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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 133328
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 2:41pm | IP Logged | 1
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For those griping that you could see any variation in the inks…•• …and thus completely missing the point!!!! "Hey, look! I bought you the actual Mona Lisa for your birthday!" "Oh, yuck! I can see brush strokes!!"
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 March 2009 Location: United States Posts: 8369
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 2:46pm | IP Logged | 2
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Joe Kubert's ENEMY ACE is officially solicited in today's PREVIEWS catalog. It has a blurp that indicates some additional art by Russ Heath and Neal Adams.
The Alex Toth Genius trilogy books w/ slipcase have also bee solicited. The set is $150.
And while not IDW, Graphitti's next Gallery Edition can now be ordered. It's Frank Miller's RONIN and it's $195. That's a little steep for me. Even with a page count of 300+ pages.
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f ron miller Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 03 July 2012 Posts: 22
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | 3
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Thank you JB for giving words to my very thoughts.
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Fred J Chamberlain Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 30 August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 4036
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 2:51pm | IP Logged | 4
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I made a few prints of an original splash page for friends. You'd have thought that I had handed them gold. Eyes popped and grateful, despite knowing immediately that it was a copy.... but damn, those inks, that whiteout and the added captions looked good.
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 March 2009 Location: United States Posts: 8369
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 3:13pm | IP Logged | 5
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For those griping that you could see any variation in the inks… ••
…and thus completely missing the point!!!!
"Hey, look! I bought you the actual Mona Lisa for your birthday!"
"Oh, yuck! I can see brush strokes!!" ======== Actually, that's supposed to be "couldn't". My ipad's predictive text does odd things from time to time.
A person was upset a few pages back that the inks on the Kirby edition looked too flat and could have benefited from a sharper scan. This is definitely not a problem on the Mignola volume.
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | 6
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Even with my issues on the Steranko volume. IDW has set THE HIGH standard for these types of books. If someone grabs the Simonson ROBOCOP VS. TERMINATOR, Kelly Jones BATMAN, or even the Frank Miller RONIN, let us know how they compare as far as production quality. I'm curious.
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Marc Cheek Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 18 June 2014 Location: United States Posts: 1785
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 3:17pm | IP Logged | 7
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I just got the JB edition on eBay, and I'm looking forward to it arriving. I'll probably have to get the Kirby edition and maybe the Mignola and Steranko editions as well. I can see joining this forum is going to cost me a lot of money...
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 3:35pm | IP Logged | 8
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Marc, if I had to steer you towards my favorites in the series. I don't know that the Steranko and the Mignola would be my next purchases, starting out. The Will Eisner SPIRIT, Dave Stevens ROCKETEER and Walt Simonson THOR volumes are probably where I'd go next. The Eisner SPIRIT ARTIST EDITION is really something to behold. It was drawn on larger boards so the book is HUGE! Besides, volume 2 comes out in Sept.
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Chris Geary Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 January 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1158
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 4:04pm | IP Logged | 9
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Stephen,
I have R Vs T. For me, it matches the quality of the IDW books. (As does the Alien one from Titan)
R Vs T is wider than the normal books (it explains why in the intro) so that might be something to consider if you have specific storage needs.
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Marc Cheek Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 4:05pm | IP Logged | 10
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Thanks Stephen. Those would definitely be at the top of the list as well.
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 July 2014 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | 11
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Stephen,
I have R Vs T. For me, it matches the quality of the IDW books. (As does the Alien one from Titan)
R Vs T is wider than the normal books (it explains why in the intro) so that might be something to consider if you have specific storage needs.
======= Thanks Chris. One thing I've learned when it comes to storing or displaying these; you'll probably have to build your own.
BTW, if you don't follow ComicCon news, I'll post what's coming after IDW has it's panel.
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Ernest Degollado Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 24 July 2014 at 9:48am | IP Logged | 12
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Stephen Churay wrote:
And while not IDW, Graphitti's next Gallery Edition can now be ordered. It's Frank Miller's RONIN and it's $195. That's a little steep for me. Even with a page count of 300+ pages. |
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Stephen, is there any indication what's included in that Gallery Edition? Without a content listing that's a pretty steep price for me as well.
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