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- P. Craig Russell's Ring of the Nibelung
I am working on a custom cover for a collection of this series and had never seen it before! I was blown away by the art and plan to get this series for myself.
- What am I working on this week?
I am working on recreating covers for 18 books. A single customer sent in the 18 books with the covers already designed but they were not built to the correct resolution. The designs are great so it has been fun rebuilding them. It has also been a bit frustrating because I have other bindery duties to perform so I don’t get to work on the covers for more than a couple of hours at a time.
Next week will be quiet at the shop(s) so I plan to get these finished and start posting images.
Had a recent Skype conversation with a potential customer and he was showing me his design for a project he wants to do which has a book and a slip case. Cool design! I am now trying to figure the best way to produce it for him.
I was asked by the client to change a 4 book order to the art-on-cover style from the originally requested dust jackets. Not a problem, I build everything in layers so it was easy to do the conversion.
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- WOW! P. Craig Russell's Ring of the Nibelung: I am working on a custom cover for a collection of this series and had never seen it before!Jan 24, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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- I am thinking about sponsoring a podcast in order to get the word out about Single Bound Studios. Email me if you have a favorite! Thanks!Dec 29, 11 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- After much time and effort the entire http://t.co/qNUrSFKZ (SBS) web site is now live! We will continue to add to it as suggestions come in!Nov 30, 11 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Starting tonight at 8:00 pm cst I will auction my favorite bound volume (FF 50-70) to help a friend who has cancer. http://t.co/cHzDuGz2Oct 03, 11 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @tfowler1 Thank you!Yes I got the pictures, they were great!
- Miracleman Omnibus sells for $449 on eBay!
- Miracleman Omnibus on eBay ends Thursday. http://t.co/Pb3dhPoWSep 28, 11 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- New deadline: October 10th, 2011 to have your materials to the bindery for an on-time Santa delivery.Sep 25, 11 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @tfowler1 I am sorry to hear that! Are. Still on for Detroit?
- Single Bound Studios no reserve sample sale now on eBay. New samples everyday at 5:00 pm cst. Today's listing is a Miracleman Omnibus!Sep 19, 11 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Want to make a hardcover volume made as a gift? The deadline is October 15th, 2011 to have your materials to the bindery to be worked on.Sep 13, 11 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Hand-sewn, untrimmed, art-on-cover SUPREME volume. Book built by Yan Bolduc. http://t.co/A2Yvz1hSep 04, 11 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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- Jan 25, 12
Question for you who have read or bound Streets of Gotham - Do any of the Manhunter backups share a page with the main story?
- Jan 23, 12
With Avengers: CC coming to a close, I think it is about time I sort out my Young Avengers material to bind.
Originally I thought of only including the Heinburg stuff and the Young Avengers: Presents with Avengers: CC, but now I'm wondering if I should include the tie-ins for completion sake. Apparently the Young Avengers' story doesn't end with CC, so I need to keep that in mind...
Anyway... is anyone doing a similar bind? I figured given their recent exposure, this might be a popular project.
Map:
Young Avengers #1 - Young Avengers #8
Young Avengers Special #1
Young Avengers #9 - Young Avengers #12
Young Avengers Presents #1-6
Avengers: CC #1-4
Avengers: CC - Young Avengers #1
Avengers: CC #5-9 - Jan 23, 12
Just wondering about the 'LIVE' pages in #8 that you fold out, since it's already folded in away from the edge of the page. Did you still fold it when you sent it off or did you just leave it as is?
Thanks! - Jan 21, 12
I just got back my latest bind from Herring and Robinson. Inspired by DC's Retroactive line, I put together a Marvel Retroactive book consisting mostly of Ed Brubaker's work on the Marvel Universe in World War II. I included the Marvels Project, the Captain America 65th Anniversary issue, and the most recent arc of Captain America and Bucky. I rounded things out with a run on Wolverine Origins that included Cap and Bucky, two issues of Ultimate Origins, and the two Fighting Avenger issues from a year or so ago.
Here are a simple title page and TOC I whipped up in word. Still working on achieving the levels of awesomeness I've seen on some other folks' books! - Jan 20, 12
Sad to see it coming to an end. And yet happy enough to have had it to read! I'm thinking I may have it bound, because I dig it so much!
Binding time!OMAC 1-8 (including Frankenstein #5)the John Byrne BW 4 issue seriesmaybe the Paul Pope story from Solo?anyone else have any ideas? - Jan 19, 12Per H&R's website:
Tips for usable artwork:
- The best artwork for creating a die is vector art, not the rastor images typically found on the internet. (A vector image is a collection of connected lines and curves, as opposed to a rastor image that is a collection of dots/pixels. The most commonly used program to create or convert to a vector image is Adobe Illustrator.)
- Please keep your image to 3-1/2” in any...
- Jan 19, 12
So its been officially announced.
Bleeding Cool has some pages on itUltimately I could care less, granted once I see it appearing on the edge of my spines I might have an opinion.But the real question, who wants to see if they can make a two color version good enough for making a stamp die? - Jan 19, 12
Anyone got a good quality classic or volume 3 Avengers logo that they could give me the image of?
I cant find one good enough for my binders to make for me to put on the spine of some binds that I tam thinking of doing.
The letters need to have a gap between each one even if only a small one. - Jan 18, 12
For my condo, I have a bunch of documents that were bound together with a clear plastic front and back cover. I included a picture of the spine below (sorry if it's not clear enough, I can take better shots when I get home). What I want to know is if this process can be used for comics. The cover had the URL for http://www.unibind.com printed along the spine, which sells equipment to make such bindings.
- Jan 17, 12
I've been thinking about pulling together a multi-volume set around The Shadow. Has anyone done this? I haven't mapped it out yet, but some initial ideas were:
1. The Shadow 1987-1989 DC Series (1 volume, 21 issues)
2. The Shadow Strikes 1989-1992 DC Series (2 volumes, 32 issues along with Chaykin Mini-Series?)
3. Dark Horse Mini-Series (movie adaptation, Hell's Heat Wave, Coils of the Leviathan, Shadow and Doc Savage)
I'm sure there are a handful of other appearances I could add, but am I missing anything big???? - Jan 15, 12
So I recently won an auction on eBay and one of the Daredevil OHC books is missing the front endpaper/sheet on the inside of the front cover -- between the book cover and the title page.
Is there a recommendation for me putting in my own? I'm guessing I shouldn't use any old piece of paper and glue?
Does this really matter that much longevity-wise?
I'm not worried about the effect on the value; I got it for a great deal and don't have plans to sell anytime soon.
Any suggestions or recommendations on what to do, if anything?
Here's an image: http://www.use.com/showor...c25fa2568205731a&p=1
Thanks for the help! - Jan 12, 12
In looking back over my bookshelf and the John Byrne Hulk TPB that Marvel released, it reminded me of how much I loved that storyline as a kid and got me thinking to make my own binding of it. The problem is though, I can't remember where a good stopping point would be. The issues that I will be including so far are, Hulk #314-324, Annual 14, and Marvel Fanfare 29. Is there anything else that could be included or is there a better stopping point than #324?
Thanks everyone! - Jan 10, 12I'm going to collect:Black Condor #9-10Black Canary #8Ray #1-5 and 0Justice League Task Force #0 and 17-24
- Jan 09, 12
Was surfin around and came across this site...
http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?cat=4
A lot of logo's there. Anyone seen this before? - Jan 07, 12
This is my map of what I consider to be essential to the universe surrounding The Protectors. Rather than using absolutely everything that was branded “Genesis” after the fact, I only used books that tied pretty directly to The Protectors, and chucked the rest. I'll be binding it into two books, one pre-Genesis, one post.
Book 1
Protectors 1-4
Arrow 1
Protectors 5-6
Ferret One-Shot
Air Man 1
Protectors 7-9
Gravestone 1 (I may actually insert this issue into the middle of Protectors 9)
Man of War 1-3
Ferret 1-4
Man of War 4-8 (His Genesis crossover issues didn't actually cross over at all)
Protectors 10-12Book 2
Ex-Mutants 11
Gravestone 2-3
Ferret 5-6
Protectors 13
Dinosaurs For Hire 8
Ex-Mutants 12
Protectors 14
Genesis... - Jan 05, 12
I'm looking to bind Our Worlds at War and wondered if anyone has created a map for it? Especially for the one-shots and crossovers like Young Justice.
- Jan 02, 12
My latest shipment from Herring & Robinson arrived this last week. The set includes titles as indicated in the below photo, among which are quite a number category groupings (SF, Horror, Action) . This is in service of my "mega mapping" plan to bind most of the Epic Comics line, discussed here. Many thanks to dansteinberg for helping me complete my Epic Mega Map. All books are done in bonded leather (an extra $5 per volume), with the standard font like that used at LBC, over sewn, trimmed, single head lines, spine stamped. Color selection is by genre, loosely. I will map out each volume in a follow on reply:
This was the first time I took the plunge and scanned an oversized GN and then shrunk it down to... - Jan 01, 12
I asked on the other binding forum, but to no avail. I know an All Star Squadron logo was posted awhile ago and a die was actually made. I have no problem paying for the die to be made at H&R, but can anyone help with locating the file or possibly help in making the black and white logo?
- Jan 01, 12
I got a few books back from the binder and they turned out great.
A pretty basic Batman book that I will continue doing as I get the issues.
And the one I am really excited about is the Daredevil Volume 2 book. I wanted the spine to be a little different and I wasn't sure if it would turn out, but I am happier than I expected with it. The tough part is going to be duplicating the spine edges with future volumes. - Dec 28, 11
I am doing a bind of X-Cutioner's Song and I have the cards originally with each issue, but I am not sure how to include the cards themselves. I have thought about scanning them and making a few pages. Anyone have ideas or seen this done before?
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