#trade paperbacks

[smashpages]

DC has announced a new line of “comprehensive collections of the most in-demand periods, genres, and characters from across DC history,” called DC Finest.

Scheduled to launch in November, these affordably priced, large-size paperback collections start at $34.99, and will take full advantage of DC’s extensive backlist and appeal to casual and completist fans alike. Focusing on characters and storytelling genres instead of creators or prior series will give casual fans the chance to discover full continuities for their favorite characters, while offering completist readers an affordable option to build out their ultimate collection of stories based on their favorite DC Super Hero or genre.

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[jkparkin]

Top Secret Service trade paperback (Dark Horse Comics, April 2025) cover by Giovanna La Pietra

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Scary Godmother returns this October with a Complete Compendium

Scary Godmother returns this October with a Complete Compendium #comics #comicbooks

The bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning Scary Godmother comic by Jill Thompson will be brought back to print—for the first time in over two years—from Image Comics as a complete, compendium trade paperback edition slated to his shelves in October. It will also include new Scary Godmother stories. Just in time for Halloween, this compendium includes all of fans’ favorite stories as well as…

[morganhopesmith1996]

My whole ghost in the shell (the main series) manga series collection! 😍

[jrlunaart]

Currently reading:

- Battle Angel Alita: Deluxe Edition (Vol. 1) - Jessica Jones: Avenger - X-Men Noir: Mark of Cain - Judge Dredd (Vol. 1)

[xtremely-uncanny]

DC Attempts to Pluck Manga Audiences With “Compact Comics”

Return of the Digest Comic

DC comics recently announced a new trade-paper back format with their Compact Comics Line and with that it brings about a real sore point among comic readers—Trim Size.

Why Does Size matter?

Price, mostly. Comics are a print product and print costs are a major factor in the price of comics and collections. Larger trim size (along with color printing and typically glossy paper stock) contributes to the price difference between American Comics and Manga volumes.

Don’t believe me? You can look at the average price difference—Collected American comics averages around $25 US and manga volumes averages around $13 US.

That’s Right We Are Talking American Comics VS Manga

You can read more over at https://extremelyuncanny.com/2023/11/dc-attempts-to-pluck-manga-audiences-with-compact-comics/

[shadowwingtronix]

BW's Daily Video> A Comic Pro Points Out The Floppy Comic Killer

BW's Daily Video> A Comic Pro Points Out The Floppy Comic Killer

Catch more from Talking & Drawing With Shane Davis on YouTube I’ve been writing about this issue…problem for a while. Writing for the trade is just doing a set of miniseries. I treat the regular comic as a TV series, the original graphic novel as a movie, and the trades as a box set, to use an analog. Trades used to be about collecting a special event. Now they are the comics. You lose the casual…

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"A TERRIFYING PORTRAIT OF TOTALITARIANISM AND RESISTANCE SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED..."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 900x1372 -- Spotlight on textless cover art to "V for Vendetta" trade paperback, artwork by David Lloyd. Published in 2005 by DC Comics.

MINI-OVERVIEW: "One of the accomplishments that cemented Alan Moore's reputation — now a major motion picture — returns in a stunning new edition. A terrifying portrait of totalitarianism and resistance superbly illustrated by artist David Lloyd, this edition includes everything from the VERTIGO trade paperback as well as a new 8-page section featuring early sketches and art by Lloyd."

-- DC COMICS (official)

Source: https://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=31049.

[boardgametoday]

Preview: Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft - Orphan of Agony Isle

Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft - Orphan of Agony Isle preview. DISCOVER the Demiplane of Dread! THRILL to a Castle of Horrors! SHUDDER at a Menagerie of Monsters! #DnD #comics #comicbooks

[vertigoartgore]

The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol.1 TPB cover by cover artist Walt Simonson (1988).

[smashpages]

Out this week: Dwellings (Oni Press, $34.99): 

Jay Stephens’ excellent miniseries gets collected this week, bringing his bloody ode to Harvey Comics and the rot that lives beneath suburbia into a single volume.

See what else is arriving at your local comic shop this week.

[alphacomicsvol2]

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire Trade Paperback Wraparound Cover Art by Mathieu Lauffray

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Crowdfunding Corner: Dynamite brings Disney's Gargoyles Brings Out of Print Classics to Fans

Crowdfunding Corner: Dynamite brings Disney's Gargoyles Brings Out of Print Classics to Fans #comics #comicbooks #kickstarterreads #gargoyles #disney

[morganhopesmith1996]

Batou & Major Motoko Kusanagi by Shirow Masamune

[shyjusticewarrior]

Nightwing better than me cause I would've been like: "okay, good luck with the getting stabbed."

[yaybatman]

Why is the dialogue different in the individual issue vs the trade?!