Episode 39: Omnibus, Hardcover, & Graphic Novel Collection Tour! 

Hi, Where did you get your bookshelves? How is yours not sagging. I just got mine from Livingspaces and it is sagging =(

@@MrLorenzoVids I use Billys and Kallax from IKEA. We are actually going to make a video on our trip to IKEA sometime next month and picking the right bookshelf.

Near Mint Condition the deadly class book you had, was it a deluxe edition? The deluxe has the pink cover and yours was blue.

Thank you for the kind words. It took years to build it up.

How much is it all worth do u think.

Thank you for taking the time to watch it. I think I need to shoot my European collection next.

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Thank you for the kind words, good sir.

They have definitely kept me reading. It's just so much easier to do so with collected editions.

I know lots of people aren't fans of the Compendiums because of their build, but I happen to really like them. I have my Rising Stars, Witchblade and Darkness still. Just in softcover not HC.

Omar Valdivieso My first volume of Darkness has terrible binding.

Not a fan of paperbacks

Thank you, brother. I've been collecting collected editions for 15 years and I hope one day Marvel collects all our X-men in omni or hell I'll take OHCs.

Ha! Old school!

I sold most of my comics (Still kept my Uncanny and all the X-titles) a few years ago and went the HC and omnibus way and never looked back. There are so many damn series that I can recommend. Like even if someone were to ask for a top 10, I could perhaps do a TOP 25. That is, of course my opinion. Let me know when you got your set up all up and going.

Thank you for the kind words, good sir. It did take years to beef up my library, but I think it was well worth it. I'll be doing my manga and European book collection tour sometime in the near future. BTW, one day you will get that Zack!

Thank you for the comment, brother. I had to call Amazon three times and Barnes and Noble once for them to honor the prices. If it wasn't for that glitch my collection would have just been the X-men collections.

Yes, I completely agree. That 90s era is finally getting some love, because honestly there were some great gems there. Bring on New Warriors Volume 2 and Darkhawk Omnis!!!! :)

Thank you for the kind words, Trey.

That glitch was amazing. So many great deals. Perhaps one day someone will mess up again. :)

Thank you, sir.

The Library has lots going for it. Oversized art, better binding and a gorgeous presentation. The Omnibus is softcover, but it's thicker. Those Library Editions go in and out of stock so just keep an eye out.

I can't imagine what my collection would look like if I bought everything.

one more thing i really like the toy collections...which toys are those (marvel and DC shelf) - venom, spiderman, wolverine, magneto, nightwing, robin, joker, quinn etc? those are just great :)

The Marvel ones are from gashapon machines in Japan and the Batman ones are mini One Coin Figures from Kotobukiya.

Thank you so much for the kind words, brother. 50 is a huge start. When I started over 15 years ago, I had one omni and a couple of trades. Then I decided to just sell my comics.

Thank you for watching and the comment. I completely understand the whole lack of time. Usually I wait till the kids are asleep before I read...and that's if I'm not playing videogames. I highly recommend the IDW Transformers and Turtles. We have an upcoming episode on why You MUST read IDW Transformers.

Thank you so much for watching.

I recently did a top 20 non superhero Graphic Novels list.

Thank you sir, for checking our channel out and keep rocking it with your channel.

Fantastic, thank you very much for the kind words. Hardly rich. Just been at the game for many years. Those statues I bought while I was in Japan. They came out of the vending machines (gashapons).

The day is coming, believe that.

Muchas gracias, hermano. De que parte de España vives?

Thank you for watching, my brother. Always!

Jeremy, I'll be honest and sadly I don't own any Hermes Press. Other than the Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, Far Side and some Dennis the Menace I don't have any comic strip collections. I really really want to get the Pogo and Phantom collections.

Correct, they did. However the Hardcovers and the new trades are missing a couple of things that I hope they add to the omnibus. But that's just wishful thinking on my part. :)

Omar Valdivieso Are they reprinting the omnibus?

They haven't announced an omnibus, but it's just my wishful thinking. Everything else Morrison has done has gotten an omnibus or Absolute edition at DC.

I've picked up the first of the newly released volumes, but haven't gotten around to the rest yet. I just can't help but think how strange it is that with things like Justice League Detroit getting an Omnibus, Grant Morrison's JLA run doesn't seem to be getting one anytime soon. You'd think that with the Justice League film about to come out that they'd be taking this time to throw it back out in Omnibus format, like they're doing with Justice League International.

Thank you so much +thovlasslayer I'm planning a tour of my European books and manga soon. Thank you for subscribing and watching.

Thank you. You could say this collection was years in the making.

Thank you so much for the kind words. I have an updated version coming in November. :)

Which one do you have? Also, check out my updated room tour.

@@NearMintCondition ok I will appon looking at my copy again I think there the same but im not sure cause my copy didn't come in the case that yours has.

Maus is really good and deep. The art isn't for everyone, but the story is beautiful.

Thank you so much for watching.

I would be happy to do that sometime.

@@NearMintCondition Awesome! Thanks Omar.

Thank you for watching and subscribing brother. It's a passion of mine and I love talking about the different collections of comics that have come out in the past. I wish I could get into the statue game, but man I spend so much on books and videogames already. I have some, but no big items. Going to check out your channel.

Joe, welcome to this wonderful crazy world of comics. The advance solicitations usually come out three to four months before the omni is released. We usually do something called amazon fishing where we look for new books. As far as selling. I actually made a video on where to sell your books other than amazon and ebay.

Near Mint Condition Thank you so much. I really enjoy your videos.

Thank you so much for the kind words. It means alot.

Thank you so much and I hope you checked out the updated tour.

You have now. This is the original tour. My udpated one came out in March.

Thank you, sir.

It does include the one shots. I was crazy. :)

Kevin, first of all thank you for watching. I prefer to read things in one sitting, when I'm at home. When I'm traveling I love taking trade paperbacks (easier to carry and pack). Omnibuses get quite heavy to lug around. But at least to me the omnibus treatment of a series is the definitive edition of the comic. I hope that helps.

I will be happy to do that. i thought about it in the past but I people have asked and I think I'm ready to make that video. So keep an eye out on the channel and thank you for watching.

Oh yes! I love me some Joe Madureira!

Never joke about burning comic. ;)

I tend to go for Hardcovers and omnis if I really like a story. As I mentioned in the video Cable and Deadpool I bought several times. Started with the comics then the trades, then the ultimate editions and finally the omnibus. Some collections are only offered in TPB format though such as the case with most of the 90s DC titles or lesser known titles like Avengers Academy or New Mutants. It depends on how you like to read too. Holding those omnis and absolutes can get tiring unless you read them in bed so TPBs are nice for comfort. I hope that helps you.

Dylan thank you for commenting. I did upload a video of all my DC Rebirth HCs about a month or so ago. I freaking love them! You can check out the video on the channel.

Found it right after I asked Haha. Thanks!

kurumais you aren’t the first person to mention this. I just shot my updated tour today and it should come out this Thursday.

I have not read any of Armory Wars.

If you ever get the chance, I recommend it! I do believe they are currently out of print, unfortunately.

@@dylanbrown5087 I will have to keep an eye for them then. Thank you.

Charles, thank you so much for watching. I own the NU52 books, but have only read the first 10 issues of Aquaman. That is on my list of books to read this year.

Near Mint Condition Awesome, liking it so far? And how beautiful is Reis’ art?

Digging it. I'm about to wrap up John's run.

This is the line of books you are looking for Catwoman by Brubaker: www.amazon.com/Catwoman-Vol-1-Trail/dp/1401233848/?tag=nearmintcon-20

LOL I think it's time to do an updated tour.

@@NearMintCondition yay I have been. Binge watching your old stuff its great god damn I love comics and your channel of course lol um when do you think we could see it lol just curious sorry lol

I will do an updated tour in April :) Thank you for watching.

@@NearMintCondition your welcome I hope you guys get big soon your so kind to everyone man keep up the amazing vids

The original? It's the Ultimate editions. Make sure you get the HCs and not the softcover books: www.amazon.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Collection/dp/1613770073/?tag=nearmintcon-20

I ended up picking Zenith up. When I do an updated collection this October, I can show it off. Where would I start on Judge Dredd? There is just so much out there?

Near Mint Condition I'd say start with Judge Dredd Origins and America these will fill you in on how everything has become the way it is and how dredd started out and then read case files 1 and 5 and then if you like it you could read all the case files and read other stories such as Mega City Zero or Blessed Earth or newer things like Deep End and Urban Warfare , hope this helped !

okay I have noted those. Thank you so much, seriously. I have seen the artist centric collections and almost dove into those.

It really depends on what you like. For example my first trade paperback was Batman Year 2. I bought it because I had the first three comics and was missing the fourth book. I decided this was a better way for me to collect my comics. So instead of buying comics I trade waited. If you are into Marvel and DC. I suggest one of the Marvel Epic lines like Captain America or Avengers. The DC Rebirth books have been a ton of fun to read and I highly suggest reading some of those. Specially Batman, Detective, Flash, Titans and Action Comics. They are releasing deluxe Hardcovers collecting the first 12 comics of each title starting this summer. If you want to dive a little into the Marvel and DC tpbs I would suggest: Batman: the Killing Joke, X-men: God Loves Man Kills and Runaways because its so new reader friendly. I hope I was able to help a bit.

Sir Uly i started out with batman the long halloween and watchmen

Great suggestions.

dc's "earth one" books are a great starting point in my opinion

Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.

smerdp thank you so much. I plan to doing an updated tour early next year.

Near Mint Condition Sweet I look forward to it bet you got some nice additions this year. Still cannot believe that Inferno buy what a steal it’s one of those holy grails I am desperate to get it.

I have a strong feeling that Inferno will be rereleased as an omnibus.

Near Mint Condition I think it would be a wise profitable move on there part it’s been years since the original release, especially after a very successful Mutant Massacre Omnibus last year.

Thank you and to each their own, my dood. I liked his DD and Powers and I think his Miles Morales is the best thing he wrote, but I just can't dig his other works. It's not for lack of trying either.

Houchen Library is what I've used in the past.

I have both...but sadly there are only three Chuck Dixon tpbs collecting his run. We need four more to go all the way up to Simone's.

Near Mint Condition I got the 3 by Chuck Dixon but they need to go up to the Gail Simone run which I would like to read maybe one day it'll release those I loved Gail run on Batgirl that she did for the new 52

Her Birds of Prey is up there for me with her run on Secret Six. It is truly amazing. She made me the Oracle fan I am today.

Thank you Craig, I think I will start doing a segment doing exactly this.

Near Mint Condition Your welcome mate! Awesome thanks. I’m trying to find any Epic Collection!

I sold all my Essentials years ago.

It's there. Well, the first three volumes at the :36 mark. What I am missing is the Scalped HCs. :)

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These are just the Ikea Billys with the additional shelf. I have tried many others and these work the best for me.

Orteth, Thank you for watching. I usually have them stored the way that they are shown in this video. I have been collecting omnis for over 12 years and the heaviest omnis I own (Thor, Amazing Spidey 1 and Infinite Crisis) don't have any problems. Just the ridiculous glue binding that they used on Infinite Crisis.

Thanks for the answer! I read somewhere that some guys were havig poroblems even with the sewed ones, exactly because of the weight of some of them. They even used post it or pieces of cardboard to try to mitigate the weight problem. But thanks again!

I can't really speak for them, but I've never had any issues with mine. And some have had multiple readings. The only ones I can think of that had problems were the Top Cow Witchblade and Darkness Hard Cover collections. Those things came apart before the first reading.

Oh, from which issue. Starman is one of my favorite comics, ever.

Muchas gracias, hermano. Peruano aqui tambien!

I always strongly recommend the EC books. They are now being published by Dark Horce as the EC collection. Such as Tales From the Crypt, Haunt of Fear and Vault of Horror. Anything by Junji Ito always manages to creep me out like his Museum of Terror, Uzumaki, Gyo or Tomie. I really have enjoyed the Creepy and Eerie collections. I hope that helps.

Appreciate it, brother.

I think that was the original idea and then they changed their mind and went with whatever.

Absolutely you can. You can even do a mix of tpbs and single issues. I have an episode coming out on Monday that will show my monthly haul and in it you can see some custom binds that are only tpbs, only single issues and a mix of single issues, tpbs and hard covers.

That's awesome! Cuz I'm planning on getting a custom bind of Greg Rucka's rebirth run of Wonder Woman in the trade paperback ordering of issues. Thing is, I started collecting the single issues late and am missing the first 8 issues, hence why I'd like use the trades instead.

You can mix and match, just take out the actual cover of the tpb. They come off easier than I though since it's just glue holding them together. If you have any questions, just hit me up.

Absolutely! I just gotta find out what/how I want this binding done first. I literally just discovered custom binding yesterday, so I need to do some research!

Actually, that could be an idea for another episode: Tips/advice/various options of custom binding comics...unless you're already planning on doing that haha

It's there. At the 30:53 mark. :)

So many years of collecting and selling my comics, my brother.

They are the Ikea Billy with the extra shelf extension.

Most of these are the Billy from IKEA.

@@NearMintCondition thanks for reply I will look into getting those after a little saving or a lot lol

I sure can. Thank you for watching.

I read digital comics and then if I really like something I will buy the collected edition. I buy just a couple of floppies a month if it's a main event I really can't wait to read. I also read manga and European comics. And sometimes when I have time, I read a book :)

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Selling blood and plasma brother. Honestly, I've been collecting collected editions for over a decade. Sold most of my comic single issues, because I'd rather have them on a shelf.

Thank you for watching. The shelf is the IKEA Billy. Which you can just get online or go to an IKEA store. My Billys do have the shelf extensions, though.

thanks a lot for replying dude! epic collection btw

Thank you so much for the kind words.

Thank you for watching.

very!

I would say about 75% of my collection I have read. I have a hard time catching up with monthly releases that I still buy. I thought about waiting and playing catch up.

I'll be honest. I have thought about this for years. If something were to happen like that. I Couldn't start over. I would stick to digital and call it a day. :)

Algunos libros como Incal, Metabarons, Bouncer. Pero quiero leer Blueberry.

Time to change that! :)

Omar Valdivieso A book's at school. I could grab it sometime :)

They are really worth a look.

Omar Valdivieso The one's at school are too long for me :P

Teach me the ways, homie. I need to know. Because that's a side of books I want to get into.

​@@NearMintCondition Sure thing. The first thing that comes to mind for most people when thinking 2000ad is of course Judge Dredd, which is fortunately collected in chronological order in the so called "Complete Case Files". The thing is, originally the comic was aimed at a younger audience and thus it took some time for it to mature and achieve it's full potential, hence why vol 1 of the "Complete Case Files" might be a rocky start for newcomers. "America" might be a good place to start if you're interested in Dredd. Judge Anderson, a side character of Dredd has her own comic series as well which are being collected under "The Complete Psi Files". You can't go wrong with Slaine, written by Patt Mills, as it is based on Celtic mythology and features some of the best artwork around. "The Horned God" in particular is a must have, and a good starting point, with gorgeous fully-painted art by Simon Bisley. Then you've got The A.B.C. Warriors which are bad-ass robots with distinct personalities that are designed to withstand Atomic, Bacterial and Chemical warfare, hence the name. Since they're personalities are so far apart from each other, it tends to generate conflicts between them that are often times comical. Timeline with this guys goes all over the place though since they're robots and can live on through centuries if not millennia. It's being collected under the name "Mek Files". If you want to delve more into the post-apocalyptic you've got Strontium Dog. A bounty hunter who travels through the Cursed Earth, a vast wasteland that exists outside the walls of Mega-City One. Nemesis the Warlock is also highly recommended with great writing by Pat Mills and generally features insanely good artwork. It's been collected under "The Complete Nemesis The Warlock". Button Man is a self contained story that despite having been published by 2000ad, it exists outside of the 2000ad universe. It's an excellent action packed thriller with near perfect pacing, written by John Wagner and illustrated by Arthur Ranson, well worth a read. It's been collected under the name "Get Harry Hex". If you want to delve more into the wacky and bizarre you can find Devlin Waugh, a body-building camp homosexual exorcist priest, employed by the future Vatican City, who's also a vampire. Go figure... Collected in the volumes "Swimming in Blood" and "Red Tide", and it features some great fully painted art by Sean Phillips. Shakara is also very good. Written by Robbie Morrison and with great art by Henry Flint, it is set in a time where humanity has been extinguished, and it follows this cool looking and enigmatic character by the name of Shakara who travels the galaxy on a quest to take revenge upon those responsible for the destruction of it's people. I must have forgotten a bunch of other characters, such as the Rogue Troopers, Zenith, Bad Company, etc. But it's already enough to give you an idea of 2000ad as a whole.

Dood thank you so much. I have saved your comment as a word document. Next time I go to cons I will be looking for these books.

@@NearMintCondition Glad I could help

You should put that on a shirt. :)

Completely agree 100%

@@NearMintCondition the 1990s Russ Cochran/Gemstone reprints were the first comics I collected. I was a kid then. And I had the original black and white hardcover EC Library. Awesome stuff. My favorite title was Crime SuspenStories.

I'm hoping to one day collect all the EC books, now that Dark Horse is publishing them.

It's collected in the Elektra Omnibus. Which is shown around the 29:44 mark. What I did sell were the Bendis DD omnis, because I had the OHCs.

The frank miller Bill Sienkiewicz elecktra? That's one of my favorite graphic novels of all time

Yes sir. It's included in that omnibus. So I got rid of the TPB.

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