Bound books

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:32 pm

MoonChild wrote:
Steve Topper wrote:I started a non-Valiant thread over in the Marvel DC forum. I posted pictures of my latest Conan the Barbarian binds, Batman 1974, Bongoverse (Simpsons and Futurama) and Poe.
Topper singlehandedly got me into binding!

Always glad to help other people spend their money!

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:40 am

Steve Topper wrote:
MoonChild wrote:
Steve Topper wrote:I started a non-Valiant thread over in the Marvel DC forum. I posted pictures of my latest Conan the Barbarian binds, Batman 1974, Bongoverse (Simpsons and Futurama) and Poe.
Topper singlehandedly got me into binding!
Always glad to help other people spend their money!

haha, actually you helped me save in a way, I stopped having the need for High grades!

I sold everything accept for my reader copies for binding

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:52 pm

Steve Topper wrote:
MoonChild wrote:
Steve Topper wrote:I started a non-Valiant thread over in the Marvel DC forum. I posted pictures of my latest Conan the Barbarian binds, Batman 1974, Bongoverse (Simpsons and Futurama) and Poe.
Topper singlehandedly got me into binding!
Always glad to help other people spend their money!

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:01 pm

MoonChild wrote:
Steve Topper wrote:
MoonChild wrote:
Steve Topper wrote:I started a non-Valiant thread over in the Marvel DC forum. I posted pictures of my latest Conan the Barbarian binds, Batman 1974, Bongoverse (Simpsons and Futurama) and Poe.
Topper singlehandedly got me into binding!
Always glad to help other people spend their money!
haha, actually you helped me save in a way, I stopped having the need for High grades! I sold everything accept for my reader copies for binding

Bingo!! Put those old beat up copies to use.. you cant even tell the difference.. and so what if you can LOL

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:26 pm

Every time I want to re-read the VU I start wishing I had bound books...must resist...

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:07 pm

dave wrote:Every time I want to re-read the VU I start wishing I had bound books...must resist...

Dave start with an easy book.. like A&A, or something like that. The process is fun.. its creative and enjoyable.

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:57 pm

IanAlexavier wrote:
dave wrote:Every time I want to re-read the VU I start wishing I had bound books...must resist...
Dave start with an easy book.. like A&A, or something like that. The process is fun.. its creative and enjoyable.

It is! I went way overboard and took the time to collect/assemble/remaster bonus material for each HC, but It is fun! I can't help myself!!

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:18 pm

can you send a couple of TPB's in to be bound? or would that not work?

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:39 pm

caxiotis wrote:can you send a couple of TPB's in to be bound? or would that not work?

trades work bro, I confirmed with the binder. you can send them in as is jus like a regular comic.

schnuth · Post by **schnuth** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:53 am

I bound the Solar Alpha & Omega TPB in with the regular issues (with the story removed) for my bind. It worked out surprisingly well. In hindsight I would have removed the back cover though.

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:25 am

I'm doing the same thing for A&A, my back cover is a remastered Diamond add though, good reminder on taking off the back cover

schnuth wrote:I bound the Solar Alpha & Omega TPB in with the regular issues (with the story removed) for my bind. It worked out surprisingly well. In hindsight I would have removed the back cover though.

dholden007 · Post by **dholden007** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:01 pm

When you fill out the binding slip for Librarybinding.com, do you have to fill out both parts top and bottom, so they would have a duplicate copy...I am ready to send off my second batch and I was just curious, previously I just cut the slip in half, but I was wondering why they had two of them on one page.

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:47 am

I've always filled in both halves.

I assume they return one half with your books (so you can see what you ordered) and keep the other half on file just in case there is a mistake or correction needed.

dholden007 · Post by **dholden007** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:09 pm

what do you with Acetate covers like Kurt Busiek's Marvels. Do you remove those prior to sending it for binding ?

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:25 pm

A better example might be the Valiant Bloodshot. Issue 0 has the acetate wrap-around cover.

What I did was remove the cover, and fold it inside out. Then just included it as a part of the book. When I get to that issue in my Bloodshot book, I can see the entire image as it opens up. For instance, the left hand page is the back cover image and the right hand page is the front cover image.

The gist of your question, I suppose, is do you have to do anything special for acetate covers (and by similarity, cardstock covers) -- my answer is nothing really. A single (or limited number of) special covers should be absolutely no problem. But the more of them you include in a single book, the more "natural" breaks will occur. By that I mean, places where the book will naturally fall open. For the most part, they are not a big issue.

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:14 pm

IanAlexavier wrote:
dave wrote:Every time I want to re-read the VU I start wishing I had bound books...must resist...
Dave start with an easy book.. like A&A, or something like that. The process is fun.. its creative and enjoyable.

The only thing stopping me is fear, time and money. Maybe a little motivation too. Aside from that - I'm there!

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:15 pm

schnuth wrote: (with the story removed)

What does that mean?

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:21 pm

dave wrote:
schnuth wrote: (with the story removed)
What does that mean?

He removed the original A&O inserts from the funnybooks.

Phoenix8008 · Post by **Phoenix8008** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:23 am

I'm really looking forward to starting my book binding. And now that I'm starting a new job next week after being unemployed for a long while, I'm hopeful that my paycheck will be enough soon to start sending off a book every once in a while for binding.

I'm thinking of starting with the Chaos Effect crossover. I don't want to start with the titles that are my biggest favorites first, because I assume there will be things I learn about the binding process as I go along and I want my best efforts to be for my best books.

The other reason I'm choosing Chaos Effect is to get a little bit of all the Valiant titles in one book. I've got one of my sons who likes reading some of my Star Wars collection, but only the comic book TPBs. He doesn't like picking up single issues of comics to read. He has said that he'd be interested in reading my Valiants if they were bound though. So I'd like something that can expose him a little to all the titles which were there at the time of CE.

A questions for others about the CE books themselves. In one of the last couple issues of CE (maybe the A&A or CE:Omega, I'd have to double check to see where) there are some word balloons that are not filled in for some reason. I was wondering if this was just me or if it was universal. I know one of the instances must be in A&A because it was the monk challenging A&A as they approached Ladahk(sp?). It seems like there was another instance with more than one word bubble not filled in somewhere, but I'd have to go back through all the issues to find it. I guess my question (besides if all of the printed issues were like this, since I assume they probably were) is whether anyone was able to find out what words were supposed to be in those balloons so that they could be inserted properly?

Then I just have to decide whether to go with a full picture image that LBC is offering now, or to try and make a dust jacket. Decisions, decisions...

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:42 pm

mine has blank bubble too bro.

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:16 pm

It was the A & A book for sure. I'm not saying it's not in any others though.

It's Ladakh btw, since you asked.

How much are we talking to bind say Archer and Armstrong?

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:42 pm

dave wrote:It was the A & A book for sure. I'm not saying it's not in any others though.

It's Ladakh btw, since you asked.

How much are we talking to bind say Archer and Armstrong?

Mine cost $19 minus shipping. I bound the complete A&A with the Eternal Warrior crossovers and flipbooks into a single book.

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:14 pm

So Sweet! can't wait to bind mine

What About the Shadowman Crossover Topper? Would it fit?

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:21 pm

Definitely. Library Binding has a basic size limit of 3" and my A&A book is barely over 2". Gutter loss was minimal.

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:26 pm

Steve Topper wrote:Definitely. Library Binding has a basic size limit of 3" and my A&A book is barely over 2". Gutter loss was minimal.

Oh sweet! Thanks for that info Steven, I thought anything over 25 issues was pushing it.