Binding non-Valiant comics

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:46 pm

As some of you might know, I've been binding quite a few sets of comics over the last couple of years. Last year, I finished binding the complete Valiant/Acclaim universes. Since then, I've been slowly binding more and more books, effective pulling the comics out of my long boxes and putting them on my shelves.

Today, I received my latest shipment of books from LBC today. Six more (four of the new ideas/concepts and two continuing a series of books)

First up, the six books from this shipment

In this set, I started two longer term projects, continued another and bound a done-in-one volume. First up, the first two books in my Bongoverse bindings. With many, many thanks to blindboy (from the MarvelMasterworks.com forums) for the dust jacket design, concepts, and Photoshop files -- the Bongo Boffoworks collection: The Simpsons and Futurama.

Next is an experiment with a year-to-year binding of Batman and Detective Comics. This design is fully acknowledge I "stole" from ZakiHasan, so thank you, Zaki. This volume is 1974, the bimonthly 100 page Super-Spectacular year. I also included a Batman TOC for this volume.

Next is my done-in-one volume, a personal favorite of an obscure independent -- Jason Asala's Poe. Poe ran 31 issues from both Asala's self-published Cheese Comics (6 issues) and Sirius (25 issues). Great series that I wish sold more so that Asala would/could continue it.

And lastly, Conan Volumes 7 and 8, collecting Conan the Barbarian 151-175 and 176-200

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:19 pm

I dig the idea of biding the ’74 Batmans and Detectives.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:19 pm

holy sweetness batman

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:17 am

Beautful stuff, Steve. Love those Bongo Binds!

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:17 am

sanman wrote:I dig the idea of biding the ’74 Batmans and Detectives.

True dat! Looks sweet!

Phoenix8008 · Post by **Phoenix8008** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:28 am

Another great example of a TOC page with the Batman book there, Steve! But all those books look very well done. Can't wait to start binding mine.

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:05 pm

What are non-valiant comics?

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:44 pm

dave wrote:What are non-valiant comics?

Things that get published in the 21st century.

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:52 pm

ian_house wrote:
dave wrote:What are non-valiant comics?
Things that get published in the 21st century.

Oh SNAP!

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:54 pm

dave wrote:What are non-valiant comics?

Those comics that actually get published. Kinda like ian_house said.

In this case, I've bound 131 volumes of comics -- only 48 of those volumes contained Valiant/Acclaim comics. The remaining 83 books on my shelves contain other publishers comics (i.e. non-Valiant comics).

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:02 pm

Steve Topper wrote:
dave wrote:What are non-valiant comics?
Those comics that actually get published. Kinda like ian_house said.

In this case, I've bound 131 volumes of comics -- only 48 of those volumes contained Valiant/Acclaim comics. The remaining 83 books on my shelves contain other publishers comics (i.e. non-Valiant comics).

Impressive you really do have your own library. There’s a part of me that would love to start binding, but the collector in me wont allow it.

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:35 pm

Steve, I really like the idea of this, the books you have pictures look phenominal. I really like the dust jackets for the bongo books!

Doorman · Post by **Doorman** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:51 pm

those Bongo books are AWESOME!

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:03 pm

Steve Topper wrote:
dave wrote:What are non-valiant comics?
Those comics that actually get published. Kinda like ian_house said.

In this case, I've bound 131 volumes of comics -- only 48 of those volumes contained Valiant/Acclaim comics. The remaining 83 books on my shelves contain other publishers comics (i.e. non-Valiant comics).

So you're saying, people are still making comics?

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:44 pm

dave wrote:
Steve Topper wrote:
dave wrote:What are non-valiant comics?
Those comics that actually get published. Kinda like ian_house said.

In this case, I've bound 131 volumes of comics -- only 48 of those volumes contained Valiant/Acclaim comics. The remaining 83 books on my shelves contain other publishers comics (i.e. non-Valiant comics).

So you're saying, people are still making comics?

Yeah! Practically everybody EXCEPT VEI.

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:52 pm

maraxusofkeld wrote:Steve, I really like the idea of this, the books you have pictures look phenominal. I really like the dust jackets for the bongo books!

I'd love to take credit for the design of the Bongo dust jackets, but a poster on another board designed the dust jacket for his Radioactive Man collection. I asked (well, actually begged and offered him my first-born male child) for the graphics files.

His Radioactive Man frame on the front cover used Radioactive Man characters, so I modified the characters on the frame to reflect the bound volume. So my Simpsons book has Bart, Lisa, Homer et al. on that frame while the Futurama book has Fry, Leela, Zoidberg, et al. on the Futurama frame. I have both Treehouse of Horror and Radioactive Man ready to send out to the binder and those dust jackets have already been designed to match the first two books.

Eventuallly, I plan to have about 10 or so volumes of Simpsons-related comic volumes on my shelves.

The Batman book is only the first in a year-by-year binding of my Batman/Detective collection from 1964 to at least 1990, and maybe to the present. So I'm anticipating at least 26 or 27 Batman books now -- maybe as many as 45 or 50 before I finish.

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:06 pm

Steve Topper wrote:
maraxusofkeld wrote:Steve, I really like the idea of this, the books you have pictures look phenominal. I really like the dust jackets for the bongo books!
I'd love to take credit for the design of the Bongo dust jackets, but a poster on another board designed the dust jacket for his Radioactive Man collection. I asked (well, actually begged and offered him my first-born male child) for the graphics files.

His Radioactive Man frame on the front cover used Radioactive Man characters, so I modified the characters on the frame to reflect the bound volume. So my Simpsons book has Bart, Lisa, Homer et al. on that frame while the Futurama book has Fry, Leela, Zoidberg, et al. on the Futurama frame. I have both Treehouse of Horror and Radioactive Man ready to send out to the binder and those dust jackets have already been designed to match the first two books.

Eventuallly, I plan to have about 10 or so volumes of Simpsons-related comic volumes on my shelves.

The Batman book is only the first in a year-by-year binding of my Batman/Detective collection from 1964 to at least 1990, and maybe to the present. So I'm anticipating at least 26 or 27 Batman books now -- maybe as many as 45 or 50 before I finish.

Wow! Big Bongo fan here and the 2 books look awesome. Great stuff! Is there any more artwork on the back covers?

A RadioactiveMan hardcover is a great idea too.

Got any plans for Itchy & Scratchy and the other smaller Bongo spinoffs? (Bartman, Lisa, Krusty Comics)

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:35 pm

The back covers of the Bongo books are:

Futurama

Simpsons

And, yes I definitely have plans for the various mini-series. Bartman, Lisa, Krusty and Itchy& Scratchy -- 13 books probably a little small, but when you add the Simpsons cross-overs and the FCBD books, I might have enough for a 20 issue Miscellaneous Volume.

Right now, my plans are:
Volume 1: Simpsons Comics 1-25
Volume 2: Futurama Comics 1-20
Volume 3: Treehouse of Horror 1-15
Volume 4: Radioactive Man
Volume 5: Bart Simpson 1-25
Volume 6: Simpsons Comics 26-50
Volume 7: Futurama Comics 21-40
Volume 8: Miscellaneous Comics
Volume 9: Bart Simpson 26-50
Volume 10: Simpsons Comics 51-75

and so forth

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:38 pm

Steve Topper wrote:The back covers of the Bongo books are:

Futurama

Simpsons

And, yes I definitely have plans for the various mini-series. Bartman, Lisa, Krusty and Itchy& Scratchy -- 13 books probably a little small, but when you add the Simpsons cross-overs and the FCBD books, I might have enough for a 20 issue Miscellaneous Volume.

Right now, my plans are:
Volume 1: Simpsons Comics 1-25
Volume 2: Futurama Comics 1-20
Volume 3: Treehouse of Horror 1-15
Volume 4: Radioactive Man
Volume 5: Bart Simpson 1-25
Volume 6: Simpsons Comics 26-50
Volume 7: Futurama Comics 21-40
Volume 8: Miscellaneous Comics
Volume 9: Bart Simpson 26-50
Volume 10: Simpsons Comics 51-75

and so forth

haha...dude that kicks a$$!!!! The comic gallery looks great like that!

Awesome!

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:54 pm

Steve Topper wrote: And, yes I definitely have plans for the various mini-series. Bartman, Lisa, Krusty and Itchy& Scratchy -- 13 books probably a little small, but when you add the Simpsons cross-overs and the FCBD books, I might have enough for a 20 issue Miscellaneous Volume.

Right now, my plans are:
Volume 1: Simpsons Comics 1-25
Volume 2: Futurama Comics 1-20
Volume 3: Treehouse of Horror 1-15
Volume 4: Radioactive Man
Volume 5: Bart Simpson 1-25
Volume 6: Simpsons Comics 26-50
Volume 7: Futurama Comics 21-40
Volume 8: Miscellaneous Comics
Volume 9: Bart Simpson 26-50
Volume 10: Simpsons Comics 51-75

and so forth

I just remembered, there's also the Simpsons Summer & Winter specials that might help out a misc volume and the Itchy & Scratchy X-Mas special too. lol And the quarterly "Simpsons Super Spectacular" that's up to 9 issues now. (i'm a freak for Bongo books...)

Did you get the RadioactiveMan #711 issue that was an exclusive to 7/11 stores when the Simpsons movie came out?

This site has a great guide for the RadioactiveMan issues (and all Bongos) too:

http://www.planetbongocomics.com/index.html

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:16 pm

vikingspawn wrote:
I just remembered, there's also the Simpsons Summer & Winter specials that might help out a misc volume and the Itchy & Scratchy X-Mas special too. lol And the quarterly "Simpsons Super Spectacular" that's up to 9 issues now. (i'm a freak for Bongo books...)

Did you get the RadioactiveMan #711 issue that was an exclusive to 7/11 stores when the Simpsons movie came out?

This site has a great guide for the RadioactiveMan issues (and all Bongos) too:

http://www.planetbongocomics.com/index.html

I was wondering about the Summer and Winter Specials. For some reason, I thought they were reprints. If not, I'll add them to the Miscellaneous volume, along with the Itchy & Scratchy X-Mas Special.

The Simpsons Super-Spectaculars I have (except for Issue 1) and they are up to Issue 10 right now. That one was a three-part crossover with Simpsons Comics and Bart Simpson dealing with Radioactive Man comics.

I do have the Radioactive Man 711. I think the only real Radioactive Man story I'm missing is Super-Spectacular 1. And that's the reason Radioactive Man is down the list for binding.

And if you're planning on binding the Simpsons Comics and want the dust jacket files, just let me know.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:31 pm

Do you plan on doing dust jackets on the Batman volumes?

Steve Topper · Post by **Steve Topper** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:51 pm

sanman wrote:Do you plan on doing dust jackets on the Batman volumes?

For those, no. I had them bound in imitation leather and used the Batman die stamp on the spine. So those will just be "leatherish" bound volumes.

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:49 pm

Steve Topper wrote:I was wondering about the Summer and Winter Specials. For some reason, I thought they were reprints. If not, I'll add them to the Miscellaneous volume, along with the Itchy & Scratchy X-Mas Special.

The Simpsons Super-Spectaculars I have (except for Issue 1) and they are up to Issue 10 right now. That one was a three-part crossover with Simpsons Comics and Bart Simpson dealing with Radioactive Man comics.

I forgot all about issue #10 on that one but I recently picked up the Best "RadioactiveMan Event Ever" comicon trade that collects those 3 crossover issues:

Steve Topper wrote:
I do have the Radioactive Man 711. I think the only real Radioactive Man story I'm missing is Super-Spectacular 1. And that's the reason Radioactive Man is down the list for binding.

I'm missing Super Spectacular #1 too.

There were also 4 hidden back up features on the early Simpsons (#36-#39) that made up a Radioactive Man story (issue #160) too:

http://www.planetbongocomics.com/Simpso ... s_36B.html

There's also an Itchy & Scratchy #0 issue behind Simpsons #25 as well.
(I wish there was an Bongo comics official site already....

)

http://www.planetbongocomics.com/Simpso ... s_25B.html

Steve Topper wrote: And if you're planning on binding the Simpsons Comics and want the dust jacket files, just let me know.

Thanks! Looking at your work on these binded books gets me inspired to go for one!

My favorite run is "Futurama" but I don't have that many doubles yet. I have been working on getting doubles of the early "Simpsons" run because those have the flip back cover art of the supporting cast of characters that I want to display better. I think they ran from issue 1 to 40 something. Those cool flip stories had hilarious cover art on the side characters from the Simpsons universe.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:06 pm

Steve Topper wrote:
sanman wrote:Do you plan on doing dust jackets on the Batman volumes?
For those, no. I had them bound in imitation leather and used the Batman die stamp on the spine. So those will just be "leatherish" bound volumes.

It is a fine looking cover.