fono-migration

Got all these pretty colors yesterday I think green would totally clash.

Only until you get your hands on the purple…

But yeah, I wanted orange and blue first because if we didn't get the opportunity to do the other two, at least they make a nice looking pair, and they're common colors for the period we're referencing for them to work on that level.

I do hope we get to see the concept through and make it a set of four, however. Should make a really smart display piece arranged together like the colors on the 1st printing cover.

Nowhere Men is more popular than Jesus.

Also, within the context of all this fervor, has there been any drama regarding Image keeping almost half the ComicsPro as comps to flip themselves?

Whether the print run on a book is 500 or 50,000, there will generally be a couple hundred copies set aside to be divided between the creators and publishing staff, because people who work to bring the book to you deserve to have copies for themselves for their efforts.

And ultimately, it's the collector community that determines the value of our comps. ‘Printing money’, as someone put it, is never a given. No one would be casting aspersions on what is SOP for hundreds of books a year if the market decided all these were good for is lining birdcages.

If its a later printing, thats what it is. I mean, thats the defintion of reprint. How can anyone even argue with that? .

It's actually pretty simple. Reprints are available to anyone by pre-ordering at their LCS, with those numbers determining the print run.

Variants in this case are a fixed number of copies exclusive to certain events/stores/organizations.

These aren't shop variants or mass produced books. No one has to buy them but strategically I think all were made with a purpose and I doubt it was to line the creators pockets.

The genesis was largely that I had a neat concept for an alternate cover style, and we found a practical reason for them to exist.

We could just as easily have rebranded with each new arc—which is something that I also pitched—but I hope folks would agree that they serve a better purpose helping out the CBLDF and rewarding the retail community.

hey fono, any idea of the Comicspro print run?

The only numbers I tend to deal in are page specs.

Epic Fail Image Comics !

Too Many Variants ! How many more #1 variants are coming down the pipeline ? #1 has been out a couple of months and still have variants popping up. Epic FAIL !

But if they get paid why do they care...

Seems we can now call them little DC or little marvel gonna have a million covers.

These are giveaways to a supportive retail community. There's really no correlation with variant programs that encourage retailers to take greater risks by inflating their orders.

Ellen Raskin's cover illustration for the first edition of A Wrinkle in Time was the inspiration for the Thought Bubble cover (also 'Inside World Corp' in #2).

Just about everything design related is a reference to something, and mid-century modern style informs much of the book's aesthetic (and that extends to the fashion and furniture Nate draws).

The #1 cover is based on Lawrence Raskin's jacket design for The Beatles: The Authorised Biography, for instance, and the Thomas Walker interview was patterned after the classic Playboy interview. I'm hoping to be able to include an appendix of all these easter eggs in the collections, including the many musical references within the -script.

Starting to get nervous. 3 variants of #1 and lots of second+ printings.

The CBLDF Liberty Variant is only the second variant of #1, after the Thought Bubble edition.

Regular printings have white backgrounds, while any limited edition variants we've done or we decide to do in future will have colored backgrounds, making it simple to differentiate.

Have we seen the actual cover of NWM #4 anyone (casually changing the subject)?

No.

Would these two issues be considered first appearances?

From what I recall, some names and appearances differ in those back-ups from the current version, so I wouldn't think they'd count.

That surprises me...

It looks higher gloss (maybe from the flash and from me not having handled one).

Yeah, it's the ink. You don't notice so much when paper is gloss coated, but in contrast to the matte stock we're using, you appreciate how reflective the ink itself actually is.

A neat thing about this paper is if you look very, very closely with the book tilted towards the light, you can just about make out the raised edges of the ink lying on the surface.

I will agree. It will be hard to find this book (Thought Bubble) in 9.8. I noticed something on my book before I sent it off. I hope that I can squeak out a 9.8. I am pretty sure it will be a 9.6 at least. Not sure if I am going crazy but it seemed like the cover paper quality is different from the regular cover. E.S., can you confirm this? Is the paper stock different between the two?

 

I haven't even touched a thought bubble, but from the pictures the paper quality looks lighter/glossier. IMHO

It's the same matte paper on both. It's actually the ink that has a slight sheen. You can check the white parts of the TB cover (logo, figures) and see they're non-reflective.

Do you sell your comps ?

Occasionally, but not in a while. Haven't let go of any Nowhere Men as yet.

part of my small horde of NWM 1-3 including 2nd prints ...more than 50 and less than 100 sets :-)

Damn… that's more than I got in comps.

Thanks for the kind words, gents.

It's worth noting that the issue #3 cover illustrations are the first that are 100% Nate's work, whereas #1 and #2 both had digital contributions from myself, which I guess might make the OA for each a bit less impressive from a collector's point of view.

Based on what we've discussed for future covers, I'd say #3 may end up being one of the few where the line art as you see it on the book will be the lines you're getting on the bristol board.

Steven