#batman fanfic bookbinding

[ifyoucandaniel]

Cards on the Table by @wesslan 🔮

now that wes has their copy i am so happy to be able to share this bind!! when i started this bind back in like february, it was because i saw another binder on instagram (peachybinds) use halo laminate on her dust jackets and i immediately thought to myself i need to do that right now. my second thought was it obviously needed to be completely pink, duh! 🎀🌸💞

i really leaned into the tarot/witchy vibes (this is a theme with me if you can’t tell. i take a theme and i R U N) and ofc the pink. i ran into the small issue of wanting a very pink tim with specific themes from the story so i just wound up drawing him myself so pls do not zoom in, my skills do not lie in art 🫠 i gave him all my jewelry though so that was fun!

this fic is genuinely just such a fun, good read i had such a good time working on this :) the chapter titles are my favorite of probably any fic i’ve ever read and making individual little tarot card-esq headers was fun, but i was fighting for my LIFE drawing them, so i had some help from canva with the sun rays 😩 digital art hates me </3

also?? WHY is taking pictures of my binds the hardest part of binding….. guys i can’t get a good picture to save my life :’) i also only took one (1) photo of the authors copy so i have no proof of its existence 😔✋

if you haven’t read it yet, definitely give this fic a chance, it is so much fun and tim is such a little liar it’s great <3

[starofthesea37]

Finished the first two books!!! @erinwantstowrite

For the title page etc I tried to find the font that was closest to Erin’s handwriting, and I think I did pretty good! I’m really happy with these, and can’t wait till arc 3 is finished so I can bind it :))

Time for a reread!

This was done entirely by hand and I am making no profit from it, it’s for personal use only.

Fic is Leap of Faith (Catch Me, If You Can) by alighterwood and ErinWantsToWrite on ao3

[batjokewholaughs]

So I got in to bookbinding a few months ago and finally made a collection of all my batjokes stories. Since money is tight I told myself to stick to only supplies I already owned, so while these wouldn’t be my first choice of endpapers for this material, I still think the skulls are cute. The cover art was hand foiled with a foil quill pen and took a little under 3.5 hours.

Huge shoutout to everyone in the Renegade server for lending me their opinions and advice while I designed this little chonker 🙏🏻💜

[wrongfulruffian]

Another baby book! I've deviated from my current norm and instead of buddie, this one is a justice league birdflash fic.

One of my favorite troupes is the league not understanding Nightwing and Batman's relationship and miscommunication ensues lol.

this one is "Batting in the Wings" By Jedi_Olympian

[renabooksandart]

My first fanfiction book binding project: The wonderful story ‘The bird, the fog, the mist’ by the super talented @spookybeez

Honestly, everybody who loves a 'Jason Todd gets his family back'- story should check it out, it's so good <3

(I’m not super happy with how I bound it, I made way too many mistakes. Also, I had like this plan to make drawings for each chapter but somehow real life got in the way and I only found time to paint the cover art. So I probably have to bind it again in the future!)

[webspite]

Finished my fanbind of @liverobinreaction ‘s Banshee in a Well! Do I know anything about Batman? No! However, @nothingmuch-noreally rec’d it to me and what can I say, it was absolutely amazing :)

Check it out on AO3 here!

This is not my first bookbinding project, but it is my first full-blown fan binding and I’m really happy with how it came out!

[cygni]

I did it, I finished binding my first book! It’s a collection of three of my all time favorite crossovers starring Tony Stark, all of them available at AO3:

- The Dawn Will Break Before You, by Thepartyresponsible (Batman crossover)

- Tony Stark Meets an Extremely Unimpressed Time Traveler, Or Thomas Barrow Makes a Surprisingly Good 21st Century Butler, by Alex51324 (Downton Abbey crossover)

- Sidekick, by Closer (Suits crossover)

It’s not perfect and there are a lot of things I’ll do different next time, but I’m super happy with the result.

Shoutout to @renegadepublishing for their tutorials, I wouldn’t have been able to figure out typesetting without them.

[theredhoodedcryptid]

Once I’m finished writing Silent Hearts and Silent Knights I’m 100% going to print it out bind it for myself. It will be put on my trophy bookshelf. It’s going to be awhile, possibly a year or more, but it’s gonna be my little treat to myself. It’ll be my first “published” work and I think I should celebrate. I’m gonna add a nice ribbon book mark and include art that I’ve made, I’ll add some of my favorite comments as reviews on the back and I’ll make nice cover art. Maybe add a map of Gotham or something. I’ll definitely share photos when I do eventually do it.

[catgod1]

finally finished my physical copy of the fanfic "if you give a bat a burger" by @noir-renard first time actually using book cloth and a cricut machine, and im really happy with the results😊 hope to have the whole fic on my bookshelf in the future, absolutely adore the writing❤️

[coyote-nebula]

Just wrapped up a couple copies of @audreycritter ‘s Cor Et Cerebrum! At least, the first three longfics, Foreign Object, Developmental Milestones, and Out Here Hope Remains (I’d love to put together another installment after Familiar Ghosts is done).

I tried out a vinyl ‘leather’ for the bookcloth, and it looks LEGIT but I suspect actual leather would be less of a pain to work with 😂. The plastic doesn’t form or like to take glue.

I also tried out made endpapers, which laminates the endpaper and a blank sheet to strengthen the assembly for sewing. Def some trial and error there but it worked out just fine.

Now I can finally let myself reread this thing! I’m excited, I miss Dr. Dev!

@audreycritter one of these is an author’s copy— I’ll be in touch

[starofthesea37]

POV: you taught yourself how to bind your favourite fanfics completely from scratch, and now you have a fancy collection!

Fics are:

“straight on ‘til morning” by merils (DC, Conner Kent centric, Mature)

“hot rod heart” by merils (DC, TimKon, Explicit)

“the courage of stars” by merils (DC, Conner Kent centric, Mature)

“androecia” by merils (DC, TimKon, Explicit)

“notes on divinity”by merils (DC, TimKon, Explicit)

“racing on the thunder” by merils (DC, Conner Kent & Lois Lane, Teen)

“Leap of Faith (Catch Me, If You Can) by erinwantstowrite (DC & Marvel, Spider-Man in Gotham, Teen)

“The Mystery of the Pears” by sonwar (Marauders, jegulus, Explicit)

“And so, Happy Christmas” by her_smile_forges_galaxies (Marauders, jegulus, Gen)

“Christmas Preceding the End of The World” by otrtbs (Marauders, jegulus, Teen)

“skeletons you hide (show me yours, i’ll show you mine)” by mraudersmoon (Marauders, jegulus, Teen)

“As If Through Water” by third_crow (Marauders, jegulus, Teen)

“Apocalypse” by jiangchxngs (Marauders, jegulily, Gen)

“Choices” by messermoon (Marauders, jegulus, Mature)

All on ao3! I highly recommend all of these, they’re all amazing!

Authors whose tumblr I know (let me know if there’s more I should add!): @mamawasatesttube @erinwantstowrite @otrtbs @sophsicle

All of these were done entirely by hand, for personal use only, and I make no profit from them. I made most of the typesets myself, and no I will not be sharing them unless I know you or you’re the author.

I learnt from a tutorial by hana_bob on TikTok if you’re interested :)

[erinwantstowrite]

AHHHH THE COVERS ARE EVEN CUTER THAN I IMAGINED !!! this turned out amazing i'm in love with it <3333

Finished the first two books!!! @erinwantstowrite

For the title page etc I tried to find the font that was closest to Erin’s handwriting, and I think I did pretty good! I’m really happy with these, and can’t wait till arc 3 is finished so I can bind it :))

Time for a reread!

This was done entirely by hand and I am making no profit from it, it’s for personal use only.

Fic is Leap of Faith (Catch Me, If You Can) by alighterwood and ErinWantsToWrite on ao3