The big feature story in this week’s Publishers Weekly Comics Week deals with DC’s success with their new Deluxe Edition hardcover line, such as the Jeff Smith Shazam collection:
Upcoming volumes in the format include Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s Batman: The Killing Joke, re-colored by Bolland (the story will also remain in print in the trade paperback DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore); the World’s Finest miniseries by Dave Gibbons and Steve Rude; and the first volumes of Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris’s Ex Machina and Grant Morrison and Howard Porter’s JLA. According to DC’s summer 2008 catalogue, the first collection of Frank Miller and Jim Lee’s All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder will also be in the new deluxe format.
Also in this week’s newsletter: A look at how the WGA strike is affecting the comics world; a summation of ICv2’s Anime and Technology Panel; an interview with the folks behind Marvel’s new Marvel Illustrated line; and an interview with Aimee Major Steinberger about her book, Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventure in Japan.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:53 am
How can DC call them “deluxe” hardcovers with the kind of cheap paper they have been using?
Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)
December 20th, 2007 at 9:13 am
So glad this is happening. Make the work look more and more fancy and less disposable and allow to be on coffee table books.
I was going to get all the Morrison/Porter JLA’s in trade, but now I’m glad I waited. That run is deserving of HC format.
20th Anniversary of Sandman? Ouch I feel pretty old. Does that make Neil 27 yrs. old when he wrote the first one? Wow, genius.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:38 am
I really really love the format of that Shazam collection. It’s gorgeous and puts most of DC’s other hardcover collections to shame.
I wish they would just use this format if they have to do hardcovers for everything (which apparently they do, judging by their recent solicits). At least that way I’ll feel like I’m getting some bang for my buck.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Some concerns I have are related to the upcoming (and much anticipated) Starman Omnibi. The story lumps them together with the recent Jack Kirby’s Fourth World and Death of Superman collections, which have been pretty poor, quality-wise. I hope the Starman collections gear more toward the deluxe format, but I don’t think that’s the case.
Also, is the upcoming Jack Kirby OMAC collection deluxe or standard hardcover? I sure hope it’s deluxe.
Anyone have any news on these topics?