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Old 06-28-04, 09:35 AM
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1300 Page Paperback? Quality? (BONE)

Now that the Bone comic book series by Jeff Smith has ended, he is releasing the entire 55 comic book series as a SINGLE paperback - 1300 pages!

Now, the Harry Potter books are monsters at 900 pages, one has to wonder if the binding would work for such a big book.

Any thoughts?
Old 06-28-04, 10:28 AM
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We talked about this in one of the monthly comic threads. At $20-$25 I don't really care how it looks after I'm done reading it. I'm just happy to have the complete series in such a affordable package.
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I ordered one for me, and one for a friend, especially at that price (plus splitting the shipping) it's a deal!
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It's suppossed to have a reinforced spine, to help keep it together. From what I've read, Cartoon Books put a couple of copies into a dryer and turned it on. They held up to a full cycle.
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This is going to be awesome! Can't wait
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I've read through the B&N Ultimate Spider-Man collection, which is 40 issues (plus various musings by Bendis and Jemas), and the spine on that held up fine. Of course, that's a hardcover.

I'm still trying to decide whether to get this. On the one hand, I already have up through the seventh collection, so I only need to buy 2 more collections. On the other hand, this collection looks like it will only be about $5 more than picking up two individual volumes, so it might be worth it just to have it all in one volume. Plus, my volumes 1 & 2 have a different trade dress than volumes 3-7, and I know I'm just anal enough that sooner or later I will replace those.
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Well, I have volumes 1-8 all in hardback, so I guess I'll have to get vol 9 in hardback just to be complete.

but i was considering this as well.

vol 9 (both paper and hard) seem to be MIA, but maybe that's just because 55 just came out finally.

as for this copy - i still wonder what a 1300 page book is going to look like - seems strange.

but in that same strange sense, it'll be like we all have our own copy of Moby Dick to carry around with us.
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i am picking this up for 50% off at DCBS. usually i am a hardcover guy but this is too good a deal to pass on. hopefully it will be a good blind buy.
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The spine should be fine if its made as well as other large paperbacks I've seen. Clive Barker's Imajica. Some of James Michener's stuff. Dumas's The Three Musketeers.

My paperback copy of Hugo's Les Miserables is over 1300 pages and the spine is fine.

The key is to not break the spine while reading. I never allow the spines of any of my paperbacks to get creased. My fiance thinks I'm nuts, but my books last.
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$20 at DCBS was too good to resist for me, even though I have the first 8 in hard or softcover already.
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Originally posted by Trevor
$20 at DCBS was too good to resist for me, even though I have the first 8 in hard or softcover already.
I take it you already have it? And what is DCBS?
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Originally posted by Seeker
And what is DCBS?
http://www.dcbservice.com/

Bone is $19.97 there.
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As a pre-order due out in August.
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So, given shipping at DCBS vs Amazon with STL, it seems about a wash.
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Looks like Scholastic is going to start up a graphic novel line. Their first release: "Bone" in color!

Great news. Scholastic will be able to market this title to younger kids in a way that the DM can't.
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I must be retarded, where can you find the bone book on dcbs?
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Originally posted by yojimbo1
I must be retarded, where can you find the bone book on dcbs?
That was a special for last month. Its over now.

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