America's Best Comics Artist's Edition

Scripts by Alan Moore and Steve Moore, art by Arthur Adams, Gene Ha, Chris Sprouse, J.H. Williams III, Zander Canon, Kevin Nowlan, Hilary Barta, Paul Rivoche, Jerry Ordway, Alan Weiss, and Rick Weitch. All illustrations are ©DC Comics. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

Batman Year One Absolute Edition

Script by Frank Miller, art by David Mazzucchelli. All illustrations are ©DC Comics. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

This article also deals with the 2005, and 2012 DC Batman Year One Deluxe US editions.

The 2016 Scott Dunbier Awards

The poll related to the Artist’s Edition format books published in the past twelve months has given its results. Check the winners on the comicbookdaily website! (Frank Miller rules!)

From Hell The Painfully Counterfeited Limited Edition

This article is a warning to people like me that dream to put their hands on a legit copy of Eddie Campbell's From Hell Painfully Limited Edition (2002, 19 copies), fully described here. All material should be ©Knockabout Comics or Top Shelf. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

I was approached in July 2007 through the contact form of this blog about Eddie Campbell's From Hell Painfully Limited Edition. Here is the exact message that I have received:

Hello, are you interested in From Hell - painfully limited edition?
I might have a contact, who is interested in selling his copy. Though I have to say that price will be huge.
If you are interested -- I'll talk to him and see how serious he is for selling it.
Regards,
Black Library | library.black@gmail.com

A few Months later they have contacted me back to finalize the deal. They sent me pictures of a sealed box set, identical to the real deal presented on Mr McLaren's blog.

Here are pictures taken by me after receiving the box set to show how similar the counterfeit is to the copied box set:

Article Updates January 2017 part 2

I have updated the article dedicated to Dark Knight III Collector's Edition with issue #6.

This series continues to accumulate delays, which is not a big deal for me. But as noted before, since issue #4 there were only 23 pages instead of 28 for the main story, and this count has fell down to 20 in this issue. This time, this was partly compensate by reinserting the cover gallery, but still less variant covers than what is features in the digital edition.

The story is still very good, but this so called collector's edition is quite a deception.

Articles Update January 2017 part 1

Judge Dredd The Cursed Earth Uncensored article has been updated with the inclusion of the recently published limited signed paperback edition, with an A4 B&W print by Mike McMahon:

Also, fans of Artist's Editio style book can participate to the 2016 Scott Dunbier's Awards at the Comic Book Daily website. Vote!

Bill Sienkiewicz's New Mutants Marvel Artist Select

Script by Chris Claremont, art by Bill Sienkiewicz. All material is ©Marvel Comics. For a complete list of all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

Les 12 Travaux d'Astérix Édition ArtBook Numérotée

Scénario René Goscinny, illustrations Albert Uderzo et Thierry Mébarki. Toutes les illustrations sont ©Hachette/Goscinny-Uderzo. Pour une liste complète des livres passés en revue dans ce blog consulter l'index.

Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins Show Pieces Kickstarter Limited Signed Screenplays Boxset

Screenplays by Alan Moore, shorts directed by Mitch Jenkins (other art credits are detailed in the article). All material is ©Orphans of the Storm and Lex Projects. For a complete list of  all books reviewed in this blog, please visit the index page.

Astérix Le Papyrus de César Tirage de Tête Numéroté Signé

Scénario Jean-Yves Ferri, dessins Didier Conrad, d'après l'oeuvre de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo. Toutes les illustrations sont ©Les Éditions Albert René. Pour une liste complète des livres passés en revue dans ce blog consulter l'index.