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Post by aaronstack on May 2, 2024 5:51:54 GMT -5
This was all a test to see if I could do it, since I wanted to bind Logan's Run, and Captain Carrot. Three Logan's Run fans! We should start a club  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 2, 2024 6:41:04 GMT -5
(...) Re: price - from what I've seen it doesn't seem unreasonable, although as with everything else it's got much more expensive over the last three-four years. I wouldn't be going for the fancy covers, much more along the line of EdoBosnar's. I'm looking to see if there's a local bookbinder who'll do this for me, as postage seems to be a major cost which theoretically could be saved. Do people use local firms? I'm in Australia, so those US-based places I've read about are not an option. If you go my route, which is the bare-bones option, i.e., plain monochrome cover, the series title etched on the spine, etc. (so it looks like an accounting ledger or law book), then it shouldn't put you back too much. (Probably doesn't need mentioning, but just be sure that the binding is stitched rather than glued). And yes, I use local firms - I imagine sending it abroad would be prohibitively expensive. I'm sure there are binders in Australia who can do this. As for the cost - and keep in mind that I'm in Croatia and the last time I had this done was 6-7 years ago - it usually cost me about the equivalent of $15-$20 (US dollars) to get it done, depending on how many issues are involved (i.e., how thick the book ends up being).
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 2, 2024 9:19:16 GMT -5
This was all a test to see if I could do it, since I wanted to bind Logan's Run, and Captain Carrot. Three Logan's Run fans! We should start a club Make that four! And those bound volumes look amazing. |
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Post by DubipR on May 2, 2024 9:45:12 GMT -5
I've always loved seeing people bind stuff... is it as expensive as I suspect it is? I could definitely get behind getting extra copies and doing some 2099 HCs. I remember a thread maybe on CBR with stiff people had done some of them were really amazing with like a trade dress and vol. numbers, the whole works. Its about $50 per volume, depending on the bindery. The one I use that's the rate. During the pandemic I was doing about 7 volumes at a time, but the price was $35 then. But then I hired someone to design my covers,spines and backs. I gave them the art and they came up with it. It makes the comics cooler but like you said.. it can get up there in price if you do in bulk. I have done 47 bound volumes. Mainly stuff from the 90s of runs of comics that'll never see the light of day getting any printing treatment or stuff that's out of print. Mainly its to put them front and center on my bookshelves for runs I love to re-read. Also, not a cheap hobby to do. It's an expensive thing to do. Depends on how creative you want to be with your binds. I get my done with art and make them one of a kind. But I'm all for it That Silverblade volume is beautiful. Re: price - from what I've seen it doesn't seem unreasonable, although as with everything else it's got much more expensive over the last three-four years. I wouldn't be going for the fancy covers, much more along the line of EdoBosnar's. I'm looking to see if there's a local bookbinder who'll do this for me, as postage seems to be a major cost which theoretically could be saved. Do people use local firms? I'm in Australia, so those US-based places I've read about are not an option. Thank you! I use a bindery that does textbooks and comics here in the US. I don't know about Austrailia but maybe check out Spink & Thackray. They're UK based but you never know. |
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Post by tarkintino on May 2, 2024 10:13:37 GMT -5
Definite 'yea' from me; I've had several series or runs bound, including - yes - Logan's Run...   Since, like me, you're not interested in the resale value of your books, this is a really great way to go, because it's so much better and easier to have them on a shelf rather than bagged and stuffed in boxes that you rarely feel like pulling out. While my first reaction was on the "How dare you destroy the original structure of such a great comic series like Logan's Run!!", I understand your practical point about not feeling like pulling out boxes. That said, I would only consider bound versions of comics I know I revisit often (often as in at least twice a year), and from that selection, the bound titles would have to be second copies, not the lone bagged/boxed "first" versions. |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 2, 2024 11:01:54 GMT -5
This was all a test to see if I could do it, since I wanted to bind Logan's Run, and Captain Carrot. Three Logan's Run fans! We should start a club When you hit 30, you are out. Uh-oh......no, wait...AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHH....
Runner terminated in 0.31....ready for clean-up. |
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Post by driver1980 on May 2, 2024 11:02:54 GMT -5
Three Logan's Run fans! We should start a club Make that four! And those bound volumes look amazing. Make that five. I think. You see, I’ve only seen the film, not the TV series, nor the book. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 2, 2024 11:03:10 GMT -5
All I can say is don't do it to feet.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2024 11:32:41 GMT -5
While I can definitely see a plus side for binding, in the past I have come across bound Millie the Model and very early issues of Betty & Veronica....and I sort of shuddered seeing beautiful silver-age comics in binding....they're the original books yes but now they're sort of ruined in the process too. At the time, the original owners probably thought it was the most convenient thing to do.
But, it's an individual thing. If I won't complain about slabbing books, I won't about binding them either.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 2, 2024 11:33:23 GMT -5
Make that four! And those bound volumes look amazing. Make that five. I think. You see, I’ve only seen the film, not the TV series, nor the book. I really liked the novel and its sequel. (I didn't read the third book). |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 2, 2024 12:01:52 GMT -5
Make that five. I think. You see, I’ve only seen the film, not the TV series, nor the book. I really liked the novel and its sequel. (I didn't read the third book). Didn't really miss much, as the story kind of ends up a mix of the original novel and the film version, except its a parallel world. Least satisfying of the three (or did Nolan put out that 4th story?). |
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Post by Cei-U! on May 2, 2024 12:07:41 GMT -5
Back in the Pleistocene Era when I was an undergrad at the University of Washington, I took advantage of my student discount at the campus bindery to have three volumes of bound comics made, one containing Iron Man #1-25, one The Demon #1-16 (including The Brave and the Bold #109), and one collecting Howard the Duck #1-14 (plus Fear #19, Man-Thing #1, and Giant-Size Man-Thing #3-4). These were beautiful books with sturdy clothbound covers and gold lettering on the spines and front covers. After a couple of years, I came to regret having done so for reasons lost to memory and donated them to a charity auction at a local convention. 45+ years later, I still wonder whatever became of them and hope they found a good home.
Cei-U!
I summon the reminsh... rimina... the nostalgia!
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Post by tarkintino on May 2, 2024 13:10:56 GMT -5
Make that four! And those bound volumes look amazing. Make that five. I think. You see, I’ve only seen the film, not the TV series, nor the book. Make that six (if my earlier post was not an indicator of my love for that series). |
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Post by tonebone on May 2, 2024 13:41:18 GMT -5
While I can definitely see a plus side for binding, in the past I have come across bound Millie the Model and very early issues of Betty & Veronica....and I sort of shuddered seeing beautiful silver-age comics in binding....they're the original books yes but now they're sort of ruined in the process too. At the time, the original owners probably thought it was the most convenient thing to do.
But, it's an individual thing. If I won't complain about slabbing books, I won't about binding them either.
I'm a monster. I open action figures too. I don't have any slabbed books.. If I did I would open them. Write my name on the cover. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2024 13:53:36 GMT -5
I'm a monster. I open action figures too. I don't have any slabbed books.. If I did I would open them. Write my name on the cover.
Here you go Mr. Monster...they'll be talking about you for years to come when you do it.
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