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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Comic Books THIS BOOK IS HUGE

Posted by Erik Henriksen on Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:42 PM

Today in "THIS BOOK IS HUGE": DC Comics' The New 52 Omnibus, a hardcover that collects all 52 first issues of DC's line-wide reboot. Mercury Arts Editor Alison Hallett dropped this monstrosity my desk yesterday, splintering my desk in half, sending a THUDD throughout the entire office, and rupturing space-time as we knew it.

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This thing seems both ridiculously complete (considering how mediocre many of the "New 52" books were, I can't imagine anyone feeling the need to own the first issue of every single one) and ridiculously incomplete (since these are all just the first issues—the starts of stories—none of these issues really stand on their own). That's not to say there aren't good, even great stories in here—Grant Morrison and Rags Morales' Action Comics, Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette's Swamp Thing, and Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman's Animal Man were all smart, great, and fun—but you're also getting stuff like Catwoman, Voodoo, and Red Hood and the Outlaws, so as the collection as a whole goes, it's pretty uneven. It's safe to say your mileage, from issue to issue, will vary pretty widely.

Then again, it weighs like 10 pounds, it's like three inches thick (over 1200 pages), and it could easily be used to maim, or even kill, a small child. So that's something. It goes on sale on December 13 for $150.

 

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1
$150, really? That's not even remotely what I'd pay for something like that.
Posted by Fruit Cup on November 30, 2011 at 3:46 PM · Report
2
That picture does not really demonstrate the size of the book. You should put something next to it for perspective.
Posted by Joneser on November 30, 2011 at 3:51 PM · Report
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Yeah. Take another picture of it. I'm thinking Erik holding it up on his back. Like Atlas.

It still can't possibly be worth $150.
Posted by Fruit Cup on November 30, 2011 at 3:56 PM · Report
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CAN I HAVE YOUR COPY?
Posted by Graham on November 30, 2011 at 3:57 PM · Report
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hi erik speaking of comics did i tell you i was making one about Jon and Dany from game of thrones? i think i might have mentioned it in my email but i wasn't sure if you got it
Posted by ScrumYummy on November 30, 2011 at 3:57 PM · Report
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@5, fanfic that they're cousins or lovers? Or both?
Posted by Fruit Cup on November 30, 2011 at 4:00 PM · Report
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@Joneser: Your wish is my command. Here is a new picture of the book with three things in it for scale. Those things are a quarter, a Lego Boba Fett, and an out-of-focus Sarah Mirk.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/images/blog…
Posted by Erik Henriksen on November 30, 2011 at 4:11 PM · Report
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@6 they are aunt and nephew, actuals, and soon to be lovers

it's in book six which isn't out yet
Posted by ScrumYummy on November 30, 2011 at 4:11 PM · Report
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So "or both" is your answer. That's nasty.
Posted by Fruit Cup on November 30, 2011 at 4:18 PM · Report
10
i can see it's turning you on already

i'll keep you updated on its progress
Posted by ScrumYummy on November 30, 2011 at 4:21 PM · Report
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MAN, SMIRK IS TINY!!!
Posted by Graham on November 30, 2011 at 4:24 PM · Report
12
Intoducing my new pro-capitalist novella, Smirk Shrugged.
Posted by Fruit Cup on November 30, 2011 at 4:28 PM · Report
13
That joke made more sense when the photo was upside down. But you fixed the photo. And ruined it.

Pardon me today. Highly caffeinated.
Posted by Fruit Cup on November 30, 2011 at 4:34 PM · Report
14
I still remember when comics only cost like $0.12 each, so the whole damn thing is really only worth about $6.25.

;-)
Posted by randyzpdx on November 30, 2011 at 4:39 PM · Report
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..and I find it a bit funny that the picture itself is a HUGE 1.1 megabyte PNG file.
Posted by humanclock on November 30, 2011 at 4:42 PM · Report
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What the heck happened to your Boba Fett?
Posted by Blabby on November 30, 2011 at 4:46 PM · Report
17
Which book is bigger, this or the Walt Simonson Thor Omnibus?
Posted by tk. on November 30, 2011 at 5:09 PM · Report
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Funny they market it as a reboot... and then market the book using all their same old characters looking as traditional as possible. This looks designed for grandpa.
Posted by Night Moves on November 30, 2011 at 5:41 PM · Report
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It's only $90 on Amazon, but even for that price you could buy three copies of Salò on Blu-ray and still have seven dollars left for beer.
Posted by Todd Mecklem on November 30, 2011 at 7:59 PM · Report

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