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CCL Podcast #181 – SDCC 2008 Collected Edition News Wrap Up

July 30, 2008
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Only one thing to talk about this week – San Diego! Today is the Con Collected Edition news wrap up.

I also go over a few books that have errors: Showcase Presents Haunted Tank Volume 2 (DC Comics) and Weird Science Archives Volume 3 (EC/Gemstone).

Finally, go pick up the hottest selling book, and one of the biggest surprises at the Con the Tori Amos inspired Comic Book Tattoo (Image)!

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Chris

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Captain Marvel: Secret Invasion Premiere HC
Essential Fantastic Four Vol. 7 TPB
Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Vol. 1 TPB
Nova Vol. 2 Knowhere TPB
The Order Vol. 2: California Dreaming TPB
Mini Marvels Rock Paper Scissors Digest
Modern Masters Vol 18 John Romita Jr.
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Secret Wars Omnibus HC
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American Dream Beyond Courage
Daredevil Cruel and Unusual
Essential Marvel Horror Vol 2
X-Force Vol 1 Angels and Demons Premiere HC Cover A
X-Force Vol 1 Angels and Demons Premiere HC Cover B
Bat Lash Guns and Roses
Batman Gotham Underground
Batman Rules of Engagement
Walking Dead Book 4 HC
Creepy Archives Volume 2 HC
Judge Dredd The Pit
Exit The Complete Series

Day 4 – Sunday at SDCC 2008 – Collected Edition News

July 27, 2008
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It’s Sunday and the final day of the Con. Lots of great news has come out this past weekend and I’ll be going over all of this and more in my next podcast which will be out Wednesday. More news as it happens. On with today’s news from The Con:

  • Marvel is launching an new ongoing series of Cloak and Dagger. I smell a collected edition.
  • DC Comics things we know: Bob Wayne said the The Archives collections are morphing into newly titled projects, including an original (Absolute) version of Captain Marvel and the Monster Society of Evil to go alongside the new version.
  • Dan Didio hinted at a collection of the past stories Grant Morrison’s been referencing in his current Batman work. “We’re working on something along those lines,”.
  • An oversized “Art of Wanted” book will be coming out, a new movie edition of the trade featuring interviews with the cast and filmmakers and a bunch of other movie-related extras.

Day 3 – Saturday at SDCC 2008 – Collected Edition News

July 27, 2008
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It’s Midnight as I type these words. Patty and I just got home from The Police and Elvis Costello concert. What a great show. Could be my most favorite ever, which is saying a lot!!!

On with today’s news from The Con:

  • DC Comics is adding the Milestone Universe (from the 1990′s) into the mainstream DCU. Static will be joining Teen Titans. Now that is cool. To commemorate the event, DC will be collecting the old Milestone material, and reissuing that in trade paperback form over the course of next year.
  • The Star Wars Vector crossover storyline will be collected into it’s own Trade Paperback at the end of the year.
  • Dark Horse news: The long awaited 20 Years of Dark Horse will be retitled to 25 Years of Dark Horse and be released in 2011. and Serenity: Better Days is being collected, and early next year.
    Also, in manga news, Dark Horse announced that next summer the company will create a series of 80-page manga that will be simultaneously released in Japan and the United States by the group of creators called Clamp. Dark Horse will also be releasing an Omnibus collecting all the Clover stories next year.
  • DC has acquired the rights to many of the 1940′s Archie heroes including The Shield, The Web, The Comet, The Fly, The Jaguar, and The Black Hood. Let’s hope they got the reprint rights, too.
  • IDW and Chris Ryall announced collections of Violent Messiahs, The Dreamer, and Thom Zahler’s Love and Capes. They are slated to be released from late 2008 to early 2009. Also, a collection of the ’80s strip Torpedo is slated for 2009. Originally written in Spanish and translated to English for American audiences, Jimmy Palmiotti will be “translating the translation.”
  • In Top Cow news, William Harms’ Impaler, previously published via Image Central will be finished and collected by Top Cow, and a new series will start afterwards.
    Also, Madame Mirage will come back next year in a new series, Paul Dini announced. The collection of the first storyline hits in September, though the publisher has copies available at the show. The was no date given for the debut of volume 2.
  • DC Comics is bringing back The Warlord. I smell a collected edition.

2008 Eisner Awards: What Did Win

July 26, 2008
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A few weeks back, April 17 to be exact, I blogged about the Eisner Award Nominees. In it I picked What Should Win and What Will Win for the Categories related to Collected Editions, Reprints and a few others that I found most interesting. Today, I republish that posting with What DID Win.

You can see the full list of Winners at the Official Eisner Awards Website.

Best Anthology

  • Best American Comics 2007, edited by Anne Elizabeth Moore and Chris Ware (Houghton Mifflin)
  • 5, by Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, and Rafael Grampa (self-published)
  • Mome, edited by Gary Groth and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
  • Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened, edited by Jason Rodriguez (Villard)
  • 24Seven, vol. 2, edited by Ivan Brandon (Image)

What should win: Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened. A wonderful representation of what happens when creative minds peak.

What will win: Best American Comics 2007. Everyone loves Chris Ware.

What did win: 5. Sorry, I still have never heard of it. But I check it out now.

Best Graphic Album-New

  • The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
  • Bookhunter, by Jason Shiga (Sparkplug Books)
  • Essex County, vols. 1-2: Tales from the Farm/Ghost Stories, by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
  • Exit Wounds, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Percy Gloom, by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)

What should win: The Arrival. Monsters in NYC with no words. How cool is that?

What will win: Exit Wounds. Going strictly by Dick Hyacinth’s Top 10 list of 2007

What did win: Exit Wounds. Nailed it! Thanks Dick Hyacinth!!!

Best Graphic Album-Reprint

  • Agents of Atlas Hardcover, by Jeff Parker, Leonard Kirk, and Kris Justice (Marvel)
  • Gødland Celestial Edition, by Joe Casey and Tom Scioli (Image)
  • James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems, by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
  • Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, by David Petersen (Archaia)
  • Super Spy, by Matt Kindt (Top Shelf)

What should win: Agents of Atlas. A great revival story is collected with all the online pieces. Also includes the original #1′s of each character – all for $25. this was the CCL’s Book of the Year.

What will win: Mouse Guard: Fall 1152. Peterson is Hot Hot Hot and this is a great story. The RPG rights just sold this week, the film rights can’t be far behind.

What did win: Mouse Guard: Fall 1152. Nailed it! Chalk one up for Michigan’s own Petersen!!!

Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Strips

  • (The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, by Winsor McCay (Ulrich Merkl)
  • Complete Terry and the Pirates, vol. 1, by Milton Caniff (IDW)
  • Little Sammy Sneeze, by Winsor McCay (Sunday Press)
  • Popeye, vol. 2: Well Blow Me Down, by E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics)
  • Sundays with Walt and Skeezix, by Frank King (Sunday Press)

What should win: Complete Terry and the Pirates. Although this has been previouly released, we now have the HD version in 2008.

What will win: Sundays with Walt and Skeezix. Walt and his old pal got passed on last year by Peanuts. This is their year.

What did win: Complete Terry and the Pirates. Good for Terry.

Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books

  • Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus, vol. 1, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (Marvel)
  • Apollo’s Song, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin, by Don Martin (Running Press)
  • Daredevil Omnibus, by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (Marvel)
  • I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! by Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics)

What should win: The Completely MAD Don Martin. But did anyone actually read it outside of the free “look at” copy at Borders?

What will win: I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! Classic Golden Age icon Fletcher Hanks will get recognized. Just what this category is.

What did win: I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!. Nailed it! Go out now and buy this book.

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

  • Comic Art #9, edited by Todd Hignite (Buenaventura Press)
  • Comic Foundry, edited by Tim Leong (Comic Foundry)
  • The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
  • The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon and Jordan Raphael
  • Newsarama, produced by Matt Brady and Michael Doran

What should win: The Comics Reporter. Everything, I mean everything, is done in digital these days, including making comics. Publishing comics on the other hand is done on paper and sadly this site (and others) will get passed over this year. It’s a real shame since everyone in the industry reads Tom’s blog on a daily basis.

What will win: The Comics Journal. It was passed up last year.

What did win: Newsarama. Shortly after the nomination, Newsarama revamped their site and they added RSS. It may of helped them get the Award.

Best Comics-Related Book

  • The Art of P. Craig Russell, edited by Joe Pruett (Desperado)
  • The Artist Within, by Greg Preston (Dark Horse)
  • Manga: The Complete Guide, by Jason Thompson (Del Rey Manga)
  • Meanwhile . . . A Biography of Milton Caniff, by R. C. Harvey (Fantagraphics)
  • Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, by Douglas Wolk (Da Capo Press)
  • Understanding Manga and Anime, by Robin Brenner (Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Publishing)

What should win: Meanwhile . . . A Biography of Milton Caniff. Since Terry and the Pirates won’t win, neither can this excellent book.

What will win: Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean. A book that tells us how to read. I’ll never quite figure this one out.

What did win: Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean. Too bad for Terry.

Best Publication Design

  • (The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, designed by Ulrich Merkl (Ulrich Merkl)
  • Complete Terry and the Pirates, designed by Dean Mullaney (IDW)
  • Heroes, vol. 1, designed by John Roshell/Comicraft (WildStorm/DC)
  • Little Sammy Sneeze, designed by Philippe Ghielmetti (Sunday Press)
  • Process Recess 2, designed by James Jean and Chris Pitzer (AdHouse)
  • Sundays with Walt and Skeezix, designed by Chris Ware (Sunday Press)

What should win: (The Complete) Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. Winsor McCay’s title made sence 100 years ago – and so did the strip itself.

What will win: Heroes, vol. 1. But not the Jim Lee cover, give me the Alex Ross one, please.

What did win: Process Recess 2. Another book I’ll have to pick up now.

Day 2 – Friday at SDCC 2008 – Collected Edition News

July 25, 2008
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It’s good to see that so many people are having a good time at the Con. The crowds are large, but that is to be expected.

It’s also good to see so many cool announcements and news items. Let’s hope it continues all weekend long. Look for The Eisner Award Winners – Collected Editions – in a separate post Saturday.

On with today’s news from The Con: