New Rebellion GNs

[ukdane]

J-BO,
You know my views (and I your answer) re Hardback/Softback, but what are your views with regards to (as others have mentioned here) making the collections as complete as possible (and avoiding the breakdown into various "bite-size" volumes).

Bigfat Akira sized phone book collections (with a softcover) of pretty much any story and I'd buy it. Especially if it has DVD-style extras :-)

Maybe, just maybe you can dedicate a PJ collection to me then ;-P

[JamieB]

This  - and as per Dane's suggestion - is more or less what I'm planning with the longer-form stories like SD and Robo.

'Course, the b/w stuff lends itself to it somewhat better, as it keeps the printing costs low. What price that AKIRA collection if it'd been full colour?

As far as Dante goes, I'm going to consult Robbie and Si, and see how *THEY* want to do it. But that's a ways down the line anyway.

J-Bo-1

[Oddboy]

Something else you should check with the creators before reprinting Dante: With Tsar Wars 2 & 3 being switched over (as per the TPO articles) - should a reprint book put them back in the 'correct' (ie originally intended) order, or were the stories ammended to fit the 'as published' continuity?

[JamieB]

...And *that's* why I'll be talking to Robbie...

J-Bo-1

[Proudhuff]

JB1, well you asked for suggestions... obscure and one I'm mentioned before, but hey, how about:

The collected Middenface McNulty

or a 'Tales from Cal-Hab'?

on a different note, will there be a corporate style? all black spines? numbered? 2k title on spine or cover? just wondering as in my workplace we issue a yearly collection and these questions are an annual problem.

Huffy

[JamieB]

Kind of, is the simple answer. There are certain design and textual elements which will be common to all the books - it should be pretty easy to tell 'em apart from evereything else on the shelves  which, of course, is the point.

J-Bo-1

[Noisybast]

Grant - That's pretty much summed up my feelings.
Hope it happens!

[ukdane]

I'm feeling slightly excited, as I'm sure many others here are.
It does definately seem that J-BO cares about what "he" is seen to be publishing, unlike former reprints.
Good luck with them (just keep the hardbacks to a minimum:-) )

[Trout]

I like hardbacks. Nyah, nyah, nyah. :-p

I'm still desperate to see Zenith Phase IV, but I understand the problems.

Adding my suggestions:

Dredd one-offs, themed
eg: Mad Mega-Cits
Weird crazes (Snork, Tony Tubbs, etc)
The complete Otto Sump
Tear-jerkers (eg Wounded Knee, the death of McGruder, etc)

Harlem Heroes (No, not the later stuff. It was, of course, shit.)

Killing Time (including the first Future Shock)

Meltdown Man

- Trout

[ukdane]

How about a collection of "The complete Tyranny Rex & Indigo Prime", including all the text stories that appeared in yearbooks and Summer specials etc etc- Since most if not all of this is b/w with the exception of Killing Time, that could be reprinted separately.