In Gaiman News

[woodwardiocom]

The Sandman trades are being released in a new edition with new covers and the recolored "Absolute" art. The first three came out this Wednesday.

Now I have to decide what to do with my individual issues. (Usually I get rid of issues if I buy the collection, but this is Sandman!)

I also have to decide what to do if they put them out in (normal-sized) hardcover next year. (I didn't get the Absolute Edition because it was too damn big.) I will occasionally buy something twice, but I hate to buy something three times . . .

(Oh, hey, I actually have a Sandman icon!)

Comments

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I bought F the Absolutes for Christmas a few years ago, then the Absolute Death the following Christmas. They are still pretty much untouched, even though I've never read the Deaths, because they're just so huge. Beautiful, but huge. I ain't lugging that on the train. But I'm glad we have them. They look so nice next to the OED.

I think they should make shadow boxes where you could safely store several comic books with one on the front to display as art.

I think the trade v. hardcover question can be answered best by your purpose in wanting to buy it. Do you want something to look pretty on your shelf and be easy to handle when you feel like rereading? Hardbacks. Or do you want something easily lendable? Trades. Other factors are important, of course, but those are the sorts of things I would think about.

Look, I have a Sandman icon too. :)

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Well, I want comics hardbacks because they'll last longer, and don't cost that much more than comics TPBs.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see--you want the recolored art, but aren't sure whether they'll reissue as a regular hardcover.

I was going to say, this is a pretty good problem to have as problems go, and then I remembered my consternation over the Twin Peaks DVDs and how I waited to buy the first season because I wanted to buy the first and second seasons all together, and then the second season came out and the first immediately went out of print, and I shook my fist at the heavens. So, yeah, you have my sympathies. Good luck!

[badger.livejournal.com]

I have the Absolutes, and I read them as well :). Felt like Destiny with *his* book, given the size of the editions, but I counted that as a bonus. And the recolored art *is* amazing.

[tk7602.livejournal.com]

"I will occasionally buy something twice, but I hate to buy something three times . . ."

i suggest that you become deeply entrenched in star wars fandom. you'll grow accustomed to buying the same movie in a slightly new format every few years. i've been on that plan since the early 90s and it's been working well for me :)

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

i suggest that you become deeply entrenched in star wars fandom.

Nooooooo!

(I prefer my mild entrenchment. I'm quite happy with my Star Wars laserdiscs. Get thee behind me, special editions.)

[minkrose]

WE WILL TAKE THE OLD ONES OFF YOUR HANDS!! We would gladly give them a loving home.

Let me know if you're interested. You'd obviously retain visitation rights!