Comments on: Binding the collection http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:56:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: shazia http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-454710 shazia Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:22:32 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-454710 I would like this but it would be cost prohibitive. I would like this but it would be cost prohibitive.

]]> By: comicsatemybrain http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-450393 comicsatemybrain Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:51:08 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-450393 omike015: How much gutter loss is variable. For many older comics (pre-90's), full-bleed artwork was rare, so oversewn binding results in little or no artwork loss to the gutter. (You lose maybe 1/8 to 3/16 inch of the left hand edge of the cover.) I use a binder that prefers to bind comics through the fold (smythe-sewn). I have no gutter loss inside the book. Some glue must be applied between the books, so I still lose that little bit on the far left edge of the front cover... but the inside is great. http://www.thehfgroup.com/cc-pennsylvania.htm Roy: You'd be surprised at some of the prices that custom-bound comics will bring. If the binding job itself is done well, the books retain all or most of their value. In some cases where the individual floppies have little value, binding can actually *increase* the realized purchase price. omike015:

How much gutter loss is variable.

For many older comics (pre-90′s), full-bleed artwork was rare, so oversewn binding results in little or no artwork loss to the gutter. (You lose maybe 1/8 to 3/16 inch of the left hand edge of the cover.)

I use a binder that prefers to bind comics through the fold (smythe-sewn). I have no gutter loss inside the book. Some glue must be applied between the books, so I still lose that little bit on the far left edge of the front cover… but the inside is great. http://www.thehfgroup.com/cc-pennsylvania.htm

Roy:

You’d be surprised at some of the prices that custom-bound comics will bring. If the binding job itself is done well, the books retain all or most of their value. In some cases where the individual floppies have little value, binding can actually *increase* the realized purchase price.

]]> By: omike015 http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-450354 omike015 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:47:03 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-450354 Don't you lose a considerable amount in the spine area for comics that originally were saddle-stitched (which is most of them)? Don’t you lose a considerable amount in the spine area for comics that originally were saddle-stitched (which is most of them)?

]]> By: Ed http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-450344 Ed Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:13:36 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-450344 Binding comics is a wonderful thing. It's a way of making your collection more readable, and also preserving it in a way that simultaneously spits on speculator scum. Binding comics is a wonderful thing. It’s a way of making your collection more readable, and also preserving it in a way that simultaneously spits on speculator scum.

]]> By: Aron Head http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-450323 Aron Head Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:28:59 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-450323 Whoops! My bad! Whoops! My bad!

]]> By: Neil Cameron http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-450319 Neil Cameron Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:46:33 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-450319 Its David Banks www.dpbanks.com -Neil Cameron Its David Banks
http://www.dpbanks.com

-Neil Cameron

]]> By: allaboutduncan http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-450316 allaboutduncan Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:05:59 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-450316 Sluggo - check around, it's not too expensive. Library Binding's basic binding is only $15. Of course you pay shipping on top of that. To solve that issue, check locally, I found 4 binders within 10 minutes of my office and one offered similar options for $19.50 per stack of comics. Sluggo – check around, it’s not too expensive. Library Binding’s basic binding is only $15. Of course you pay shipping on top of that.

To solve that issue, check locally, I found 4 binders within 10 minutes of my office and one offered similar options for $19.50 per stack of comics.

]]> By: Roy Batty http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-450314 Roy Batty Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:55:21 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-450314 My collector's heart weeps at this monstrosity... My collector’s heart weeps at this monstrosity…

]]> By: Marc Deering http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-450312 Marc Deering Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:25:31 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-450312 Time to pull out some of my old stuff! Nightcrawler by Dave Cockrum to name one. :):) Thanks for the links! Time to pull out some of my old stuff!
Nightcrawler by Dave Cockrum to name one. :) :)

Thanks for the links!

]]> By: Sluggo http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/09/19/binding-the-collection/comment-page-1/#comment-450309 Sluggo Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:14:19 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9459#comment-450309 I would really love to do this, but it seems like it would be a bit cost-prohibitive and take forever for a large collection. A man can dream, though... I would really love to do this, but it seems like it would be a bit cost-prohibitive and take forever for a large collection.

A man can dream, though…

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