I've gotta believe that after the series is done, they at the very least produce hardcover collections. It's a great series, and I'm sure fans would eat up an Absolute version. And if the TV series or movie takes off, then that's even more reason.

Maybe eventually, but I have to think that if they add a second title to the line of Vertigo Absolutes, it will be Preacher. I'd probably also expect to see Transmetropolitan and maybe Swamp Thing get Absolute treatment before Y.

I just got finished reading Death By Chocolate: Reduxe & enjoyed the hell out of it, I can't recommend it enough. If anyone hasn't run out & picked up GYAKUSHU, based on my recommendation, then make it a priority to seek this book out instead (or preferably w/ Gyakushu). Here is a brief synopsis. . .

"Agent Swete - an unlikely hero comprised of organic chocolate and a member of the FBI's Food Crimes Division - and his sharp-tongued partner, Anderson, investigate a series of bizarre, food-inspired crimes. Along they way they encounter a variety of characters including an extraterrestrial canine named Geoffrey, writer Ernest Hemingway, an organized crime lord intent upon finding the life-enabling 'eternity pasta,' and an eerie, all-devouring trio known as The Metabolators. The collection includes the Xeric-grant awarded origin tale of Agent Swete from 1996, as well as a never-before published DBC tale and an essay by Yurkovich on the creation of the series. Every page of the collection has been reworked by Yurkovich, making Redux the definitive edition of these stories!"

I'm finally working my way through THE WALKING DEAD via the hardcovers. Loved the first 6 issues. Tony Moore is fucking amazing. Too bad he stopped doing the art. Is it because he had too many other books to draw?

From http://www.comicgate.de/content/view/279/52/1/1/

CG: After the first arc you left the title and Charlie Adlard took up the pen. Why that? And did you and Charlie ever talk about how to draw the title in order to retain a certain visual style?

TM: There were a lot of reasons I left. Most of which I don’t feel confortable going into here, but the amount of time it took me to pencil, ink, and greytone the book each month was causing me to slip on the schedule, especially when you toss in that I was doing the covers as well, and did a 48 page issue of BRIT, also with Kirkman, concurrently with The Walking Dead. In the end, though, I knew I had to leave or I would run myself into the ground.

Well, say what you will about TWD, but the art took a hit after Moore left. Don't get me wrong, I think Aldred is a fine artist, and this book fits his style pretty damn well, but those first six issues were bloody fantastic.