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Rob Ocelot
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This coming weekend I'm going to dig out my originals of 2112 and JBNM when I go back home for the (Canadian) holiday weekend and have them bound to celebrate. Anyone attempted this before?
Now, would anyone know what the rarest officially released JBNM related item might be (not counting original art or stuff you got JB to sign)?
I'm thinking it's either:
-2112 Second Printing (easy to spot, it's got orange on the cover and they censored some interior naughty bits added by the colorist). I've only ever seen one copy of this, but I've seen oodles of the first "blue" printing.
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-JBNM cards that you got from coupons in the first six issues
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-John Byrne's Next Meal voucher. Did anyone actually win this?
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Mark McKay
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Wow! This is great news! I should go out of town more often, if this is the sort of news I read when I get back.
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Richard Stevens
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Awesome. JBNM is the series that made me a lifelong fan.
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Jim Muir
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Congrats JB, Im really pleased for you.
And well done for keeping it under your hat for so long with nary a hint or suggestion!
Its fair to say your art has evolved since the previous issue, so it'll be interesting to see how you adapt to your 'old' style.
I'm curious though; your writing style will undoubtably have come on since Next Men. Will you be trying to emulate your old style in the storytelling too?
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John Byrne
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I'd forgotten how evil Hilltop was in #28. Argh, I really want him to get his comeuppance but we know he survives until 2112 don't we???•• Do we?
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John Byrne
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John Byrne's Next Meal voucher. Did anyone actually win this?•• Yup. Unfortunately, the winner was a guy who was in no way a comic fan, didn't read 'em, didn't care about 'em, and entered when a friend told him about the contest. All he wanted was a free trip to San Diego -- which he got.
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John Byrne
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I'm hoping you include more of the ongoing comics & comics culture satire that was threaded through the original series - one of my favorite aspects.•• When JBNM went on "hiatus" I was preparing for a major change in the direction of the stories -- Hey! Dinosaurs! -- and that, with some minor modifications, is where I will still be going. Very little of what's coming up will be set in the Next Men's "present".
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John Byrne
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Its fair to say your art has evolved since the previous issue, so it'll be interesting to see how you adapt to your 'old' style.I'm curious though; your writing style will undoubtably have come on since Next Men. Will you be trying to emulate your old style in the storytelling too? •• One of my smaller vexations in life is when writers revisit their old stories but, because they have changed some of their attitude over the years, end up damaging those old stories. This is something I will be trying very hard to avoid. I know there are future "generations" who will be reading the TRULY "compleat" NEXT MEN in compilation form, and I want the join between the last page of issue 30 and the first page of issue 31 to be as seamless as possible.
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Joel Biske
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One of my smaller vexations in life is when writers revisit their old stories but, because they have changed some of their attitude over the years, end up damaging those old stories. This is something I will be trying very hard to avoid. I know there are future "generations" who will be reading the TRULY "compleat" NEXT MEN in compilation form, and I want the join between the last page of issue 30 and the first page of issue 31 to be as seamless as possible.
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One of the things I'm most looking forward to is how you'll evolve as the issues go on. I think JBNM is the perfect book for you to do this with because its the book to me that was really ALL you.... no writers, no inkers, no... learning curve (thrown in for FF, which was like this, but especially art-wise, was light years away from what you do now.
I haven't been this excited for an ongoing series since....
hmmm... what was the cover date of that Previews.. 1991?
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Anthony Warlow
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Will "VOICE OF A FLAME ABOUT THIS HIGH" be returning with the new Next Men ?
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John Byrne
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Will "VOICE OF A FLAME ABOUT THIS HIGH" be returning with the new Next Men ?•• As I already noted, you've got that here.
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Rod Collins
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JB, I know this is some time away yet, but I'll ask anyway... When the series is complete, will 2112 be the final piece (the epilogue) in a future Next Men collection? On that note, is there a chance that you might delve even further into the future universe shown in 2112?
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