Tue, 21 May 2013 21:07:06 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76185#Comment_76185 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76185#Comment_76185 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:45:47 -0700 Kradlum Transmetropolitan Vol 1: Back on the Street is up for a reprint in the US in January next year. Are the rest of the run going to get a reprint? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76198#Comment_76198 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76198#Comment_76198 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:43:57 -0700 vrbtm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76371#Comment_76371 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76371#Comment_76371 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:59:15 -0700 Walker James http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76374#Comment_76374 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76374#Comment_76374 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:08:19 -0700 mysteriowallace
I want writers and artists to be able to make a living. However, $15-20/book is a bit steep.

Manga is able to sell for $10 or less. What's the difference?

Note: TRANSMETROPOLITAN should really be in this message boards dictionary. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76380#Comment_76380 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76380#Comment_76380 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:27:43 -0700 warrenellis Manga is able to sell for $10 or less. What's the difference?

TRANSMETROPOLITAN's full colour, printed in smaller numbers on bigger paper sizes and most of the work isn't done by teams of indentured slaves who work for ramen. All of which you could have worked out for yourself, I'm sure.

You'll notice paperback prose novels are also often in the $15 range now.

And, of course, TRANSMETROPOLITAN Book 1 is less than $10.

Note: TRANSMETROPOLITAN should really be in this message boards dictionary.

It's not a hard word to spell. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76382#Comment_76382 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76382#Comment_76382 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:49:09 -0700 mysteriowallace All of which you could have worked out for yourself, I'm sure.

Of course. I have typed before thinking.

It's not a hard word to spell.

I meant only in principal. It would be like an online bible suggesting that Jesus is misspelled. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76385#Comment_76385 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76385#Comment_76385 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:51:39 -0700 Justin Wrote This
While it took me some time to eBay a full run of the Transmet trades, it was still easier than trying to get a whole run of, say, James Robinson's Starman, because one particular volume was either shorted at the printer or is simply so good that no one ever willing to give it up. There's a volume of Nightwing that's the same way.

I didn't imagine Transmet having the same issues, though making the book available for new hands is always a good thing. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76386#Comment_76386 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76386#Comment_76386 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:56:19 -0700 tedcroland While it took me some time to eBay a full run of the Transmet trades, it was still easier than trying to get a whole run of, say, James Robinson's Starman, because one particular volume was either shorted at the printer or is simply so good that no one ever willing to give it up. There's a volume of Nightwing that's the same way.

Or they don't exist. Neither Starman or Nightwing has been properly collected, and some issues and stories remain uncollected.

Same thing goes for Hitman, Shade: The Changing Man, and other books that could sell if they were properly volumized.

DC is has really dropped the ball in that regard for years. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76387#Comment_76387 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76387#Comment_76387 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:01:07 -0700 Justin Wrote This
Keep it simple, like the Transmetropolitan reprints. Cheap, reasonable trades regularly available to the public. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76388#Comment_76388 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76388#Comment_76388 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:07:04 -0700 Doctor Pockets
Why would DC continue to release books that they had no reason to think people would buy? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76390#Comment_76390 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76390#Comment_76390 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:15:09 -0700 Spiraltwist Not that I'm against reprints in any form, but are any of the volumes particularly hard to find?

Vol. 2 was out of print for a long time, while they decided how they were going to restructure the format of the trades. The restructuring was never done, it's finally come back into print, and all the volumes should easily be reordered now. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76392#Comment_76392 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76392#Comment_76392 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:17:04 -0700 Justin Wrote This
Thank you. That was a curiosity I'd been having. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76394#Comment_76394 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=76394#Comment_76394 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:22:41 -0700 Spiraltwist
N/p, and your welcome. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77087#Comment_77087 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77087#Comment_77087 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:50:33 -0700 Telecart
Hell, I've had customers who loved PREACHER, but wouldn't touch Ennis' run (or anyone else's) on HELLBLAZER because it wasn't fully collected in trade. I can appreciate that concern. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77089#Comment_77089 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77089#Comment_77089 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:21:09 -0700 tedcroland Hell, I've had customers who loved PREACHER, but wouldn't touch Ennis' run (or anyone else's) on HELLBLAZER because it wasn't fully collected in trade. I can appreciate that concern.

And if it was, it wouldn't be properly volumized, either. If you make it simple for the customer--"Get these ten and you have basically everything"--then you'll have a book that has a market. Things like Shade may not have sold well when they were coming out, but if the work is good, they can continue to make money on it through the secondary market. How easy would it be to sell Hitman today? "You liked Garth's Punisher run? Get Hitman." That's a sale right there, guaranteed. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77185#Comment_77185 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77185#Comment_77185 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:00:27 -0700 buzzorhowl http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77187#Comment_77187 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77187#Comment_77187 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:10:46 -0700 Neil Ofsteel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77192#Comment_77192 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77192#Comment_77192 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:49:23 -0700 Midweeker The new printing will be offered in the September Previews. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77206#Comment_77206 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77206#Comment_77206 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:24:53 -0700 LBA
abebooks ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77324#Comment_77324 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77324#Comment_77324 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:27:06 -0700 Midweeker http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77328#Comment_77328 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77328#Comment_77328 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:50:02 -0700 WiseEyes http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77431#Comment_77431 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77431#Comment_77431 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:08:12 -0700 S-854
There's something to be said for taking a series and going, "Here! Have everything. EVERYTHING. In a nice, big version. Because we like you!" (And then most likely laughing maniacally because you've hated coffee tables for years, and now, finally, you have sealed their eternal fate.)

(That went to an odd place.) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77439#Comment_77439 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77439#Comment_77439 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:55:07 -0700 Spiraltwist 4 is now out of print - Maybe it is getting a reprint, but you can still oder them through Diamond. They are showing as back ordered, but stocked. Could be as soon as next week, or it could take a month to get the books in.

@WiseEyes
They were going to reorganize the trade numbers, but that idea simply never saw the light of day.

@S-854
I would be a fan of a giant hardcover all-in-two edition, Sandman-style.
Not going to happen. Warren had stated several times that Transmetropolitan will NEVER receive the absolute treatment. He wants to keep the trades as affordable for all to read. (thank you for that, Mr. Ellis)

Edited - spelling. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77450#Comment_77450 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77450#Comment_77450 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:18:16 -0700 morganagrom
Some retailers might not like it, since it would mean making less off of the complete series, but it would be great for consumers wanting to buy the entire run. It'd probably sell even better in the long run too. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77475#Comment_77475 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77475#Comment_77475 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:32:24 -0700 Kradlum hardcovers just unnecessarily bump up the price. It's better to make sure the works stay affordable. An even better option would be to publish the series as 5 $20 yearbooks, and a final smaller volume

So, say $120 for the 6 volumes, as opposed to 2 "Absolute" editions at $57-$62 each from Amazon? I'm not sure Absolute editions are really that much more expensive. Of course, I could probably get the paperbacks cheaper from Amazon anyway, but they don't tend to have the massive markdowns that Absolute editions do.

The original Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street had a $7.99 cover price, the reprint has a $14.99 cover price. Even allowing for inflation over 10 years, that's a large mark-up. I notice that the original trade was 72 pages and the new one is 144, according to Amazon. Is there lots of bonus material? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77481#Comment_77481 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77481#Comment_77481 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:55:45 -0700 alexwilson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77516#Comment_77516 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77516#Comment_77516 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:21:53 -0700 morganagrom
Supposedly Back on the Street will include 4-6 now.

Amazon or any deep discount online retailer should be able to price DC paperbacks at least 30% off cover, so for general price comparisons best to just stick with the cover price. Otherwise, you start getting into all sorts of silliness about who can get what on ebay for 10 cents on the dollar, etc. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77545#Comment_77545 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77545#Comment_77545 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:43:53 -0700 tekende http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77607#Comment_77607 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=77607#Comment_77607 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:27:03 -0700 buzzorhowl
If they're making a new version of Back On The Street that is 1-6 for $14.99 though, are they taking 4-6 out of Lust For Life and decreasing its price? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78799#Comment_78799 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78799#Comment_78799 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:06:04 -0700 Midweeker I just checked today, Diamond US have no copies, and neither do Diamond UK, so it's definitely OOP.
Bizarrely, so is Joker's Last Laugh, which only came out in May. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78804#Comment_78804 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78804#Comment_78804 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:14:21 -0700 warrenellis If they're making a new version of Back On The Street that is 1-6 for $14.99 though, are they taking 4-6 out of Lust For Life and decreasing its price?

God only knows. I had to find out about the supposed intended restructuring of the trades by reading about it on some comics news site. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78864#Comment_78864 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78864#Comment_78864 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:52:47 -0700 rickiep00h http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78866#Comment_78866 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78866#Comment_78866 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:56:36 -0700 Spiraltwist I just checked today, Diamond US have no copies

We got one of two trades ordered filled; the second one was canceled on this weeks' invoice. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78872#Comment_78872 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=78872#Comment_78872 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:14:59 -0700 dudelebowski http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80370#Comment_80370 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80370#Comment_80370 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:31:16 -0700 mister hex
Diamond are a buncha bastards. It's there, it's not, it's on order, it's outta print. Next!

Transmet TRULY rewards repeated reading and considering the way things are going, is INCREDIBLY prescient. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80432#Comment_80432 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80432#Comment_80432 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:39:16 -0700 dot_xom
@mister hex
I re-read Transmet once every year, in the same way that Christopher Lee re-reads Lord of the Rings once every year. I have the picture of Spider from the cover of Lust for Life tattooed on my right arm as a reminder that my writing, even in the smallest of ways, could possibly change someone's life. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80451#Comment_80451 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80451#Comment_80451 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:04:55 -0700 manikmoon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80798#Comment_80798 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80798#Comment_80798 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:46:08 -0700 adam_geen
Transmet Vol 1 said to be out Mar 09. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80849#Comment_80849 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80849#Comment_80849 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:12:16 -0700 brianwood http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80903#Comment_80903 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80903#Comment_80903 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:42:11 -0700 morganagrom http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80915#Comment_80915 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80915#Comment_80915 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:09:07 -0700 cjstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80947#Comment_80947 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=80947#Comment_80947 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:17:42 -0700 ales kot
And what if he is misspelled? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=81015#Comment_81015 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=81015#Comment_81015 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:14:05 -0700 mister hex
My favorite line? "Someday, I'm going to drop a bomb on this city. A contraceptive bomb."

Please, I hope they never make the movie. Yes, give Warren millions of dollars. But no. No movie. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=81017#Comment_81017 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=81017#Comment_81017 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:30:05 -0700 dot_xom
I hear ya. I used to call my interns "filthy assistants". I don't think they appreciated it very much. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=81021#Comment_81021 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=81021#Comment_81021 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:24:23 -0700 mister hex
Channon, on the phone " ... that's right, wifey's gagging for it but Sweeney won't play ..."

And who could forget the Chair-Leg of Truth? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=96531#Comment_96531 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=96531#Comment_96531 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:38:18 -0700 morganagrom
Perhaps it also means full-sized covers in a couple of the earlier books.

http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/10/28/transmetropolitan-revamp-plan-changes/

The TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREET NEW EDITION TP now will include issues #1-6 of the original series, which were previously available in volumes 1 and 2 of the collected editions. It will be advance-solicited in the December Previews to arrive in stores in March.

Following that, the TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 2: LUST FOR LIFE NEW EDITION TP now will include issue #7-12 of the original series; this title previously collected issues #4-12. It is scheduled to arrive in stores in May.

The TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 3: YEAR OF THE BASTARD NEW EDITION TP now will include issues #13-18 of the series; this title previously collected these issues as well as a story from VERTIGO WINTER’S EDGE #2. It is scheduled to arrive in stores in August.

The TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 4: THE NEW SCUM NEW EDITION TP now will include issues #19-24 of the series, as well as the story from VERTIGO WINTER’S EDGE #3 and the addition of the story from VERTIGO WINTER’S EDGE #2. In-store date for VOL. 4 will be announced later.

The TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 10: ONE MORE TIME NEW EDITION TP now will include issues #55-60 of the series, as well as the Specials TRANSMETROPOLITAN: I HATE IT HERE and TRANSMETROPOLITAN: FILTH OF THE CITY. The specials were previously available in TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 0: TALES OF HUMAN WASTE; This volume will no longer be available once current stock is gone. In-store date for VOL. 10 will be announced later.

These volumes are being reconfigured due to retailer requests for a more consistent page count in the series’ early volumes. Please note that this supersedes the previous announcement regarding this series. Volumes 5-9 will remain in print in their current configuration. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=96541#Comment_96541 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=96541#Comment_96541 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:20:53 -0700 RichardFannon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=100211#Comment_100211 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=100211#Comment_100211 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:14:49 -0800 adam_geen RichardFannon said: Can anyone confirm that I'm reading things correctly volume 9 will remain the same?

That's the way I read it yeah. Vol's 5-9 will remain the same. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=101663#Comment_101663 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=101663#Comment_101663 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:23:18 -0800 Margrave

Solicitations are out, but there's a bit of an issue

TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREET TP

Written by Alan Moore, art and cover by David Lloyd.

I guess with all the Buzz Watchmen is getting DC is desperate to have more Alan Moore work to sell, but this is a little too obvious don't you think? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=101664#Comment_101664 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=101664#Comment_101664 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:28:32 -0800 Doctor Pockets http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=101666#Comment_101666 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=101666#Comment_101666 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:31:56 -0800 DC AIR VOL. 1: LETTERS FROM LOST COUNTRIES TP
Written by Rick Veitch, art and cover by Veitch and Gary Erskine.

and just above the trade, we have:

AIR #7
Written by G. Willow Wilson, art and cover by M.K. Perker.

These people are drunk! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=101703#Comment_101703 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=101703#Comment_101703 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:52:48 -0800 adam_geen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246486#Comment_246486 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246486#Comment_246486 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:11:38 -0700 MartinSheen Anyway I wasnt aware until now that they are reprinting them. Is there any easy way to tell if I have the reprinted version or the reprint?? Is there an easy way to tell which version I am getting when I order them online???
Thanks heaps
-M ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246487#Comment_246487 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246487#Comment_246487 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:13:21 -0700 MartinSheen perhaps if someone knew all the page numbers for the reprints that would help ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246488#Comment_246488 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246488#Comment_246488 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:17:43 -0700 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246492#Comment_246492 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246492#Comment_246492 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:38:39 -0700 MartinSheen
I guess if i am careful it shouldnt be too much of a problem. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246497#Comment_246497 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246497#Comment_246497 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:11:09 -0700 josephrowens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246527#Comment_246527 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246527#Comment_246527 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:57:13 -0700 MartinSheen
does anyone know if the reprints are of similar quality to the original trades?
and will the one shots being added to the final trade get in the way of building to a conclusion properly? (I havent read the final stories yet) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246542#Comment_246542 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246542#Comment_246542 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:04:08 -0700 warrenellis I've heard it will never happen,but I would gladly pay $150-$200 dollars for a Giant,Coffee-Table Destroying Absolute Edition of Transmetropolitan

You're telling the wrong person. I'm not the publisher. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246559#Comment_246559 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246559#Comment_246559 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:45:21 -0700 Warped Savant http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246668#Comment_246668 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246668#Comment_246668 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:56:33 -0700 MartinSheen
Where did you read that?? everything ive read indicates that theres only going to be 10 now. Although most of the information ive uncovered is from this forum and the very useful wikipedia 'transmetropolitan' article. Although I know I need to be careful trusting wiki. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246704#Comment_246704 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246704#Comment_246704 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:53:15 -0700 Rachæl Tyrell http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246724#Comment_246724 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246724#Comment_246724 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:15:20 -0700 Warped Savant
Originally it had been stated that there would be 10 trades and that the extra stuff (Winter's Edge's and the 2 one-shots) would be inserted into the story where they belong. That has not happened and therefore I'm guessing that the one-shots will be in an 11th trade.

But hey, I could be wrong. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246756#Comment_246756 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246756#Comment_246756 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:10:00 -0700 MartinSheen
edit: new scum new edition = 160pg (according to vertigo site.) Original = 144 according to... the internet
Warped dude my guess is that you are way off. Youre still stuck on the originals man stop living in the past:P

and Rachael I feel your pain that cover does look awesome on Lonely city:( ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246775#Comment_246775 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246775#Comment_246775 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:18:43 -0700 Warped Savant Read my post again, I pointed out that the new printing of volume 4 has 160 pages. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246792#Comment_246792 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246792#Comment_246792 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:39:39 -0700 MartinSheen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmetropolitan (Scroll down to collected editions)

Can you find anything out of place there? It seems clear there wont be a volume 11 anymore.

I just hope the last frame on the last issue is still as it is meant to be, and that someone who cares is organising them.

If thats the real Warren who moderates this, which has only just clicked in my brain as being a possibilty, I trust you'll make sure everything is how it should be when I come to the conclusion. Even if you arent the publisher I know you can make shit happen.

I'm going to collect the reprints instead of getting the originals. Both are still easy enough to come by but I do kinda dig not having to worry about where to fit the volume 0 read into the experience. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246793#Comment_246793 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246793#Comment_246793 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:45:39 -0700 Warped Savant
Edit: Martin -- I just re-read your original question that I was trying to answer about the two one-shots getting in the way of the ending. I think I had misunderstood the question which has brought us to this point. Sorry for the confusion. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246924#Comment_246924 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=246924#Comment_246924 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:39:18 -0700 MartinSheen
If anyone has a reprinted copy and an original run copy side by side if they could let us know what the paper quality is like etc? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=248345#Comment_248345 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=248345#Comment_248345 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:04:04 -0700 MartinSheen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=262155#Comment_262155 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=262155#Comment_262155 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:49:02 -0700 Vadigor
After a bit of searching it seems that getting the entire collection won't be that easy. For most volumes but not all, Amazon now sells the reprinted edition. One exception is Volume 4 where the reprint (with the extra Winter's Edge stories) is unavailable and they sell the original instead. If I got that though, that would mean missing out on one of those extra stories, since the first is part of the original V3, which is not available on Amazon.

As for the later volumes, the new V8 is apparently set to release in november and the original is no longer available. The old editions for volume 9 and 10 are still available however.

Trying to wrap my head around all this has given me quite a headache, I might just have to resort to getting all or some of the volumes from my local (and terribly overpriced) comics store.

Incidentally, I rather dislike the covers for the new edition, the giant sideways logo detracts from the otherwise amazing cover art. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=262278#Comment_262278 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=262278#Comment_262278 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:44:50 -0700 MartinSheen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=311103#Comment_311103 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=311103#Comment_311103 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:21:44 -0700 MartinSheen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317127#Comment_317127 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317127#Comment_317127 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:46:03 -0800 Tony F
THE INVISIBLES OMNIBUS HC
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artists: Steve Yeowell, Jilll Thompson, Dennis Cramer, Chris Weston, John Ridgway, Steve Parkhouse, Kim DeMulder, Paul Johnson, Phil Jimenez, John Stokes, Tommy Lee Edwards, Dick Giordano, Mark Buckingham, Mark Pennington, Michael Lark, Keith Aiken, Marc Hempel, Ray Kryssing, Philip Bond, Glyn Dillon, Ivan Reis, Warren Pleece, Sean Phillips, Jay Stephens, Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, and others
Collects: THE INVISIBLES #1-25, THE INVISIBLES VOL. 2 #1-22, THE INVISIBLES VOL. 3 #12-1 and a story from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #1
$150.00 US, 1,536 pg

So, who else wants TRANSMETROPOLITAN to get the same done-in-one omnibus treatment than INVISIBLES?

60 regular issues + 2 prestige specials + 2 short stories = 1500 pages.

And since almost everything is drawn by the same artist and it was a succesful series througout its run, unlike Invisibles, which was revamped and retooled twice and had a legion of different artists pitching in, TRANSMET would make for a far more fit and compact package. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317134#Comment_317134 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317134#Comment_317134 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:03:07 -0800 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317136#Comment_317136 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317136#Comment_317136 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:16:12 -0800 DC http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317142#Comment_317142 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317142#Comment_317142 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:58:30 -0800 Tony F
- "I've heard it will never happen,but I would gladly pay $150-$200 dollars for a Giant,Coffee-Table Destroying Absolute Edition of Transmetropolitan."

Ellis: "You're telling the wrong person. I'm not the publisher."

I interpret this as a clear indication that if DC decided to do this kind of book, he wouldn't oppose: "Hey, ask DC, not me"

Besides, we're not talking about superseding the trades with any deluxe editions, not by a long shot. We're just asking for a definitive high-end reprint for the audience interested in owning such item, but always keeping the affordable tpbs in print.

That's what DC does. If you check out Diamond's backlist:
http://www.alcatraz-comics.de/orderforms/2011/star_nov.txt
all the deluxe editions of PREACHER, SANDMAN or SWAMP THING have NOT superseded the trade paperback editions. Both versions co-exist, available for the customer to choose between the hardcover and softcover presentations, and there's no reason to believe INVISIBLES will be any different. The 1500 page monster will not mean the end of the 7 INVISIBLES tpbs, just the same as PLANETARY remains available in 4 tpbs, despite ABSOLUTE PLANETARY being published and already out of print. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317162#Comment_317162 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317162#Comment_317162 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:51:33 -0800 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317163#Comment_317163 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317163#Comment_317163 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:02:25 -0800 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317164#Comment_317164 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317164#Comment_317164 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:20:36 -0800 Warped Savant You surely know that DC has announced this:

THE INVISIBLES OMNIBUS HC
Damnit. Looks like I'm going to be buying Invisibles for a 3rd time now... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317167#Comment_317167 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317167#Comment_317167 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:49:29 -0800 DavidLejeune
I, for one, would absolutely buy an Absolute Transmet, or a Transmet Omnibus. I was actually hoping that the re-print of the trades was leading up to it, but apparently I hoped in vain. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317184#Comment_317184 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317184#Comment_317184 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:36:34 -0800 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317251#Comment_317251 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317251#Comment_317251 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:39:45 -0800 DC @David - Now that you mentioned it, I'm not sure where it was but I definitely have an idea of Warren wanting Transmetro as cheap as possible.

If it had the Sandman treatment (new colors, some art remade, extras, etc.) I'd be interested but otherwise I don't have any interest in a bigger reproduction of the same material I can read on trades. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317256#Comment_317256 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317256#Comment_317256 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:10:30 -0800 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317372#Comment_317372 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317372#Comment_317372 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:27:04 -0800 Tony F
And that's an unprecedented move. The closest thing in the market is Jeff Smith's one book edition of BONE, clocking in at almost 1400 pages (I own this book and it proves this kind of thing is perfectly doable). Marvel hasn't gone beyond the 1200 page mark with its multiple omnibus editions. DC is setting a new record here, and 2 things can happen:

A) The book is a failure, and sales are disappointing.

B) The book is a success, and/or even sells out.

If option A happens, they probably won't try again.

If option B happens, they'll immediately start thinking about more candidates for the same treatment. And guess what other prominent Vertigo series clocks in at 1500 pages and has never been reprinted in other format than the lowly trade paperback... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317382#Comment_317382 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317382#Comment_317382 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:37:17 -0800 Beamish And an answer from the man himself. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317387#Comment_317387 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317387#Comment_317387 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:08:54 -0800 Tony F
Exactly the same could be said about Morrison's book:
INVISIBLES was never popular or lucrative enough to merit such a collection either.

In fact, it was rebooted not once, but twice to save it from a definitive cancellation, and the trade paperback editions were published after a while. At first, the trades weren't even comprehensively reprinting the whole series, part of the issues from the first volume were left "orphaned" and only after the series was finished, the gaps were filled with tpb editions. Meanwhile, if I'm not mistaken Transmet tpbs were churned out by DC in parallel to the regular series.

Anyway, we can safely say that INVISIBLES was very probably less popular and lucrative than TRANSMET, and yet here's the Omnibus.

Although one could argue that at this point "Grant Morrison" is a more popular and lucrative name than "Warren Ellis"... sadly, IMO.

Finally, I'm glad that, as I thought, Ellis is expressing just a preference for affordable editions, not a mandate. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317388#Comment_317388 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317388#Comment_317388 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:26:35 -0800 Tony F
The 10 trade paperback volumes collecting TRANSMETROPOLITAN cost 155 dollars.

A 1500 page TRANSMET OMNIBUS would cost 150 dollars.

Nuff' said, true believers. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317394#Comment_317394 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317394#Comment_317394 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:56:43 -0800 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317399#Comment_317399 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317399#Comment_317399 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:28:24 -0800 Tony F http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317401#Comment_317401 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317401#Comment_317401 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:46:48 -0800 Argos
A 1500 page TRANSMET OMNIBUS would cost 150 dollars.

Yeah, but you can't pay for the omnibus in 10 installments of $15. THAT SAID, a Transmet omnibus does sound neat. It'd make a great coffee table book for people to peruse through when over, especially a nice fancy one like the Sandman one. But it would be unaffordable to a lot of people, myself included. It'd be a huge splurge for me that I'd really have to save up for (or an expensive gift for someone). ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317405#Comment_317405 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317405#Comment_317405 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:26:49 -0800 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317470#Comment_317470 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317470#Comment_317470 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:04:40 -0800 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317500#Comment_317500 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=3315&Focus=317500#Comment_317500 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:09:30 -0800 Beamish