows it off with the best coated paper available. Perfection. Signed & numbered Ltd. Edition. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Also:

A monograph collecting the comic and illustration art of De Crecy. Gorgeous OHC.

Most of the books I've ordered in the last three weeks are French OHC or US OHC artbooks, so I won't get into them much; but I think some might find the latter interesting, at the least:
Martin Wittfooth - Babel - signed and embossed ltd. ed. OHC; my review has many examples of his work, and it's... beyond description:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Joe Coleman - The Book of Joe


Jim Shaw - The End is Here


Jonas Burgert - S/T & Rubble and Fodder


Eric White - S/T


Katsuya Terada - Dragon Girl and Monkey King: The Art of Katsuya Terada
Also: I did a review...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Just ordered: an Art-book...
Kazuki Takamatsu - Hello, Here I Am


And picked up a couple exceptional BD tomes...
Ludovic Debeurme - Un Père Vertueux


Ludovic Debeurme - Terra Maxima


Hugues Micol - Le Chien de Chambara

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[Camilo]

Eisnein wrote: "I just got in...
The Manhattan Projects Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 & 2. Excellent.
[bookcover:The Manhattan Projects Deluxe Editio..."

I've heard good things about The King of Flies, one day i was looking the art and looks very much like Charles Burns. Definitely something worth checking out.

[XenofoneX]

Camilo wrote: "I've heard good things about The King of Flies, one day i was looking the art and looks very much like Charles Burns. Definitely something worth checking out..."

Mezzo and Burns both have that razor sharp style with clean lines and heavy spot-blacks, but Mezzo's been developing that style a long time; in some ways, I prefer Mezzo to Burns... but they're tied for first when it comes to favorites, with Guarnido and Killoffer fighting for second and third.

It's definitely worth checking out, as is 'Love in Vain' by Mezzo. I think it's just the French version available for now...

[Camilo]

Eisnein wrote: "Camilo wrote: "I've heard good things about The King of Flies, one day i was looking the art and looks very much like Charles Burns. Definitely something worth checking out..."

Mezzo and Burns bot..."

Looks great! never heard of that one, hope gets an english version someday. Which do you think is your favorite book by Burns?

[XenofoneX]

For Charles Burns, and the entire history of sequential art going back to Tintin and Little Nemo in Slumberland as two sentimental exceptions, my pick for 'best ever' is unquestionably...

'Black Hole' is a perfectly realized artistic and narrative vision, 360 pages of triple distilled brilliance that took a decade to complete... yet the art on page 1 is stylistically identical to page 360. Genius. That's a large dose of personal judgement and melodramatic hyperbole, but... I still think there's some debatably objective merits to the claim. :-)

[Camilo]

Eisnein wrote: yet the art on page 1 is stylistically identical to page 360. Genius.""

Totally agree on that. Reaally love Black Hole too. I know the art is amazing but the writing and the pacing on this book is ridiculously good too.

I'm planning to grab his series on X'ed Out, Sugar Skull and The Hive. They all look great as well.

[XenofoneX]

Camilo wrote: "Eisnein wrote: yet the art on page 1 is stylistically identical to page 360. Genius.""

Totally agree on that. Reaally love Black Hole too. I know the art is amazing but the writing and the pacing ..."

Yeah, I love the Nitnit trilogy as well. It's impossible to get darker than a Black Hole, but... it's dark. The artwork is incredible; it's the first full-color Burns series, and the stylistic shifts throughout correlate with the shift between a paranoid sobriety and a drug-induced dream-state loaded with symbolism. If it's someone who just wants pure entertainment from their comics, and has no time for anything deeper, I wouldn't recommend it. I love reading comics for pure entertainment myself, but I also love comics like the Nitnit trilogy, which is a powerful personal vision that was years in the making. There's room for both.

[Dustin]

My leatherbound complete frank miller batman came in. Condition was better than I thought looks new second print but not a big deal, the spine is really stiff. Read 3 chapters in to year one; I like it. The cartoon movie follows near verbatim.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

@Dustin. Glad to hear it came in ok. 2nd print isn't bad, I think mine is way past that. They did a nice job on the movie which shows just how good the original book is.

[Aildiin]

Bunch of digital purchases recently.
Taking advantages of Comixology sales to try comics I probably would not be buying in print version.

I grabbed :
Nailbiter vol1 to 4 ( 3.99$ each)
Letter 44 vol 1 and 2 (3.99$ each)
And a bunch of french comics translated in english and going for rl cheap :
- Spin Angels vol1 to 4 (1.99$ each)
- Iron Squad 2 and 3 ( already had 1).

[Frank]

A mini Frank haul:

Got in from IST:
Green Lantern Omnibus Johns Vol.3
Thanos Infinity Finale OHC
Invincible HC Vol. 8
Gotham Central Omnibus
GOTG Omnibus Abnett & Lanning
We Stand On Guard DLX HC
Batman Earth One Vol. 2 OHC
Superman Earth One Vol. 2 OHC
Sweet Tooth DLX HC Vol. 1

Also picked up:
Ex Machina DLX HC Vol. 1-5

[Relstuart, Mod+]

That sounds like a big haul Frank. :)

My IST order from last week should arrive today. I'm not sure whether I'll read Descender TBP 2 or We Stand Guard first. :)

[Bruno]

Frank wrote: "A mini Frank haul:

Got in from IST:
Green Lantern Omnibus Johns Vol.3
Thanos Infinity Finale OHC
Invincible HC Vol. 8
Gotham Central Omnibus
GOTG Omnibus Abnett & Lanning
We Stand On Guard DLX HC
..."

Did you already got all this or ordered it? Some of those are only due to come out (according to amazon) in a couple of weeks...

[Frank]

Bruno wrote: "Frank wrote: "A mini Frank haul:

Got in from IST:
Green Lantern Omnibus Johns Vol.3
Thanos Infinity Finale OHC
Invincible HC Vol. 8
Gotham Central Omnibus
GOTG Omnibus Abnett & Lanning
We Stand On..."

@Bruno, all in my house, safe and sound.

[Frank]

Relstuart wrote: "That sounds like a big haul Frank. :)

My IST order from last week should arrive today. I'm not sure whether I'll read Descender TBP 2 or We Stand Guard first. :)"

Definitely will be reading We Stand On Guard soon.
I was lucky last week, my IST order came in record time.

[Saugata]

@Frank, how is the Gotham central omnibus. Is the binding/page quality?

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Not as impressed with We Stand on Guard as I was hoping to be (book order came in last night). Interesting concept but the characters and motivations were not as developed as they should have been IMHO.

Descender in TPB 2 continues to be really good though there isn't as much content/happening in the second book.

[Bruno]

Relstuart wrote: "Not as impressed with We Stand on Guard as I was hoping to be (book order came in last night). Interesting concept but the characters and motivations were not as developed as they should have been ..."

Yes! So im not the only one? :) I had already wrote that to @Saugata in some comment above.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Well I'm glad that I held off then.

[Saugata]

Yes, it seems like it will be a comixology purchase for me. No OHC for this. Thanks Bruno & relstuart :)

[Frank]

Saugata wrote: "@Frank, how is the Gotham central omnibus. Is the binding/page quality?"

Gotham Central binding a bit thin, not as good as the Marvel titles, although the DC binding has gotten better from the earlier volumes that I have collected.
I like the artwork, and we get all 40 issues in one volume.

[Saugata]

Thanks @Frank for the update.
It is not looking like, it is going to buckle under its own weight or pages are going to fall off, right?
Marvel has definitely better bindings for omnibuses. Though Absolute editions are a different beast altogether.

[The Lion's Share]

I hate DC binding. Fucking shite.

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Books of note this week, Dark Horse Library edition of Halo comics and Birthright TPB vol 3. The Massive Library Edition is also out. I'm picking up the first two. :)

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I debated on the massive but I'm going to wait. DMZ is supposed to be better.

[The Lion's Share]

Just opened my brand new Sandman omnibus volume 2. The binding is unstuck straight from the packaging and haven't even opened a page yet. Low grade bollocks.

Sort your life out DC!

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Blindzider wrote: "I debated on the massive but I'm going to wait. DMZ is supposed to be better."

I feel like I remember someone commenting that it starts really well but them gets muddled and ends poorly. Anyone read The Massive that wants to comment?

[Jesse]

Relstuart wrote: "Blindzider wrote: "I debated on the massive but I'm going to wait. DMZ is supposed to be better."

I feel like I remember someone commenting that it starts really well but them gets muddled and end..."

I got 2 volumes in and quit. Too dull. The artwork was interesting but not enough to hold onto me.

[Bruno]

Relstuart wrote: "Blindzider wrote: "I debated on the massive but I'm going to wait. DMZ is supposed to be better."

I feel like I remember someone commenting that it starts really well but them gets muddled and end..."

Dont know about The Massive... but DMZ is great! :So probably thats not a good comparison. :)

[Saugata]

Today I have received a package containing Daytripper Deluxe Edition and Law of the Desert Born. At the first glance both of them look beautiful.

[Aildiin]

DMZ is a lot better than the Massive ( I read all of DMZ and the first three the Massive TP).
Skip the Massive library edition and buy all 5 DMZ Deluxe editions...

DMZ is by far in my view the best work of Brian Wood.
None of his later work compares ( The Massive is meh, his X-Men were meh, his Conan work terrible, Northlanders had some great issues and some really weak ones too).

[Blindzider, Moderator]

@Aildiin that is now my plan. Thanks everyone!

[Frank]

Saugata wrote: "Thanks @Frank for the update.
It is not looking like, it is going to buckle under its own weight or pages are going to fall off, right?
Marvel has definitely better bindings for omnibuses. Though A..."
No I can't see that happening, it is not thick enough for that too happen.

[XenofoneX]

I got the Darwyn Cooke news late, and it's absolutely horrible. Such a talented guy, and knowing now that he was struggling with cancer while working on truly brilliant books makes them seem all the more impressive and special.

He was one of the most original and influential artists in mainstream comics, and he's left behind an amazing body of work. Since his work is all I know of him, it sucks that the world will be deprived of all the books he still had in him... :(

[XenofoneX]

I just ordered the Graphitti Gallery Edition of LoEG Volume 1 from IST. The Graphitti Gallery Editions are identical to the IDW Artist Editions, with the facsimile reproductions of the original art at full size, in this case, 12 x 17 inches.

Graphitti have also released Dark Knight Returns, Ronin, and Sandman Gallery Editions, at 15 x 20 inches. They look incredible. I don't know how they did all of this so quietly... I found them by accident.

Links to DC/Graphitti Gallery Editions
http://www.graphittidesigns.com/shop/...
http://www.instocktrades.com/search/G...
http://bookpalace.com/acatalog/info_L...

Coincidentally, I read a new review that makes me despair for humanity... a review of LoEG Volume 1 that damns it with the faintest of praise, and goes on to explain how the comic failed where the film succeeded. Where the shittiest comic adaptation of all time was better than the modern classic it was supposedly based on. WTF. She's a GR friend, and I don't like disagreeing in comments sections, so I didn't... still... every opinion may be valid, but some of them clearly suck. :)

I thought it was bad enough that a sentimental favorite of mine would always be associated with this crappy film that shares its name, but I never thought I'd hear someone talking about Sean Connery's mess as the superior version.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

That's pretty shocking to think the film was better. I can understand not liking the book but the film didn't have the nuance or cleverness the book has.

[XenofoneX]

My thoughts exactly. Hating it? Cool. Saying it was okay but not great? Cool. Saying it was okay but the film was better? Well, that's cool as well... but I cease to care about anything the person says after that. :)

[Bruno]

My order today:
Captain America Omnibus Vol. 1 (new print)
Captain America Omnibus Vol. 2
Uncanny Avengers Omnibus
DC: The New Frontier Deluxe Edition
Guardians Of Galaxy By Abnett And Lanning Omnibus
Gotham Central Omnibus

This month im going to eat only boiled potatoes all month. :)

[Saugata]

great commitment bruno