This month's extravagance

[andrewducker]

Was Absolute Sandman volume 1. Because I'm a sucker for deluxe editions of _anything_ (I have Absolute League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Absolute Watchmen already). And because they've recoloured the first 18 issues - with the results you can see by comparing this with this. Oh, and it's 50% bigger, in hardback, fantastically bound, and heavy enough I could beat my neighbours to death with it next time they piss me off.

Comments

[sterlingspider.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is SO wishlisted.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

The recolouring sounds lovely. The rest, I'm not too bothered about.

[opusfluke.livejournal.com]

*steps back in amazement* Andy rushes out and buys the latest format of a thing? Who'd have thunk it?

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Absolute New Frontier is also coming soon...

[soon_lee]

Looks real purty.

And passes the Robert Jordan test - hefty enough to take someone out if thrown at them. Not that you would.

[andrewducker]

It's the recolouring and the 50% bigger that I most wanted it for. Having the artwork at a larger size makes it even prettier than it already was.

[andrewducker]

Oh - and super-hot icon, by the way!

[marrog.livejournal.com]

Heh. It's part of a new set.

I never really rated the artwork in a lot of Sandman. There are way prettier comics - than a lot of it, anyway, things like The Wake excepted of course. I read it for the stories.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Did you ever read JLA/Avengers? The hardback collection is basically Absolute format by any other name. Fantastic stuff (and I'm not sure it's even collected any other way...)

[andrewducker]

Not read it at all - I'll have to take a look at yours when next round.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

It's one of the few things that doesn't get loaned out so no problem. Alternatively I have the first issue which you can borrow - it's lined up to actually go permanently to someone else, but if sir reads quick...

[andrewducker]

Aaaah - I love large chunks of the art. Mark Hempel's stuff in Kindly Ones is some of my favourite comic art ever.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, I remember parts of that being gorgeous too. But there were huge chunks also that were really only passible - especially on the colouring front.

[yobadself.livejournal.com]

Neil is godly.

[lilitufire.livejournal.com]

Ooooh.

(adds to wishlist)

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

*envy* ....you have _much_ better extravagances than I do.

Enjoy!

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

heh. know what you mean. I remember I could never like a comic if the art was crap, not even if the story was good.

And I liked arty art rather than comic book art.

So for instance the Bill Sienkevic(sp??) "Elektra Assassin" but not the rest.