HEWLIGAN'S HAIRCUT and DURHAM RED: THE VERMIN STARS should be available from next week, folks.
More on THE MAKING OF..., YOUNG DEATH and JUDGE DREDD/ALIENS as and when I have it.
J-Bo-1
Jamie? Do you know why the Dan dare book was delayed, and is it still on for April 2004?
Alan!
No, and no ? I'm working at Rebellion now, not Titan.
Recommend you email them via www.titanbooks.com to ask...
J-Bo-1
So which has better chairs?
Not sure if this has already been raised, but does anyone know if there's any intention of reprinting Oz?
Rebellion, natch ;)
J-Bootlick-1
Well, Titan have now run out their license in terms of new books (though they may do a few more PBs of hardbacks), so if anyone's doing it, we will. It's a very large and quite complicated reprint project (as the story is a mix of colour & b/w), so I don't think it's one for next year, but maybe 2005 - to be followed, of course, by CHOPPER: SONG OF THE SURFER.
J-Bo-1
Hi JamieB-
I've been buying up all the classic Dredd graphic novels like hotcakes. While I'm an avid Dredd fan, I mostly read my comic books via graphic novel compilations, or whatever I can find in book format. That being the case, do you know if Rebellion or Titan will continue to put out some of the newer Dredd stories in trade paperback? I believe the last story collected was probably Aliens: Incubus or maybe Helter Skelter. Are there any other recent mega-epics that have yet to be collected?
Any info would be great!
Eric
Hi, Eric
JUDGE DREDD/ALIENS: INCUBUS is out in hardback from Rebellion at the end of this month. ?13.99, and you can buy it from the webshop.
Titan did indeed produce a HELTER SKELTER trade paperback last year, which is also available from the webshop or from Amazon.
There will almost certainly be more collected Dredds in the next couple of years, and I'm hoping to include things like SIN CITY, a complete CHIEF JUDGE'S MAN book and OZ, but I'm afraid that I can't give specific details as yet.
Hope this is useful!
J-Book-1
How odd - the GNs are fast becoming the same as reprints were for me: I already have Chopper, Young Death, and most of the other books, so won't be buying these. :/
I wonder if there's any classic stuff that's not yet been reprinted that might come out? Mind you, I guess it's pretty subjective what people reckon is a "classic". (I'd love to see Firekind and Revere GNs, but guess I'd be one of only 20 people who'd buy such books!)
Also, complete editions would be cool, such as Complete Bad company, but most likely won't happen, due to costs. Likewise with Zenith, but then Morrison would have to come to his senses.
There's been no new developments re:Zenith, I'm afraid.
Hopefully next year we'll be offering a very diverse GN selection, mixing up some classics with some new stuff, and most of it won't have been collected before. More details to come as and when I have 'em...
J-Bo-1
I'd love to see Firekind and Revere GNs, but guess I'd be one of only 20 people who'd buy such books!
I'd buy em like a shot. And I don't buy GNs, ever.
ooops! Sorry Jamie, been out of the loop for a while and hadn't realised this. I did email Titan recently but whilst being told the April date, I wasn't given any reasons, which is fair enough.
Alan!
"Well, Titan have now run out their license in terms of new books (though they may do a few more PBs of hardbacks)"
Jamie - am I right in thinking that this means the end of the "Classic 2000AD" series of deluxe hardbacks, barring HB reissues of paperback titles like Halo Jones or DR & Quinch?
It'd be a pity - I was hoping we might see at least another one or two Nemesis or Dredd volumes...
They're the last ones you'll see in the Titan format, yes.
There will, however, be further NEMESIS and DREDD reprints next year. Trust me! I'm an editor!
J-Bo-1
In a way, the cancellation of the Hamlyn and Titan contracts is a good warning for Rebellion's plans for coherent reprints of long-running series. After all, if more Nemesis stuff is going to be done, the final item will be in a different style to the ones already on the shelf, which is a shame. Any news on Dante reprints?
Oh, and thanks for mentioning the lack of progress regarding Zenith. What a shame - it looks like this will never happen.
Well, I'm afraid format changes are a necessary evil of changing publishers, really. I'm personally not a huge fan of any of the formats in which these books have been done previously, which is why Rebellion's reprints are geared to a more European format; them furriners sure do know how to make purty books.
What I can assure you is that when the schedule gets locked in for next year and onwards, these books are going to be done in formats that make sense ;)
J-Bo-1
" I'm personally not a huge fan of any of the formats in which these books have been done previously, which is why Rebellion's reprints are geared to a more European format"
I don't know; I quite liked the deluxe hardbacks. BTW - what do you mean by "European format"? How are they different from the Titan PBs and HBs currently available?
Euro format hardback is basically "self cover", so no dustjacket, but much tougher cover stock and also inclusive of endpapers. You'll understand better when you buy BUTTON MAN ;)
J-Bo-1
Euro format hardback.
Think Asterix books & you'll get the right idea.
"Euro format hardback is basically "self cover", so no dustjacket, but much tougher cover stock and also inclusive of endpapers. You'll understand better when you buy BUTTON MAN ;)"
Gotcha - and nice plug for BM :-) It's already on my shopping list, along with Necronauts, Dredd Vs Aliens and Banzai Battalion and any future Digi Archive releases (cough-cough ;-))
Its like a 1980s 2000ad annual, but with the covers thicker than the actual content.
i have to say i think the recent hard cover graphic novels in black with the silver pictures where a classic design.i understand the thoughts on the easily torn dust jacket. but they look so damn imposing on the book shelf.
just one thing i would say. the sequencing tends to be hard to follow. of course with changing formats,publishers etc. its expected.
but it may have been / would be bloody awsome if we had the law in order so to speak.
volume by volume. tome by tome, in a standard size cover format. with nice binder title on it.
sort of enclyopedia britannicia style.
ohhh i wish.
some day maybe eh?