I started buying comics in februari this year and have already bought over 850 dollars worth of comics mostly cuz of your recommendiations its so addicting
You need to watch The Omnibus Collectors' Network recent video about FOMO and budgeting, my friend. :P LOL JK it's your money, but seriously that video is helpful for us Minties haha.
There was a time when I would have said the TPB were my favourite format because it was the best quantity/price ratio. Now I like the single issues for collecting and the omnibus/OHCs for reading because they collect massive runs and the art is magnified. I discovered the omnibus format more than 10 years ago with UXM 1.
@@qrsx66 I actually prefer Trades to Omnibus' because they are much easier to handle but i'm also one who likes to get the most issues for my buck so i love those Image Compendiums of The Walking Dead and Invincible. I decided i'd collect singles of Star Wars and Bounty Hunters,Got the first two of each then Covid hit and my LCS never got the following 3 plus issues. so i just got the first two trades of the new Star Wars.
This was a very good and helpful video, Omar. You know, for the longest time I've heard you say, and others, about the "eye" of the book and for some reason, instead of thinking of an eye, I understood it was an "I", and I couldn't see where the hell was that "I" everyone was talking about. Anyway, it was until recently that I finally saw the true "eye" of an omnibus haha, it was funny.
Omar this vid is fundamental for collectors starting out like me. I've been in the omni game for about a year now and I owe most, if not all, my buys and preorders down to this channel. I recommended anyone new to also check out the NMC vid on how to properly open an omnibus! I cant love this channel enough!
It's simple.. what Omar doesn't know about Comics/ Graphic novels isn't worth knowing..Artists..writers..Editions..back issues..memorable covers..the guy is a human Encyclopedia..!!!
Thank You for this Omar, I learned a lot. I can always cout on you to answer all my beginner questions. I can't believe i now own 8 Omnibus' 7 Compendiums,17 Oversized HC's and many trades. All thanks to you guys, I'm loving the Super Sons Omnibus(Reading it along side Superman Rebirth by Tomasi). Book is so fun! anyways i hope you,Mellonie and the Girls are well. Tons of love to you guys.
This video could not have come at a better time! I’ve been collecting individual issues for years and finally decided to buy my first omni when I heard that there was one collecting the entire Roger Stern Spider-Man run. The only problem is that I have no idea what I’m doing or what any of the terminology is at it relates to the omnibuses, collected additions, and stuff like that. This video really helped with that so thank you.
After watching this channel for 2 years I just recieved my first two collected editions in the mail today. Absolute Swamp Thing Vol. 1 and 2. I’m excited to dive in but I had to watch this video first!
I can tell you guys that it been awesome experience since I started following this channel. Definitely learn a ton. I'm a newbie and I ask a lot of questions and never in the Mintie community has there been a negative reply or someone not willing to help. Definitely listen to the pros they'll have the answers. As a Padawan learner everyone has been great. So follow if you don't and hit the like button!!!!
One thing I wish I had known when I stated collecting it to make sure your books aren't in direct sunlight for prolonged periods of time. It can cause discoloration of the cover and yellowing of the pages.
Because both of my omnishelves are besides a window I have a piece of cardboard blocking the sunlight from hitting each level of the bookshelf. looks weird as hell but hey, my books are protected
Thanks for the detailed insight man. I'm just getting back into comics and I'm starting to really get into the larger formats and collected works. I need to get a job again so I can afford to start building my Omnibus library but I can't wait. Too many good stories to read.
Nicely done, Omar! Very informative. I found your method of breaking the video down by chapter with the index on the right is very helpful and resourceful. I think you must be recently using this method as I thought I saw it on one of your other videos. I too use the dust jackets as place-holders on the shelf. Will pass this vid on to my daughter who gets a lot of these terms confused! 👍
Very good video, Omar. Very informative and definitely something I would have loved to have when I first started. Thank you for putting it together. The only nitpick I have is regarding paper quality. You made it sound like glossy paper is inherently better, but a lot of people consider matte paper the superior choice for comic books. There's also the difference between matte and newsprint, where matte is top quality and newsprint is on the cheaper side.
@@NearMintCondition Can u also do this when u announce previews/solicitations? I like to hear again the specific collection details but it's too difficult to find them later in an hour+ video.
Thanks for the anatomy lesson Professor Omar. Your video on different types of collected editions was one of the first ones I watched last year when I began my quest to collect and read all of Thor and Avengers.
I think it's good to go into OGN, GN, trades, collected editions, etc... Some people get snobbish when trying to distinguish between them. YES, there is a difference between an OGN (never collected graphic novel) and others. As for the rest, there's no REAL difference. Forgive people for mixing things up. GN, trade, etc... Some people will call a hardback a trade, because they don't know the format. Who cares! Some people mistake Deluxe Hardbacks for Omnibus Editions, simply because of the page counts, and because some publishers have a smaller format for their omnibus editions... and a smaller page count. Forgive people, not for their ignorance, but because they may have a different frame of reference. The "pure" terms are, in fact, what Omar is outlining them as, though, and they are appreciated. Very well said. :) Funny thing, from reading books over the years, I've never removed the dust jackets. Reading an omnibus edition, I've never removed them. Now, you have me thinking I should. Of course, I don't travel far when reading them. If I lend them... I think I'll take them off. People are savages!
I bought my first omnibus about 2 months ago, it was uncanny x men vol 1. Since then i bought geoff johns aquaman all 3 vol of GJ green lantern, I have also preordered the hellblazer and the x factor omnibuses. Its safe to say i am addicted to omnibuses. I really wish i had gotten uncanny x men vol 2 back then when it was available also.
Omar you never cease to make my day better!!! As a new reader myself this was extremely helpful and amazing!!! Btw just started watching invincible it is awesome!!! Have you caught up??
Thank!! just found out about the omnibus collections and the different covers were driving me crazy (now I know: DM=direct market=dust cover variation).
This type of video would have been invaluable back when I first started collecting. It's extremely helpful for new collectors. I learned a lot of this over time and through research, but it's great to have everything laid out in one video. Even though I knew this stuff already, I decided to watch anyway. I really liked the simple, un-pretentious way you broke it down for new collectors/readers, Omar, and how you don't treat people like they're stupid for not knowing terminology. Well done! :)
Great video! I used to read mostly manga. I wish I would had found a video like this back when I started reading comics, I was so lost😅 Watching you channel definitely got me more into comics and into reading stories I usually wouldn't had picked on my own.
Again, thank you so much! Started reading during COVID and I'm loving omnibuses and I am a $1 Patreon. Your Batman list and reading order saved me a lot of headaches. Thanks Omar!
I leave my omni dust jackets on my shelf as well while reading the books themselves however other books on the shelf can tip and fall on the jackets also causing damage. Be careful everybody!
This has happened to me unfortunately too many times. Just had a dust jacket get damaged the other day. I’m still trying to figure out the best solution to this lol. Wish there was an easy place to put the dust jacket so there’d be no chance of any damage.
Would you also be able to make a video explaining runs and or storylines in chronological order? Something like a timeline for X-men, Spider-Man, fantastic four etc Best storylines to start and where in the timeline new readers should start etc.
Omar has a few of these on the channel already. Just look for "reading order." I think he's also talked about doing a video or series about good jumping on points for new readers.
What an amazing video, Omar. You said so many things that I needed to learn over the years through trial and error. ASIDE: I've actually found that I prefer OHCS format. It gives me the size of an omni but it is a lot lighter to read. Also, they are almost never reprinted (I think) so there is the "rareness" of them that I like.
Great vid man, I just spent more money than I should have on some issues I've been dying to have/read, I can't help it though, that cover art can be so convincing sometimes and it doesn't help that I enjoy manga as well as Western comics too.
Thank you so much for this video, even though I have bought many comic books I always have a hard time trying to keep up with terminology and even the basic differences between editions so I really appreciate this :)
This is a great video for new readers. Ive been lightly mocked before calling them graphic novels or comics online as certain collectors really look down on the terminology like it is wrong. I dunno why, its silly as long as people get into the books and enjoy them.
I would like to note if you're searching for a specific character's trades,look "collected editions" section on their wikipedia page or "list of ____ titles"
Thanks a lot for this, Omar. It will surely make a difference to all the folks that just started collecting. I’d like to get your views on Omnibus maintenance with regards to storage and block sagging. Am I worrying too much to have so much sag in my Marvel Omnis? Take care!
Hi, Omar ! First of all, big fan of the channel so much awesome content, and thanks to you I've started collecting omnis. So far it's awesome, but like everything in the beggining I am concerned and worried about how to store my omnies. I've watched all types of videos, and still super concerned about what can happen if I keep mine vertically. Now after I watched this video I see that you too are keeping your omnies verticaly. Please tell me if this is the right way of keeping them on the shelf, cuz I am going crazy over here :D Sorry if this is noobish question but I want to keep these books as healthy as long as possible. :) Thank you in advance, and keep up the awesome quality of your channel ^^
Is it strange (pun intended) that i didn't really like Aaron's run on him? 🤔 Really excited about SS3 though!! That is an unexpected but welcome surprise!
I’ve been collecting comics since December 2018. The first ones were Batman: The Killing Joke and Flashpoint, and I got Batman: White Knight for Christmas
I used to be scared of Omnibus, but one day I bought Batman by Grant Morrison Vol 1 because it wasn't that big, then I saw DC Universe by Jack Kirby and bought it because I thought it would be cool to at least own that as an Omnibus and now I want everything to be an omnibus
My question has to do with solicitations, what are they exactly? Also, where I can pre-order from and how I know when pre-orders for books will go live.
Hey Omar! Do you have any information if the incoming Saga of the Swamp Thing trade paperbacks Box Set will be in original colors or recolored ? Thank you !!
I think for the Omnibus presentation you should have picked some Silver Age books, where the different covers are the most obvious and significant, one being a cover from one of the issues in the book or the Standard Edition covers which are messed up new arts in my opinion. :) I hate the Out of Print expression..... to me out of print means, a book just came out of print, so it is available. Books which cannot be found anymore, now these are out of stock. Straight forward no?
Hey I mainly collect OHCs, HCs and some Absolutes, I have now been collecting Omnis, and yes because of your channel, lol, on runs that I have missed or upgrading from TPBs, what bookshelves do you use to support your Omnis?
What is your preference Omar collecting everything from one character or group or collecting a lot of smaller runs from many different characters or a combination of both. In the past i have tended to stick just to avengers, Spider-Man and batman but have been branching out a lot more recently. Now my goal for this year into next year is to get into more indes and try things out of the big 2.
