Post by thegalaxy6 on Apr 1, 2011 16:00:04 GMT -5
I've gone through several comic collecting phases. In the 90's, I happened upon a beautiful hardcover of Akiko On the Planet Smoo, which said it was 1 of only 700-some copies, and signed by Mark.
Mark, err, if you happen to read this, you were kind enough to respond to an email confirming that yes, indeed, you had signed a very limited run of hardcovers and I should scoop it up. It was one of my local comic shop's oddities, being a cliche dark, dirty little dive where girls were gawked at, and mostly DC, Marvel, Image and Dark Horse.
I was hooked. I hunted down the original "mini-ashcan", Overstreet's ashcan, the softcover version, and began collecting the series (eventually bought the colorized version, AND the first book in the Random House series).
Now, I'm wanting to have the series hard bound, and I'm designing dust-jackets and a slipcase. I'm going to include "pockets" for things such as the ashcans, and if I find a copy of Wizard Magazine #86 which includes a short Akiko story.
What I *REALLY* need, however, is quotes! I know Entertainment Weekly December 1998 had great things to say, but I lost my copy (yes, I had that too!), and I'm *sure* Scott McCloud has said some great things, as well as Wizard, Comic Buyers Guide (#1296, with Akiko on the cover, I already own, haha) and so on, but I don't have the great quotes to print on the cover for that "prestige", critically acclaimed look, lol.
Yes, it's true, I'll have to sacrifice my original copies of these books, but I'm not excluding anything, covers and columns, it'll all be in there, so I won't be missing anything! Just need some cool quotes.
Also, I'll research what all awards the comics were nominated for.
Mark, err, if you happen to read this, you were kind enough to respond to an email confirming that yes, indeed, you had signed a very limited run of hardcovers and I should scoop it up. It was one of my local comic shop's oddities, being a cliche dark, dirty little dive where girls were gawked at, and mostly DC, Marvel, Image and Dark Horse.
I was hooked. I hunted down the original "mini-ashcan", Overstreet's ashcan, the softcover version, and began collecting the series (eventually bought the colorized version, AND the first book in the Random House series).
Now, I'm wanting to have the series hard bound, and I'm designing dust-jackets and a slipcase. I'm going to include "pockets" for things such as the ashcans, and if I find a copy of Wizard Magazine #86 which includes a short Akiko story.
What I *REALLY* need, however, is quotes! I know Entertainment Weekly December 1998 had great things to say, but I lost my copy (yes, I had that too!), and I'm *sure* Scott McCloud has said some great things, as well as Wizard, Comic Buyers Guide (#1296, with Akiko on the cover, I already own, haha) and so on, but I don't have the great quotes to print on the cover for that "prestige", critically acclaimed look, lol.
Yes, it's true, I'll have to sacrifice my original copies of these books, but I'm not excluding anything, covers and columns, it'll all be in there, so I won't be missing anything! Just need some cool quotes.
Also, I'll research what all awards the comics were nominated for.
