Free Comic Book Day Overstreet Shout-out?

kevinbastos · Post by **kevinbastos** » Sun May 08, 2011 8:09:17 am

Anyone else grab the Overstreet Comics guide to collecting comics FCBD 2011? Dark Key cover, Overstreet Comic kid dressed as Solar over a few frames, and a BIG shout in an article about dead universes to valiantfans.com.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sun May 08, 2011 8:41:08 am

The shop near me did not participate.

-slym

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Sun May 08, 2011 9:29:48 am

Could not go yesterday. Today there were no Overstreets left in any participating store here.

/Magnus

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Sun May 08, 2011 10:19:37 am

The Overstreet FCBD book was great. The wealth of information that JC and the guys get across in that book in a simple, accessible manner is amazing.

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Sun May 08, 2011 2:20:42 pm

The Overstreet FCBD book was my favorite this year!
Nice going JC and Magnus!

DAN

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Sun May 08, 2011 3:32:27 pm

I didn't even know Overstreet had a free comic book day "comic." I don't think my local LCS carried it.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:18:34 pm

sonicdan wrote:The Overstreet FCBD book was my favorite this year!
Nice going JC and Magnus!
DAN

I think there might be contributions from a few other guys here other than JC and Magnus, however, since I couldn't get a copy, I have no way of confirming it. To anyone who has one, was there an article on "Dead Universes" included in there?

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:31:59 pm

Brother J wrote:
sonicdan wrote:The Overstreet FCBD book was my favorite this year!
Nice going JC and Magnus!
DAN
I think there might be contributions from a few other guys here other than JC and Magnus, however, since I couldn't get a copy, I have no way of confirming it. To anyone who has one, was there an article on "Dead Universes" included in there?

Just got confirmation (thanks George) and yes there is.

/Magnus

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:23:12 pm

magnusr wrote:
Brother J wrote:
sonicdan wrote:The Overstreet FCBD book was my favorite this year!
Nice going JC and Magnus!
DAN
I think there might be contributions from a few other guys here other than JC and Magnus, however, since I couldn't get a copy, I have no way of confirming it. To anyone who has one, was there an article on "Dead Universes" included in there?
Just got confirmation (thanks George) and yes there is.

/Magnus

cool! Now if I can only find a copy, none on eBay.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:25:43 pm

Aside from the main body about collecting, reading, buying, selling, grading and storing (like I said, there is a lot of info) comics there are 2 sections of note relating to the forum.

First is the section on DUs which features our very own Lord of the dark corners of the DU basement, Knightt and second is the section about collecting by character which has a brief history of Elric and a checklist of Elric appearences as well as the Magnus interview.

After that are origins of Captain Action and Witchblade.

For such a short piece, this book is great. Creators, both amateur and professional could learn a lot from the crew that put the book together. If everyone paid attention to the way this book were laid out and the way the whole thing flows in both the sequential art sections and the prose pieces, everyone would be reading comics.

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:30:20 pm

Drift wrote:For such a short piece, this book is great. Creators, both amateur and professional could learn a lot from the crew that put the book together. If everyone paid attention to the way this book were laid out and the way the whole thing flows in both the sequential art sections and the prose pieces, everyone would be reading comics.

/Magnus

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:00:54 pm

Drift wrote:The Overstreet FCBD book was great. The wealth of information that JC and the guys get across in that book in a simple, accessible manner is amazing.

Glad you liked it!

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:01:45 pm

sonicdan wrote:The Overstreet FCBD book was my favorite this year!
Nice going JC and Magnus!
DAN

Dan, that is VERY nice of you to say, and I greatly appreciate it.

JCV

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:04:32 pm

Brother J wrote: I think there might be contributions from a few other guys here other than JC and Magnus, however, since I couldn't get a copy, I have no way of confirming it. To anyone who has one, was there an article on "Dead Universes" included in there?

Guys -

IF (and right now I don't wan to give odds) Diamond finds the 1,500 copies we're missing, I will be glad to make them available for a nominal charge (probably just shipping for one or two copies, a minor fee for more).

I'll keep you posted. Otherwise, I'll check with some of the shops we visited yesterday and I'll bet they have some.

JCV

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:12:47 pm

Drift wrote:Aside from the main body about collecting, reading, buying, selling, grading and storing (like I said, there is a lot of info) comics there are 2 sections of note relating to the forum.

First is the section on DUs which features our very own Lord of the dark corners of the DU basement, Knightt and second is the section about collecting by character which has a brief history of Elric and a checklist of Elric appearences as well as the Magnus interview.

After that are origins of Captain Action and Witchblade.

For such a short piece, this book is great. Creators, both amateur and professional could learn a lot from the crew that put the book together. If everyone paid attention to the way this book were laid out and the way the whole thing flows in both the sequential art sections and the prose pieces, everyone would be reading comics.

Thanks for the thoughts on the FCBD issue. Mark Huesman at Gemstone is the guy who did all the design and production, and he proofed all my work. The concept, growing out of last year's version, was mine. We had enthusiastic encouragement from Steve Geppi and Bob Overstreet, and the contributions that you can see in it.

Aside from the participation of board members, which I think really gave it the essential collector flavor, our thanks go to Gene Gonzales (comic art), Mike Solof (photography), Bailey Ball (Bailey's Blurbs), the Captain Action guys (particularly Ed Catto and Joe Ahearn) and Top Cow (particularly Filip Sablik). Mike Wilbur from Diamond International Galleries helped with editing, and the folks at Dark Horse got us permission for the cover.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:22:58 pm

JCVaughn wrote:
Brother J wrote: I think there might be contributions from a few other guys here other than JC and Magnus, however, since I couldn't get a copy, I have no way of confirming it. To anyone who has one, was there an article on "Dead Universes" included in there?
Guys -

IF (and right now I don't wan to give odds) Diamond finds the 1,500 copies we're missing, I will be glad to make them available for a nominal charge (probably just shipping for one or two copies, a minor fee for more).

I'll keep you posted. Otherwise, I'll check with some of the shops we visited yesterday and I'll bet they have some.

JCV

Drift was very happy with this dude as mentioned, so i would love to be able to give this out for years to come.

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Sun May 08, 2011 9:34:57 pm

Draco wrote: Drift was very happy with this dude as mentioned, so i would love to be able to give this out for years to come.

We're going to do a book version of it, including all of this material and more.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sun May 08, 2011 9:44:01 pm

JCVaughn wrote:
Draco wrote: Drift was very happy with this dude as mentioned, so i would love to be able to give this out for years to come.

We're going to do a book version of it, including all of this material and more.

Awesome, great to be able to educate.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Sun May 08, 2011 9:56:04 pm

I got a copy from the LCS yesterday and read it today. Great job from cover to cover!

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun May 08, 2011 10:59:45 pm

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Mon May 09, 2011 6:45:17 am

Knightt wrote:...

You said it, Knightt!

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon May 09, 2011 5:31:46 pm

JCVaughn wrote:
Brother J wrote: I think there might be contributions from a few other guys here other than JC and Magnus, however, since I couldn't get a copy, I have no way of confirming it. To anyone who has one, was there an article on "Dead Universes" included in there?
Guys -

IF (and right now I don't wan to give odds) Diamond finds the 1,500 copies we're missing, I will be glad to make them available for a nominal charge (probably just shipping for one or two copies, a minor fee for more).

I'll keep you posted. Otherwise, I'll check with some of the shops we visited yesterday and I'll bet they have some.

JCV

Let us know - I'd love to see this!

-slym

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Mon May 09, 2011 6:27:04 pm

I finally made it to my LCS today and they were out. Bummer.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Tue May 10, 2011 11:49:56 pm

Drift wrote:First is the section on DUs which features our very own Lord of the dark corners of the DU basement, Knightt

I'm glad SOMEbody noticed. Also featured are depluto (Rob) and Brother J (Joe).

I have yet to even see one of these... but trying to work on it. I should have a few by this weekend, which will turn right around and be sent to my so named 'co-conspirators'.

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Wed May 11, 2011 12:53:05 am

This guy has 6 available on eBay for $5 plus $2 shipping, if anybody is interested.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Overstreet-Guide-Co ... _648wt_922