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Stephen Churay
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First there was JB's FF Artist Edition.
Then there is the JB Star Trek Omnibus
Moyer just posted the Ditko Monster book.
Now this...
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/03/idw-to-reprint-
superman-batman-wonder-woman-comic-strips/
IDW has quickly taken the top spot on my comic publisher list.
Between there monthly comics (especially our Chief's) and big book
releases, they just keep knocking it out of the park. Now excuse me, I
need to look for a second job to pay for all this.
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Aaron Smith
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I saw that on Twitter today. I'm glad I already own the Batman strips in older collections (from Kitchen Sink about 20 years ago), but I might end up buying the Superman strips.
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Thomas Moudry
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I have the Batman and Superman collections from Kitchen Sink and DC, but I
may have to get the Wonder Woman edition.
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Brad Krawchuk
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I'll be in for all three.
And I agree, Stephen - IDW currently occupies the top spot on my favourite publishers list too. After that I've got Valiant (for every current series), Archie (for Mega Man, Sonic, and New Crusaders), and Dark Horse for Buffy and the Hellboy Library Editions.
Still, IDW is #1. They seem to be treating JB right (and his various series' there are all wonderful and eclectic), their licensed properties are all treated with more respect and love than Marvel and DC are treating their OWN properties, and their collected editions and archival releases are second to none for quality and presentation. I just wish I could afford the Artist Editions!
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Andrew W. Farago
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Between the Artist's Editions, Library of American Comics, and other reprints, IDW should just take $200 out of my bank account every month via direct deposit. I've done enough work with them that I'm able to score comp copies of some of the more expensive books on my wish list, and I still can't keep up.
All of this is really amazing when I think back to what kind of reprints were available when I was a kid. There were a smattering of color Marvel paperbacks from companies like Fireside, small black-and-white books of daily strips, usually with weirdly-formatted printing, and by my early teens, there were still few enough Marvel and DC trade paperbacks that you could realistically get all of them for your home library (not all of that week's/months releases, but literally all of the trade paperbacks they had in print). It's crazy to see how quickly I went from having every Batman trade paperback to seeing some weeks where DC easily prints that same number of Batman trade paperbacks in any given month.
We're in the Golden Age of comics reprints, and it looks like the good times are never going to stop.
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Joe Hollon
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Yep, I've been buying a lot of stuff from IDW, especially Craig Yoe projects! Great stuff!
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Stephen Churay
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Between the Artist's Editions, Library of American Comics, and other
reprints, IDW should just take $200 out of my bank account every
month via direct deposit. I've done enough work with them that I'm
able to score comp copies of some of the more expensive books on
my wish list, and I still can't keep up.
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Normally I can't afford the artist editions, but it's JB and the Fantastic
Four. How can I not? There monthlies continue to surprise me.
Currently I pick up seven different titles of there's. Then there's the
TMNT reprint "slabs" I've been eyeballing. The look mighty nice.
Sometimes I wonder how Chris Ryall sleeps at night. Then I realized
he probably sleeps quite well between 600 thread count Egyptian
Colton sheets we paid for.
In all seriousness it's well earned. The couple of times I've
communicated with him (Twitter) he's been nothing but gracious. He's
put together a line of books that brings the best of 80's nostalgia,
robots, aliens and monsters, reprints of material thought long
forgotten, and my favorite writer/artists ever.
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Pedro Bouça
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I've been spending ungodly amounts of money on the Library of American Comics releases. I mean, they've published Alex Raymond's Rip Kirby, Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, Milton Caniff's Terry and Steve Canyon, Al Williamson's Secret Agent X-9, Al Capp's L'il Abner and my fave George McManus's Bringing Up Father. And lots more I can't buy right now! Their "modern" comics aren't too shabby either. Besides JB, their current Transformers books are the best the franchise ever had! Their many other licenses have been treated very well too. Not to mention the artist's editions, which I usually am unable to buy (made an effort to preorder JB's). Best current US publisher, by far!
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Bill Catellier
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I don't remember that WW had a comic strip. Still, I'd love to get the Batman and Superman ones. Lets see if I can save up enough.
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Steve Gumm
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Not that I'm complaining, but could someone explain how IDW gets to publish other companies' material, like Byrne's Fantastic Four Artist Edition for example? Looks like Marvel would just print it itself, particularly since IDW is a comic book company, thus competition to Marvel.
Again, glad they can, I'm just curious how that works.
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Mark Haslett
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Those Curt Swan strips with the zip-a-tone shaded Superman are always so attractive to me, and I've only seen a handful of them. I hope that's what we're getting here.
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Andrew W. Farago
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Scott Dunbier at IDW can be very persuasive. They've got a better setup for ambitious art books than Marvel, and if you look at the history of publishing, it's not unusual at all for other publishing houses to work with licensed characters that they don't own. Fireside, Titan Books...I've got plenty of Marvel and DC books that weren't actually published by Marvel and DC. If you can put money in your pocket while someone else does the work, and you know they'll do a good job, why not?
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