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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 15:42:41 GMT -5
What?  What am I waiting for then??? I think I am going to get this done with Dixon's "Robin" series, too. Without having looked, do you have to remove all the staples and put them in order before mailing them off to the company, or do you just print out precise instructions and the company does it for you? Those are the things I need to figure out before I do something like this. And I still need to figure out what I want. They have all of that information in their FAQ on the website. There are three types of binding: Oversew, glue and hand sew. Oversewn books can be 2.5" thick and are very durable but they don't open as flat. Glued books can be 1.5" thick and open a litter flatter but it doesn't work with glossy paper. Hand sew can be 1.5" thick and the book will be built like a Marvel omnibus but the process costs $10 extra. Hand sewn books require you to leave the issues intact as part of the binding process, as thread is sewn through the folded spine. Oversewn and glued books don't need intact issues since they're cut into individual pages so you can remove double page ads and backcovers, which add up to a considerable amount of thickness in older books, and also mix trades into your binds. So between the three methods there are pros and cons depending on what you want: A smaller and more flexible binding with ads at a higher price, a larger and less flexible binding with reduced ads at a cheaper price or a compromise that is only available for older books. Since older books usually have more margin to start with and are printed on newsprint it's pretty convenient to get a monstrous 2.5" oversewn book, since the book will be lighter than it looks, hold a lot of issues and still read well. A lot of people also make custom title pages and TOCs to stick in the front of their book and some even put together extrensive DVD extras in the back. There are a lot of options for how you want your book to look and read. A lot of choices to make before making a decision. Thank you for this!!!! I didn't actually know the pros and cons of the different ways the books could be done or what exactly they meant. I much appreciate this!  |
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Post by crazyoldhermit on Jan 12, 2015 18:33:16 GMT -5
They have all of that information in their FAQ on the website. There are three types of binding: Oversew, glue and hand sew. Oversewn books can be 2.5" thick and are very durable but they don't open as flat. Glued books can be 1.5" thick and open a litter flatter but it doesn't work with glossy paper. Hand sew can be 1.5" thick and the book will be built like a Marvel omnibus but the process costs $10 extra. Hand sewn books require you to leave the issues intact as part of the binding process, as thread is sewn through the folded spine. Oversewn and glued books don't need intact issues since they're cut into individual pages so you can remove double page ads and backcovers, which add up to a considerable amount of thickness in older books, and also mix trades into your binds. So between the three methods there are pros and cons depending on what you want: A smaller and more flexible binding with ads at a higher price, a larger and less flexible binding with reduced ads at a cheaper price or a compromise that is only available for older books. Since older books usually have more margin to start with and are printed on newsprint it's pretty convenient to get a monstrous 2.5" oversewn book, since the book will be lighter than it looks, hold a lot of issues and still read well. A lot of people also make custom title pages and TOCs to stick in the front of their book and some even put together extrensive DVD extras in the back. There are a lot of options for how you want your book to look and read. A lot of choices to make before making a decision. Thank you for this!!!! I didn't actually know the pros and cons of the different ways the books could be done or what exactly they meant. I much appreciate this! Heres a good visual overview of the three binding types that really shows the difference between the types: |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 21:04:01 GMT -5
Thank you for this!!!! I didn't actually know the pros and cons of the different ways the books could be done or what exactly they meant. I much appreciate this! Heres a good visual overview of the three binding types that really shows the difference between the types: Thanks!!!! Seriously, thank you. This an awesome help! |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 25, 2016 5:33:53 GMT -5
That's right. And the Mona Lisa is just a bunch of paint strokes  True, but binding comic books isn't messing with the original art. We're not buying original Bristol board comic book art and colouring it in with felt pens. The Mona Lisa is unique*. Comic books are reproductions. There are plenty of books with reproductions of the Mona Lisa in. The last book I made up was made from issues 7-11 of Kirby's New Gods from 1972. I'll be making up a book from issues 1-6 when I can find a cheap enough copy of number 1. These are not museum pieces. They're low grade comic books meant to be read by kids and passed on to be read again. My bound copies of New Gods will be more accessible and more often read (by me and my three kids at least) in a bound book than individually bagged, boarded, filed, and forgotten in a box. *Though that is a debatable point given that there are several contemporaneous versions of the painting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculations_about_Mona_Lisa#Other_versionsGood point. But, I cringe at the thought of potentially destroying my comics trying this method. |
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