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Todd H

08-15-2007, 11:34 AM

Got this book at the comic shop today. I do have to say that it was well worth the wait. My this book is awsome " WOW" started readin already, and it has some really KOOL art .

Today!? I thought there was another two weeks before release! Can't wait to get my hands on a copy.

Poe Ghostal

08-15-2007, 12:03 PM

Nope, looks like it hit today: http://www.diamondcomics.com/shipping/shipping_081507.txt

Todd H

08-15-2007, 12:22 PM

Nope, looks like it hit today: http://www.diamondcomics.com/shipping/shipping_081507.txt

My comic shop isn't getting it in so I have to rely on B&N. They don't get it in until the 28th.

I think there's a comic shop over in PA I might be able to hit up....hmmm.

E. Spears

08-15-2007, 12:43 PM

The woman interviewing Mike and Christopher kind of bothers me.

Eric M

08-15-2007, 01:43 PM

Nope, looks like it hit today: http://www.diamondcomics.com/shipping/shipping_081507.txt

This is the Previews Edition that came out today. the regular version hits at the end of August. This is definitley the version that members of this board will want to pick up. This is an amazing story!

Tad

08-15-2007, 02:11 PM

What a great surprise at the comic shop! I'm glad I got this versions with the sketchbook of thumbnails in the back.

Timaximus

08-15-2007, 03:44 PM

What all is in the Previews Edition to justify the extra $15? I picked this up and put it down a few times in the comics shop today before deciding against it (at least for this week).

Todd H

08-15-2007, 03:59 PM

What all is in the Previews Edition to justify the extra $15? I picked this up and put it down a few times in the comics shop today before deciding against it (at least for this week).

This Previews Exclusive edition also features the original Hans Christian Andersen story that inspired the author, along with additional spot illustrations. An additional sketchbook section of art by Mike Mignola is also included, exclusively for this edition.

Eric M

08-16-2007, 06:19 AM

What all is in the Previews Edition to justify the extra $15? I picked this up and put it down a few times in the comics shop today before deciding against it (at least for this week).

Although the sketchbook was less than I was hoping for, I think this is the version to get. The regular version wont have the short story, sketchbook pages, and will have a different cover.........

Eric M

08-16-2007, 06:23 AM

What a great surprise at the comic shop! I'm glad I got this versions with the sketchbook of thumbnails in the back.

Tad,

Isnt Mike doing a signing for Baltimore in Burbank soon?

Tad

08-16-2007, 09:15 AM

Yes. At Dark Delicacies bookstore. This from their site: (http://www.darkdel.com/) On September 22nd at 2 p.m., illustrator/writer Mike Mignola signs BALTIMORE,: OR, THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER AND THE VAMPIRE (hardback)

I believe they're doing their usual mail order thing where they'll get Mike to sign a copy to you.

Neil Hill

08-16-2007, 03:21 PM

Todd H

08-16-2007, 03:23 PM

Okay, so I'm confused a bit. There's an edition of Baltimore that hit comic shops this week that has a Mignola sketchbook session in the back, but the edition that will be shipping from sites such as Amazon and B&N won't have that section? Does that sound right?

Right. The Previews exclusive edition has the sketchbook and the original tale that inspired the book.

The regular edition is...well the regular edition :D

Neil Hill

08-16-2007, 03:31 PM

Right. The Previews exclusive edition has the sketchbook and the original tale that inspired the book.

The regular edition is...well the regular edition :D

Thank you for letting me know. I wondered suspisciously why the Amazon.com version was $16 versus the $40 for the comic shop edition. I thumbed through the comic shop edition this afternoon and loved the sketchbook section, and abhored the idea that I'd miss out on that sketchbook by waiting around for Amazon to ship me their copy. Turns out my comic shop still has that copy I looked through available, so it's officially on hold until I can get there after work to purchase it. Proof positive that this board is doing good work in the world!

Gary_B

08-18-2007, 02:24 PM

I picked it up at my local comic shop today. It is beautiful and the first couple of chapter have me hooked. The presentation of this book is just beautiful. Mikes black-and-white drawings throughout are gorgeous and minimal and I love that many of them are small and square format. The pencils at the back of the book are an awesome treat.

Brisco

08-18-2007, 02:52 PM

gdeo

08-18-2007, 04:08 PM

Hey Brisco..I think dark del will have the regular version...the one that came out this week is a diamond exclusive...I'll check with Del and let you know.

Tad

08-19-2007, 10:50 AM

I was there Friday and they had the Diamond Exclusive at the time.

Gary_B

08-19-2007, 10:53 AM

My copy has the sketchbook and the Han Christian Andersen story but I can't find any indication that it is a Diamond special. It is a beautiful book.

Tad

08-19-2007, 10:56 AM

That's the Diamond Special = different cover, sketchbook, short story. Sketchbooks are always a matter of taste but it's rare to see Mignola pencil sketches.

gdeo

08-19-2007, 11:41 AM

Is it known which edition Dark Delicacies will stock for their signing? I hope it's the Diamond Exclusive version, because I'd rather get that one signed. I plan to buy both, and might as well get the version they WON'T be stocking now to read, as I can't wait until September to read it!
Thanks,
Brisco

Just made contact with Del and they have 9 copies of the special edition,so i would say that for the signing the majority of the book will be the regular edition.

DannyBoy7783

08-19-2007, 11:04 PM

I ordered the Previews version from Westfield Comics online. It arrived last Friday at my mailing address but I haven't had a chance to go get it. I'm really excited!

Neil Hill

08-20-2007, 08:58 AM

That's the Diamond Special = different cover, sketchbook, short story. Sketchbooks are always a matter of taste but it's rare to see Mignola pencil sketches.

Yes, and a rare treat indeed it was for this volume!

BTW, not sure who has and hasn't finished the novel at this point, so I won't give details or discuss spoilers, but I'd like to get a discussion going about the book itself. Anyone else enjoy it and if so, why?

Asa

08-20-2007, 12:45 PM

Todd H

08-20-2007, 01:21 PM

I seem to have created a little bit of confusion, when I got this book from the comic store I did a search looking for the appropriate thread, and seem to have dragged the wrong one. I do appolagize to all including Neil Hill.
Sorry Guys:o

Well let me just say thank you for drudging up the thread (wrong one or not) because with out it I wouldn't have realized the Previews exclusive version was on sale already!

absenter

09-11-2007, 11:12 PM

Mike Mignola is obviously sneaking around on my grandmother's property for inspiration.

Why would I say such a thing? Well I just returned from a trip to grandma's (no wolves were involved) in order to help her move into an assisted living situation. On a peice of her property lays an old house overgrown with vines and in the last stages of falling into itself. We both went down to this house because she said there was something in the house she wanted. Grandma is an avid collector (sometimes of things that only she believes to be collectible) and even at the age of 90 is still an intrepid spirit. Anyhoo, I tried to talk her out of it, most of the stuff in the house is junk and the only tennants now are mice and spiders, but there's no arguing with Grandma so we went down there. And even as I was complaining to her that she didn't need this or that I found a real jewel. It's a book full of WW1 photos taken by a group of US military engineers as they made their way through France. Look familiar?:

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/absenter/26b.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/absenter/72lowres.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/absenter/26.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/absenter/47.jpg

DannyBoy7783

09-11-2007, 11:14 PM

Pretty cool stuff! Thanks for sharing.

gdeo

09-11-2007, 11:40 PM

those are cool pix:D

Lilitu

09-12-2007, 12:44 AM

My grandmother too has these photo on her ooooold album.Her name is Maria and she's 87 years old and she is an intrepid spirit too!!!;)

pimpernel

09-12-2007, 07:31 AM

Quick and posibly silly question: just picked up a copy of this today and the pages are all uneven and cut to different lengths... are they supposed to be that way or did buy a duffer?

Todd H

09-12-2007, 07:34 AM

Quick and posibly silly question: just picked up a copy of this today and the pages are all uneven and cut to different lengths... are they supposed to be that way or did buy a duffer?

This question popped up in another thread. The general consensus was that they were meant to be that way so I think you're in the clear.

Mine has the same uneven pages. I kind of like it. Gives the book kind of an antique feel :D

parrish

09-12-2007, 07:39 AM

My pages are like that, too. I FINALLY got around to getting the book the day after I was at Baltimore comicon.

absenter

09-12-2007, 09:00 AM

My book has the uneven pages which I also like for the antique feel. Speaking of which, here's a few more photos for the Hellcats.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/absenter/72b.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/absenter/24.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/absenter/37.jpg

If you can't make out the above photo, it's a barb-wire fence that seems to stretch on into infinity)

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/absenter/19.jpg

If anyone has any kind of knowledge about the history involved I would love to hear it. I'm kinda obsessing over the origin and story behind these photos.

parrish

09-12-2007, 09:02 AM

Are those just regular photos taken by a relative, Absenter? or are they prints of some kind?

absenter

09-12-2007, 09:14 AM

Are those just regular photos taken by a relative, Absenter? or are they prints of some kind?

These are actual photos not prints. The scans do them no justice. I believe that a relative was a part of the army engineer group ('301st Army Engineers' as stated on the cover of the book the photos are in, which is also original), but I'm not sure. Doing some detective work.

(I might be wrong about this, they might be prints, but they appear to be original photos. I've never seen a photo from 1919 before!)

Todd H

09-12-2007, 10:16 AM

These are actual photos not prints. The scans do them no justice. I believe that a relative was a part of the army engineer group ('301st Army Engineers' as stated on the cover of the book the photos are in, which is also original), but I'm not sure. Doing some detective work.
In any case that's an awesome find. A real treasure. Maybe there are some WW2 photography forums you could post them on to try and get some more info on the history.

In any event keep us posted on what you find out.

Edit: WW1. I meant WW1!! :D

absenter

09-12-2007, 10:33 AM

In any case that's an awesome find. A real treasure. Maybe there are some WW2 photography forums you could post them on to try and get some more info on the history.

In any event keep us posted on what you find out.

That's a great idea (pretty sure these are from WW1 though).

Yeah, I feel blessed to have found it and I kind of had to eat some crow from old Grandma as I wouldn't have gone down to that house. If it weren't for her insistance, all this great stuff would have been lost.

As I've said before, the more I become a part of it, the more interested I become in history.:o

Asa

09-12-2007, 10:46 AM

If anyone has any kind of knowledge about the history involved I would love to hear it. I'm kinda obsessing over the origin and story behind these photos.
I could help with those photos. I need time to do reserch. Do you have any idea of nationality of your family roots?

parrish

09-12-2007, 10:59 AM

(I might be wrong about this, they might be prints, but they appear to be original photos. I've never seen a photo from 1919 before!)

The only reason I asked was because Lilitu said her grandma has some photos like that as well.

Asa

09-12-2007, 11:00 AM

The tank is a FT-17 light tank in service with 326th battalion of the US tank corp, during the front lines in france. during world war 1. 1918.
They were also used in Italy. However Italy, had produced there own, which were slightly different, they were not in service till 1923. So that picture is most likely the years before.Of course the Barbed Wire were used to prevent the army from crossing.

rhboyd

09-12-2007, 12:47 PM

Those pics are WONDERFUL!!! thanks so much for sharing them... CBM?!? Right click, download!!!

-r!

Gary_B

09-12-2007, 01:30 PM

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/absenter/72lowres.jpg

Wow, absenter, you are fortunate to have these photos. I would love to see a house like that.

Erwin Heinek

09-12-2007, 06:08 PM

These are actual photos not prints. The scans do them no justice. I believe that a relative was a part of the army engineer group ('301st Army Engineers' as stated on the cover of the book the photos are in, which is also original), but I'm not sure. Doing some detective work.

(I might be wrong about this, they might be prints, but they appear to be original photos. I've never seen a photo from 1919 before!)

Have you ever watched The Antiques Road Show? This album is the kind of thing that gets historians really excited especially with the provenence
of "301st Army Engineers". And the fact that is a family heirloom is awesome.

Thanks for sharing this find with us.

pimpernel

09-13-2007, 04:09 AM

This question popped up in another thread. The general consensus was that they were meant to be that way so I think you're in the clear.

Mine has the same uneven pages. I kind of like it. Gives the book kind of an antique feel :D

Ah cool. I thought it might be intentional, but i wanted to be sure. It is kinda growing on me. :)

absenter

09-13-2007, 12:33 PM

Those pics are WONDERFUL!!! thanks so much for sharing them... CBM?!? Right click, download!!!

-r!

Yeah, I've been poring over the book for days now and find something new and interesting each time. There's 60 or more pages of photos, it's not a small album.

But this aint CBM if that's what you're asking. ;)

Todd H

09-13-2007, 01:07 PM

But this aint CBM if that's what you're asking. ;)

I think he meant for CBM to save the pics and give them to Mike for future reference work.

absenter

09-13-2007, 01:48 PM

I think he meant for CBM to save the pics and give them to Mike for future reference work.

That makes much more sense.

Unfortunately, I think he's already done this. I'd prefer that she tell him to stay out of my Granny's things!

(strictly a fanciful jest Mignolas! :D you're all welcome at grandma's any time!)

I definitely plan on using the material as reference for work at some point. Some of the photos of destruction, demolished churches, shot up houses, craters, are brilliantly composed. It is pretty Mignoly territory though...

Todd H

09-13-2007, 02:08 PM

That makes much more sense.

Unfortunately, I think he's already done this. I'd prefer that she tell him to stay out of my Granny's things!

(strictly a fanciful jest Mignolas! :D you're all welcome at grandma's any time!)

I definitely plan on using the material as reference for work at some point. Some of the photos of destruction, demolished churches, shot up houses, craters, are brilliantly composed. It is pretty Mignoly territory though...

If you ever feel inclined to start a thread and post all those photos I wouldn't complain. :D I'd love to see some of the shot up houses and craters.

Maija

09-13-2007, 07:41 PM

That's a pretty priceless trove you've unearthed. There were not a great many photographers around documenting WWI. I'm sure that historians and museums would be quite interested in at least having a look.

Cool stuff!

jnapper

09-19-2007, 07:39 AM

Baltimore review at honeyed-words.com:
http://www.honeyed-words.com/article/97/san-diego-comic-con-2007-part-2

(scroll down to center)

lobster_johnson

10-17-2007, 07:23 AM

hi there!

im hoping someone can answer a question about the recent book "Baltimore..."

i work in a comic shop where we got in copies wich i was eagerly awaiting, but when i looked at it the ends of the pages were alll haggard and uncut like normal books.

the replacements we ordered were exactly the same, so we called up our ditributer and they said it was meant to be like that but i didnt believe them!

so can anyone clarify once and for all if the pages are meant to be like this or not?

thanks! :confused:

Eric M

10-17-2007, 07:35 AM

Yes they are. That is a very common practice for book binding, especially when it comes to new hardcover books.

Check the original Baltimore thread for a discussion on this......

jnapper

10-17-2007, 08:41 AM

Will do some thread mergin'

Thanks!

jnapper

10-17-2007, 08:49 AM

More Baltimore threads-- too many to merge all. Please use search for 'Baltimore' for more.

Spoilerific Baltimore Discussion
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=187179

Lord Baltimore - the Figure
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=190904

Balitimore Signing @ Dark Delicacies 9-22-07
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=181525

Baltimore News!!!
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=192003

Baltimore Special Edition Resolicited
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=192128

OT:If you could cast the Baltimore movie...
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=191022

Mignola Baltimore Signing in San Diego on September 15
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=188946

Baltimore Question - Abouth The Book???
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=188687

Baltimore image help
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=187563

Baltimore or The Steadfast Tin Soldier And The Vampire
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=173598

Baltimore poster help
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=180459

San Diego's BALTIMORE preview
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=181277

Asa

10-17-2007, 09:41 AM

hi there!

im hoping someone can answer a question about the recent book "Baltimore...
so can anyone clarify once and for all if the pages are meant to be like this or not?

thanks! :confused:
I have seen these types of pages before, I also have many books that the pages are like this. I grew up on the european style. It is common. I get the impression that not alot of people are aware of it.

lobster_johnson

10-17-2007, 02:24 PM

thanks for clarifying that for me! i've never seen that in a book before!:)

Eric M

10-18-2007, 06:41 AM

I have seen these types of pages before, I also have many books that the pages are like this. I grew up on the european style. It is common. I get the impression that not alot of people are aware of it.

as do i. I love the look and feel of books printed and bound in this style. I didnt even notice it until it became a topic of discussion here.....

Myron L

02-08-2008, 07:04 PM

WOW!!!

Just FINALLY got finished reading Mike and Chris's novel...just a great story...loved the characterization ...particularly Demetrius...and the "Nemesis" type of relationship between Baltimore and the Red Death...just a wonderful ride ...Mike's illustrations were sparse and tasteful, as one would expect!

Edit: Just noticed that this is my 1000th post on this board...very fitting !

gdeo

02-08-2008, 08:28 PM

congrats on the 1000th posts.yeah, this is a great novel...i've read it twice and still love it....now let's end this writers' strike, so mike and chris can put together a script;)

THE REAL kirk

02-09-2008, 01:56 AM

I second that! I really enjoyed the book and the different take Chris took with the direction of the book - it was almost like a book of short stories strung together by a common thread. Really a great read if anyone hasn't picked it up yet. And, as always, Mike's illustrations helped capture the mood and setting of the book. They make a great team!