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Post by commond on Jan 6, 2024 0:30:42 GMT -5
So Howard the Duck got quite a few picks in the recent Christmas Classic Comics threads and I barely know anything about him as I've never read a bronze-age comic. I asked my dealer about him to check out a few copies, he doesn't have any of the comics but he does have a couple of 1980s B&W Howard the Duck magazines, says one has a back up story with Dracula in it. Were those magazines reprints or original stories? I'll be checking them out eventually.... They are original stories, but they're written by Bill Mantlo not Steve Gerber. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 6, 2024 3:07:06 GMT -5
So Howard the Duck got quite a few picks in the recent Christmas Classic Comics threads and I barely know anything about him as I've never read a bronze-age comic. I asked my dealer about him to check out a few copies, he doesn't have any of the comics but he does have a couple of 1980s B&W Howard the Duck magazines, says one has a back up story with Dracula in it. Were those magazines reprints or original stories? I'll be checking them out eventually.... They are original stories, but they're written by Bill Mantlo not Steve Gerber. ...and they're awful, at least storywise. They have nice art by Gene Colan, Michael Golden, and Marshall Rogers, though. But if you really want a taste of what made Howard special, see if you can find a reasonably priced copy of the Essential Howard the Duck before you commit to buying any of the color comics.
Cei-U! I summon the Master of Quak Fu!
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Post by commond on Jan 6, 2024 4:19:34 GMT -5
I don't think they're that bad but then I don't think Gerber's stories are that great either, so ymwv. They retcon some of the stuff Gerber did and feature one highly controversial scene.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jan 6, 2024 9:48:33 GMT -5
They are original stories, but they're written by Bill Mantlo not Steve Gerber. ...and they're awful, at least storywise. They have nice art by Gene Colan, Michael Golden, and Marshall Rogers, though. But if you really want a taste of what made Howard special, see if you can find a reasonably priced copy of the Essential Howard the Duck before you commit to buying any of the color comics. Cei-U! I summon the Master of Quak Fu!
There's a 2 volume collection of the Gerber run in trade paperback from Marvel that came out less than 5 years ago. I picked them up from Lonestar in one of their Thanksgiving Booksgiving specials when you got a "free" trade for every X you spent, so they shouldn't be that pricey on the market if you want a color option instead of the Essentials (though I used to have the Essentials volume and that's how I read the run). -M |
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Post by MDG on Jan 6, 2024 13:23:06 GMT -5
...and they're awful, at least storywise. They have nice art by Gene Colan, Michael Golden, and Marshall Rogers, though. But if you really want a taste of what made Howard special, see if you can find a reasonably priced copy of the Essential Howard the Duck before you commit to buying any of the color comics. Cei-U! I summon the Master of Quak Fu!
There's a 2 volume collection of the Gerber run in trade paperback from Marvel that came out less than 5 years ago. I picked them up from Lonestar in one of their Thanksgiving Booksgiving specials when you got a "free" trade for every X you spent, so they shouldn't be that pricey on the market if you want a color option instead of the Essentials (though I used to have the Essentials volume and that's how I read the run). -M I'll have to keep an eye out for those--never read any Howard (Duck, not Robert E.) |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jan 7, 2024 18:13:20 GMT -5
Manara has done an adaptation of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. The edition is in Italian I believe. Does anyone know if there is (or is planned) an English translation for the US market or if it is available (in Italian) from any US distributor?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2024 20:40:02 GMT -5
Manara has done an adaptation of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. The edition is in Italian I believe. Does anyone know if there is (or is planned) an English translation for the US market or if it is available (in Italian) from any US distributor? -M
I'm seeing it on ebay.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 7, 2024 20:53:09 GMT -5
Manara has done an adaptation of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. The edition is in Italian I believe. Does anyone know if there is (or is planned) an English translation for the US market or if it is available (in Italian) from any US distributor? -M I see Spanish language editions on Amazon; but not English. My guess is that it hasn't had an English translation, yet. Given how much of his work has been translated and sold in the US market, I suspect it is a matter of time. Either Dark Horse or Fantagraphics had released a series collecting his work; so, I would suspect one of those two or Europe Comics, or a US p[ublisher might put one out in the next year or so. Especially with those two names involved. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2024 19:36:53 GMT -5
Why are high-grade copies still called 'File Copies' when the publisher isn't around anymore? Or are the DELL files kept in someone's closet?
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Post by foxley on Jan 8, 2024 20:18:52 GMT -5
Why are high-grade copies still called 'File Copies' when the publisher isn't around anymore? Or are the DELL files kept in someone's closet? I believe they are sometimes marked as file copies. Also,if something was a file copy, it is almost guaranteed to be very good conditon, so identifying something as file copy will indicate that. |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jan 8, 2024 20:19:03 GMT -5
Why are high-grade copies still called 'File Copies' when the publisher isn't around anymore? Or are the DELL files kept in someone's closet? I would guess to indicate they were uncirculated copies i.e. copies that didn't go out to newsstands, drug stores, etc., but stayed in the publisher's offices at the time of release, not to indicate they are still in those files. It's a matter of establishing pedigree, that the books were not among those handled by the distribution chain, which is why they remained in higher grades than circulated copies. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2024 23:19:40 GMT -5
I believe they are sometimes marked as file copies.
Hmmm, that's interesting....whenever I see them listed I never see any pics showing a mark, or stamp to indicate that, so I tend to wonder how those copies would differ from other high grade copies that might have been circulated, but are still in high grade.
Like these books, which were found in a warehouse...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2024 23:33:27 GMT -5
I would guess to indicate they were uncirculated copies i.e. copies that didn't go out to newsstands, drug stores, etc., but stayed in the publisher's offices at the time of release, not to indicate they are still in those files. It's a matter of establishing pedigree, that the books were not among those handled by the distribution chain, which is why they remained in higher grades than circulated copies.
Would current day 'Artist Proofs' be considered file copies? As an example, there was a recent convention variant with 400 printed copies, and each had a numbered COA. Lo and behold, the artist bought in 10 more copies described as Artist Proofs which looked exactly the same, but were numbered AP 1-10. He got those 10 copies as an advance print run so he could okay them before the other 400 were printed.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jan 8, 2024 23:41:54 GMT -5
A proof is a different thing though. It's the copy artists/writers/editors make last minute proofreads and edits on before it goes to print, so there may be differences between a proof and the printed/circulated copies if corrections were made. They do them so creators can see things like how colors came out in print vs. on a screen to see if things are too bright or too dark, if lettering is correct and balloon placements work, etc. It's a separate print run from the main print run even if no changes are made. A file copy is part of the same print run as circulated copies, it just was delivered to the publisher's offices and not the distributor to be then delivered to retailers.
-M
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Post by foxley on Jan 9, 2024 0:44:00 GMT -5
I believe they are sometimes marked as file copies.
Hmmm, that's interesting....whenever I see them listed I never see any pics showing a mark, or stamp to indicate that, so I tend to wonder how those copies would differ from other high grade copies that might have been circulated, but are still in high grade.
Like these books, which were found in a warehouse...
In that case, MRPs_Missives explanation is probably correct and they are using file copy to indicate uncirculated copies that were held by the publishers. Ones that were file copies held in a publisher's library are usually marked as such, and the se marks are a guarantee of the book's provenance.
I used to work preparing items for archiving, so 'file copy' may have a different meaning to me.  |
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