tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post2232959841837233357..comments2024-01-02T07:48:42.623-05:00Comments on Comics And...Other Imaginary Tales: Indies Preview for August Part 2 of 2Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352163584546054887noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-71155616346703985792013-07-03T14:25:39.906-04:002013-07-03T14:25:39.906-04:00The copy on the solicitation does not say it is sh...The copy on the solicitation does not say it is shot from the original art. Back then the colorist had acetate copies of the pages, maybe it was shot from them, but I'm not getting this one.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352163584546054887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-90906736329503220092013-07-03T14:04:42.555-04:002013-07-03T14:04:42.555-04:00Their copy text is misleading. The art books are ...Their copy text is misleading. The art books are worse than Omnibuses. You've got to have them, but you read them even less.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894454259041852707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-85634055085629592242013-07-03T13:31:29.269-04:002013-07-03T13:31:29.269-04:00The BWS Conan is pub'd at 14x19 so it's at...The BWS Conan is pub'd at 14x19 so it's at original size. And it's not color... well it's scanned in color but all the pages are black/white. The only way to do a book like this is to do it from original art. Someone must have tracked down the original pages, or BWS still has them, in order to do it.<br /><br />As for the oversized Next Men... they were awful. I loved the first hc, got the second and it looks like crap on the shelf because they are different sizes. Not to mention when it was scanned up, the lines lost clarity so it looks muddy in places. Just a bad decision by IDW.<br /><br />Check the library for the Opera books, you can usually find one (not all) of them there. <br /><br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941136992562060124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-60055023502814179052013-07-03T12:25:56.042-04:002013-07-03T12:25:56.042-04:00Yeah, if you saw how John Byrne's Next Men was...Yeah, if you saw how John Byrne's Next Men was "grown" to fit a larger size -- it didn't work. It has to be scanned from the smaller size, because color wasn't applied until after it was shrunk. I agree the alphabet and Opera book look interesting -- maybe when I've caught up on all my other purchases. Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894454259041852707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-21776586964901173622013-07-03T11:05:51.346-04:002013-07-03T11:05:51.346-04:00I have had to swear off the original art size book...I have had to swear off the original art size books, too many of them and I will end up with about 8 to 10 of them. I want this one, but it says it is presented in the original art size and not necessarily shot from the original art like IDW books. So a pass. Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352163584546054887noreply@blogger.com