The Complete Zenith

[Sideshow Bob]

I agree that £100 is a lot of cash to pay for a book.....
However,  it is a limited edition, hardback and provided it has good quality reproduced artwork in it...it isn't really too bad for what you are getting !..
As an example, the 1st  five Graphic Novels are for sale on eBay,  and if you were lucky enough to get all of these it would cost you,  including postage at least £100.....That's providing they all don't go over £20 each...

Just saying...

[IndigoPrime]

Funny also how quite a few people don't realise that the five Titan books are only in fact three phases, since the first two were split between two books.

[Sideshow Bob]

Funny also how quite a few people don't realise that the five Titan books are only in fact three phases, since the first two were split between two books.

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I didn't actually know that either, IndigoPrime.....Thanks..
That makes my point of £100 ( although expensive ) not being too bad, all the more valid...

[radiator]

since the first two were split between two books.

Wasn't it Phase III that was split over two books?

[W. R. Logan]

10 of you could timeshare a copy :-)

[Recrewt]

Zenith has four phases but only 1 - 3 have been reprinted outside of the prog.  Looking on Barney phase 1 was books 1 & 2.  Phase 2 was books 2 & 3.  Phase 3 was books 4 & 5.

[IndigoPrime]

Gah—yes, sorry. Was clearly not paying attention to what I was writing earlier. But, yeah, five Titan books equals three phases, not four (or five, given that there wasn't a fifth).

[Trout]

they are taking advantage of are the people who have supported them all these years

I disagree strongly that anyone is being taken advantage of, but the issue does seem a simple one: if you don't buy it, no one can take advantage of you.

Why are people suggesting this price is unfair? You haven't even seen the product yet. I bet it's gorgeous, and far nicer than the wrinkled, second-hand 20-year-old Titan reprint volumes that regularly sell for more than £100 for a set on eBay.

Let's stress the key points here:

1. This material is really good.

2. Publishing is a business.

3. The price is similar to the second-hand market, but it will be a new hardback book.

4. It will be a big book of all things Zenith, designed to the completist fan.

5. Complaining isn't going to change anything.

- Trout

[Sideshow Bob]

I agree that £100 is a lot of cash to pay for a book.....
However,  it is a limited edition, hardback and provided it has good quality reproduced artwork in it...it isn't really too bad for what you are getting !..
As an example, the 1st  five Graphic Novels are for sale on eBay,  and if you were lucky enough to get all of these it would cost you,  including postage at least £100.....That's providing they all don't go over £20 each...

Just saying...

And Also ....

I disagree strongly that anyone is being taken advantage of, but the issue does seem a simple one: if you don't buy it, no one can take advantage of you.

Why are people suggesting this price is unfair? You haven't even seen the product yet. I bet it's gorgeous, and far nicer than the wrinkled, second-hand 20-year-old Titan reprint volumes that regularly sell for more than £100 for a set on eBay.

Let's stress the key points here:

1. This material is really good.

2. Publishing is a business.

3. The price is similar to the second-hand market, but it will be a new hardback book.

4. It will be a big book of all things Zenith, designed to the completist fan.

5. Complaining isn't going to change anything.

- Trout

[Fatboydale]

£100 is nothing ....If i had the money i would be having 500 copies .....

[dweezil2]

£100 sounds more than reasonable for so many pages of quality Proggage, if you ask me.
Which you didn't.

[O Lucky Stevie!]

I think it'd be more a case of Rebellion having to distribute it themselves, or via someone other than Diamond which they may not want to do.

Diamond are just plain lousy filling pre-orders of British publications regardless. About a third of my pre-orders never show up. If they couldn't ship The Art of Dredd then there's not a snowball's chance in the chromosphere of your LCS seeing a copy of this.

Fantastic news.

[TordelBack]

We are a perfect example of the fanboy mentality, aren't we?

1.  DO IT DO IT DO IT, OH WHY WON'T YOU DO IT, IF YOU DID IT IT'D BE LIKE PRINTING MONEY!
2.  YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!

[Colin YNWA]

We are a perfect example of the fanboy mentality, aren't we?

1.  DO IT DO IT DO IT, OH WHY WON'T YOU DO IT, IF YOU DID IT IT'D BE LIKE PRINTING MONEY!
2.  YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!

Its funny 'cos its true.

[Proudhuff]