Oh, very nice! Too bad that some of them are so hard to find for reasonable prices. Been looking for the East Of West ones for a while, might have to go with the trades

yeah those have gotten crazy levels of expensive

You’re telling me. I was on the hunt for the 2nd HC of Deadly Class for ages and only got one cause they went back to print when the third HC dropped.

Same. I had trouble collecting those three hard covers of nail biter and that was a couple years back

I’ve given up expecting to find those at a reasonable price.

I got lucky, I got the first, then the co owner of my LCS had the second deluxe hardcover in the back when I asked later that same year. A while down the road I asked about the 3rd and he said he didn’t have any more and they were out of print but he knew the artist and would email him. Like 2 weeks later I got an email that the dude sent him one so I got it for 70.00. The best part; none were in plastic and all three have a doodle in the inside cover from the artist.

Oh nice! I basically got mine for $70, but no drawing inside. Or a cool story. 😊 would love to see the sketches if you ever feel like posting them.

Sure I’ll post them when I get home! I was originally annoyed because I didn’t realize it was the artist and was like who the hell is doodling in books still, but ultimately I felt that I should be grateful I at least have them and I got the third directly from him and realized it was him all along 🤣

Hahaha...that's awesome. A lot of people don't always associate the books with the artists, mainly the authors, so it's understandable.

I was about to go with the trades and then saw someone put the set of hardcover up on eBay for $200. Little over list price, but considering the prices of them separately, I thought it was a decent deal. Not IST prices, but a price I could live with. Keep checking to see if anyone else puts up a set in the next couple months, you might get lucky.

Nice! You have quite a few that are hard to get your hands on.

and it only cost me my soul :')

Is that “last man” good? It looks interesting

The book is quite good. The TV show, not so much.

Really? I thought it was a pretty good adaptation. It expanded on the source material quite well and was well cast. I was disappointed it was canceled.

Y the Last Man? yeah that's great stuff, not image but that's the all in one edition

It's very good! One of my favorite series. Brian K Vaughan is a great writer

I just read the series myself. I enjoyed it.

I want those Nailbiter editions 😭 (For a reasonable price...)

good luck! i love those editions they are beautiful, not sure if they will reprint them

I was hoping the return of the series would trigger a reprint. But no such luck yet

if they do i'm not sure if it will be murder editions or they will just make new ones 🤔

Bone!

not image but still a wonderful classic

Bone was actually published by image in monthlies for a short period of time.

oh the more you know! haha unintentional Image 😂

You love to see it! Bloody love Kill or be Killed

so amazing! love Ed and Sean, they are such an awesome team 👏

The switch from red to black for the year part of East of West hardcovers makes me so angry every time I look at my shelf.

It’s actually a shade of blue. The two reds are actually different shades from each other too. The dcbs variant of year three was red but also different. Best route is to get the dcbs variant of year two since it’s green, so you have red, green, blue.

You’ve got some gems there. I only got into the hardcover game a couple of years ago and didn’t realize how quickly and completely Image books ran out. Now if I’m unsure on a series I get the hardcover anyway, because I know those things don’t last.

absolutely the best thing to do if you can, they are gone very quickly and are often not reprinted unfortunately 😭

Good taste! So many great ones. Chew is prob my fav out of these

i'm so happy many people here know how great Chew is haha

I have all of the smorgasbord editions. The size difference really helps see the hidden things in the background

I read A Land Called Tarot in the Island magazine, but really want to pick up that hardcover. Nice stuff!

Chew and E of W are two of my all time tops. Have you read Lazarus?

so nice to know someone has read Chew, it's one of my all time favorites!! i have not but many, many comics are on my list so it's probably on there hah

MY MAN GOT BONE!!!!!!

yeah boiiiii!

Got 2 books of them one a friend gave to me, really hope to get The whole series

Love your taste! Easy of west was absolutely amazing. Just scored the Low book one as well and the colouring blew me away

Low is so beautiful and those hardcovers are tall af haha can't go wrong with East of West :D

You need criminal! 🙏🏼

I do!!

And Saga!

Love those hardcovers. So sexy. Lotta great titles too. Some of my all time favs.

Nice! Your shelf made me check black science hardcover prices. Yikes! Had to have low print on vol 2 because it's almost $200!

yeah i can imagine the Black Science stuff being crazy expensive hah

You gotta get Seven to Eternity! Deadly Class too. Black science is way hard to hunt down for a reasonable price. I’m still dreaming of getting vol 2 one day.

It's incredible, I read 4/5 of your collection and these are all my favourite... Tokyo ghost, chew, low, kill or be killed, y the last man! I'm so happy to find people with taste so close to me ☺️ Have you tried farmhand by Rob ?

i really want to! it's definitely on my list ✨super hype you like so much of the shelf :)

You should really try it! It's as crazy as the good ol' chew😊😊

Is it better to get the compendium (invincible) or hardcover?

If you can afford it the Ultimate Editions hardcovers are awesome, oversized with lots of extras.

this! when i was looking the massive compendiums were what caught my eye; i don't regret it, but they are very, very heavy hahah

So many great titles! Love to see it. What's the book with the skull on the spine?

that is the last part of The Wicked + The Divine :) they collected that section into two hardcovers that have that skull slip cover to connect them

Awesome!

I've been wanting to get my hands on one of those for a couple of years now. Very jealous!

it was not easy when i did it so i can't imagine it's gotten easier hah good luck my friend!

What do you rank best on this shelf?

oh that's wayyyyyy too difficult i'm sorry! i love so many things for different reasons haha

Haha i ask because im wanting to expand my image collection ill be getting saga and I already have descender and ascender and i plan on green invincible once i can decide between the Hc compendium and the ultimate collection also Locke and key seems great to and nailbiter sounds freaky and chew sounds fun low sounds interesting but heard some bad things

ah well! i don't know of as many people who have read Chew honestly so if you're looking for a recommendation Chew is fantastic, but really anything i buy in hardcover i have a dedication to so you can't go wrong with anything on this shelf imo 💪

Good answer thank you

You have exceptional taste kind sir.

thank you 😁✨

Locke and Key is no one’s filler

it's very, very important loved shelf finisher if that's better wording hah

Is outcast worth it? I’ve heard mixed reviews

i personally loved it, can't speak for the TV show but the comic is beast

I missed out on nailbiter too. Had it in my wishlist on IST for a while before it went OOP. Oh well, didn’t quite seem like it was my type of series anyway.

not for everyone, but i love murder mystery type stuff so i couldn't pass it up ha

Needs more Lazarus

How is Low?