Stark Resilient

The more I look at the cover for the hardcover, the more I kinda hope it's one of those placeholder covers. It looks too much like something outta a Hickman/Bodenheim comic, which don't get me wrong, I love the work they do together, but I think this cover doesn't quite do justice to the art of EoW, specifically Martin's brilliant colors. I'm not really feeling the Orange Death.

I always thought it'd be really cool if they did editions dressed up to look like the books that contain the message. Essentially make them look like various religious texts on the covers.

Same! Another reason to look forward to July!

Dragotta OA <3

I have a pretty nice looking Image Expo variant that's gonna be in my next batch of submissions.. I have to find a nice looking copy of The World tho.. Mine doesn't look like a 9.8

Came home to a heavy box from the CGC! Got some comics added to my set, and now I'm sitting at the 2 spot! It's a good day! pic in a spoiler tab because it's huge

You guys and your 9.9s But really tho, nice set! Although don't get too comfy in my 3 spot, I'm coming back for it as soon as my books get back from the CGC!

I caved.. I looked. Out of 20 books, I got 18 9.8s. I submitted Issue 1, 13, 14, 15, 16,16 McKelvie, and 2 sets of connecting covers. One of my PRA covers got a 9.2 and one of my Armistice Covers got a 9.4. I wonder if something happened to them during the shipping.. Overall, for my first submission, I have to say.. I don't think I did too bad. I'm very excited to have a full set of 9.8 connecting covers!

Just to the shipping level of my CGC submission, which means the grades are available online.. Do I look or do I wait!? The struggle is real

This one is way more Yellow tho.. The color of 13 was a little more muted

According to the solicitations, EoW volume 4 is only 4 issues, and 20 starts the new arc.. That's different. Also, not sure how I feel about that cover.. I don't know if the Yellow is working for me.

That book as been on ebay for a long time

We're about to close out this arc, so I'm expecting major things in the next two issues. Especially with the implications of the end of this issue

I really do enjoy the colors as well. This is it for me. It's a really big pet peeve of mine when the design changes in the middle of a series for no reason.

Still waiting for my books to ship from CGC.. Meanwhile, here's the updated cover for 18.. It's looks pretty good all put together.

The Message is the prophecy of the end of the world, by way of the Four Horsemen. What the Four Horsemen are is something of a mystery, but they're certainly not Human. The beginning of issue one makes it fairly clear that we are watching The Message unfold, and that there is a connection between the two.. First, we have the three prophets who first told the Message introduce us to what's about to happen: And then the next panel on the next page: The connection between the Horsemen and the Message is also visually shown throughout the series. For example, here's how War, Conquest, and Famine stack the bodies in issue 1: And the symbol on Ezra's robe, who is the keeper of the Message: This isn't a book that is going to tell you all the answers too quickly. Hickman isn't the type of writer to just lay it all out. He's going to take us on a journey, and slowly answer some questions here and there, but tease us just enough to make us question more. Honestly, I hope that by the end he can wrap up most of the main plot threads when it's all said and done, but I would also like to see some things remain ambiguous at the end. This series really benefits from multiple read throughs, and I wouldn't want that to change when the series is over.

Welcome to the club!

Is there a way to check it online? Part of me wants to looks, while another part of me wants to be surprised when they get here. EDIT: Never mind, I found it.. No grade is listed yet

Sooo.. My comics are graded..

Welp, that's a little depressing. Thanks for the heads up though.

I've got 20 EoW books scheduled for grading! This is my first time submitting, so once it hits this stage, about how long does it take for them to get graded and shipped out?

It looks great! What came out different than what you thought?

50 Issues is fine by me. I'm just gonna enjoy the ride, and hope that I love the ending.

Agreed that it was slow. The last few pages were very well directed tho!