It’s a great way to read Invincible. I really love custom binding comics and think it’s a great way to keep my collection easily accessible to read. If you’re just getting started with the hobby I would suggest starting with something that you don’t love. Only because the amount of decisions you need to make can be overwhelming and you won’t know your preferences until you see them in hand. Houchen Bindery is my favorite (they are now called HF Grouo I think). And there are custom binding groups on Facebook where you can connect with the community for advice and help.
thank you! i recently bought a 70 lot of all shade the changing man, and was worried about all the individual issues getting lost or damaged. i am new to comic collecting, i like to read them, i like to bring them places. knowing theres a professional place that can get them all together for me saves me so much stress about ruining my comics. thank you again :)
I don’t think they do unfortunately. Comic book binding is a small part of their business. There are groups on Facebook for buying and trading custom bound comics though. Maybe someone has something close there?
So the book binder used a glue binding which let me order and arrange the individual pages as I see fit. If you get in touch with Houchen Bindery they will help walk you through the process. They do all the heavy lifting, I just put everything in the order I wanted it.
I don’t have a total tally of what I spent. I used the compendiums to cut down on the cost of the main series which helped. The binding costs about $50-$60 per book depending on what options you choose.
Do you design the hardcover and everything? I got a work commissioned by someone who had great works and now I’m thinking I might not get the flash of great covers because I didn’t provide something custom
God, I miss the age of a Batman editor who casually tossed off references to Susan Sontag and Aristotle. This guy is more single-handedly responsible for everything good about the character than any other solitary person.
Umm... NO for many reasons: -Good writers can only write what they know, relate to, or fantasize about. -Male comic writers are trying to sell that to audiences who connect with it. -There is nothing wrong with that, ever. -Female comic writers are welcome to write about their own knowledge, relating, or fantasies, anytime. -Then go sell that to audiences who connect with that or find a publisher who wants to. Write what you connect to, but never tell any writer to write anything they do not. If a story is chasing too many demographics, it will repel all of them. If anyone wants to write anything they wish, from hyper-sexualized hyper-idealized one-dimensional fantasy people, to outright smut, and can find an audience who wants that, good for them. Publishers should be free to go after any audiences they wish, and use writers who can get them. From there on, it's just competition for market share... and THAT is what people protect. Their own income, relevance, and careers. You are welcome to go for yours. It will not & can not be fair. Bc it just boils down to money.
Enjoyed your video. Regarding the blue/green side of the image not matching the blue/green of the glasses, I bought a nice pair of anaglyph glasses only to find out the lens was much too blue to block out the red. A standard cheap pair of anaglyph glasses with a greenish lens worked fine.
Totally with him on the over rendered comic - something about them really throws you out of the flow and distracts from the reading of the comic. It turns a single panel into a distracting piece of 'art', rather than a piece of the whole. There are some artists I really admire the skill of, but I think they're terrible comic artists; reading their work from panel to panel is like pulling teeth.
I would keep in mind this interview was from eight years ago at this point. I don’t think they had been bought by Amazon yet. I am sure that the purchase changed the process dramatically.
@@thecomicarchive Do you happen to know if Herring & Robinson Bookbinders is still around? I loved your CrossGen books so much that I wanted to get some of my own made, but can't seem to find a website by them anymore, thanks.
Unfortunately Herring & Robinson closed up shop. There aren’t many places that have the library of die stamps that they did. I just tried out Capital Bindery in Omaha and really liked the results. Houchen Bindery is an option too, though their prices are getting a little steep.
@@thecomicarchive Drat! Those CrossGen die stamps you have are amazing. I'll try out Capital Bindery and again - thank you for your help. It's appreciated.
