9/30

Shipped out two finished books with dust jackets and 7 finished Snow Dog hard cover volumes. As you can see we are experimenting with thicker books. So far so good.

Three books arrived to be made into Capitol Bindery hard cover volumes

Five books arrived to be made into Snow Dog soft cover volumes.

One book arrived to be made in a snow Dog hard cover volume.

9/29

Got a call from Todd at Snow Dog in the early evening saying he had finished books and dust jackets and did I want to pick them up? Heck yes! So I went to Snow Dog and ended up chatting with Todd about various things until near 8:00 pm.

Capitol Bindery and Snow Dog continue to discuss ways to work together. More details to come.

Stayed up late getting books photographed and packed in order to make room for new projects arriving every day.

9/28

Worked on answering the backlog of emails and general paperwork. Interest in what we do at Capitol Bindery and Snow dog continues to grow. And customers I haven't heard from in a year or so are returning. Life is good.

9/27

9/26

Had breakfast with Kevin at Capitol Bindery. Dropped off 13 more books for hime to work on. Discussed the Wednesday Comics project and the Tattoo Artist Magazine project with him.

Hardcover Score Card - Capitol
24 books at Capitol to be bound.
2 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery.(19 have been put into storage for two different customers who seem to have disappeared.)

Soft Cover Score Card - Snow Dog
0 books at Snow Dog to be bound.
4 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery.

Hardcover Score Card - Snow Dog
7 books at Snow Dog to be bound.
8 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery

Drove to Lincoln and dropped off ten groups of comics to be made into no-frills books. I was told it would take 3-4 weeks.

9/25

Double checked the 13 books to go to Capitol Bindery on Saturday. Worked on elements for four Flash volumes.

9/24

These two books are on their way to Australia.

These two are going to the east coast.

Three books arrived to be made into Capitol Bindery hard cover volumes. They will have dustjackets so I got them scanned before I prepped them to take to Capitol Bindery.

9/22-23

Away on family business.

9/21

Followed up on details for a couple potential projects to be done by Capitol. Worked on elements for several designs. Emails regarding the LBC news have subsided to a manageable level.

9/20

The final issue of Wednesday comics is about to be published. Capitol Bindery is offering a reduced price on binding this series if they do ten copies at one time.

Specifics: Black buckram with Silver foil stamping. It will have a half-inch square spine. A Wednesday Comics logo die will be stamped on the cover. The words Wednesday Comics will be stamped on the spine.

The cost is $90.00 per book. This covers the cost of:

1. hand-sewing and binding the issues
2. making a die
3. shipping the finished book back to you.

If you would to participate, please email to get on the current list of the next list.

Here is a mockup of the book.

Spent the rest of the day working on designs for four Flash volumes.

9/19

Had breakfast with Kevin and Scott of Capitol Bindery and Bret from a friendly competitor located in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dropped off 11 books to work on and picked up three finished books.

We talked at length about the possible changes at LBC and if Capitol bindery is willing to offer a no frills book. The short answer is no. Kevin would prefer to create books they way he thinks they ought to be created. So no changes at Capitol Bindery.

Bret however wants to get into binding comics. So I will be doing a test with him for ten books with no-frills. He thinks we can offer a no-frills book for $25.00. Once I get the ten books back I will ask for beta testers to judge the books. If you want to be one of the judges, send me an email. Bret has asked me to consider repping his firm much the same way I do Capitol Bindery and Snow Dog. I said I would give it some thought. I will write more as details become available.

Here is an example of a comic I have never seen before. Not my cup of tea but I still enjoy seeing new things. These comics were of varying widths so Kevin had to pre-trim each comic individually in order for the volume to come out in a uniform format.

Another Swamp Thing volume. Something else that I missed when it first came out.

Yes, here is another Miracleman volume.

Hardcover Score Card - Capitol
11 books at Capitol to be bound.
8 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery.(19 have been put into storage for two different customers who seem to have disappeared.)

9/18

Ten people have signed up for the Wednesday Comics group binding project. We had hoped for 20. When I meet with Kevin on Saturday I will confirm pricing details and then email the ten people who have signed up.

Traffic spike to my site since the news about LBC.

9/17

Got up at 2:30 am to work on replying to the backlog of emails. It took until 7:15 am to get caught up.

Five new books arrived to be made into Capitol Bindery hardcover volumes.

In the evening I prepped new books and began answering a new batch of emails.

9/16

I have been receiving quite a few messages at both of my email addresses regarding the news of LBC’s possible sale and their discontinuing the service of binding comics for individual customers. I am sorry to hear that might be the case. LBC offered a great product for the price.

I will be meeting with Kevin and Scott at Capitol Bindery on Saturday morning to discuss what we might do to help. This might include offering a no-frills book at a lower price point. Later on Saturday I will meet with Todd at Snow Dog to see what he might want to do.

9/15

Worked on layout sheets for 11 new books. This is a fun group of comics because all 11 volumes are Jack Kirby comics! Long Live The King!

9/14

11 books arrived to be made into Capitol Bindery hardcover volumes. Got them unpacked and began prepping them.  Continued to work on designs for four Flash soft cover volumes.

9/13

Photographed and packed two finished books. Continued to prep 4 books to go to Capitol Bindery. Began designs for four Flash soft cover volumes. Worked on a scan and bind project (I have been working on this for a year and I am frustrated by how long it is taking).

9/12

Had breakfast with Kevin at Capitol and picked up two finished books.

Tweaked 8 hard cover designs for an X-Men set.

9/11

Started prepping 4 books to go to Capitol Bindery. This is an interesting lot of books ranging from Miracleman to Tattoo Artist magazine.

9/6-10

Worked on building 8 hard cover designs for an X-Men set. Up next a set of four Flash volumes.

9/5

Had breakfast with Kevin. Dropped off 5 books to work on. Discussed at length the details for binding the Wednesday Comics series by DC Comics. I will post details this week and email those on the list of interested parties.

Finished scanning elements for four softcovers. Then spent the rest of the day cleaning up scans for 8 hardcovers and 4 soft covers to be made by Snow Dog.

Hardcover Score Card - Capitol
5 books at Capitol to be bound.
4 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery.(19 have been put into storage for two different customers who seem to have disappeared.)

Soft Cover Score Card - Snow Dog
4 books at Snow Dog to be bound.
4 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery.

Hardcover Score Card - Snow Dog
7 books at Snow Dog to be bound.
8 books at my house waiting to go to the bindery

9/4

Finished scanning elements for 8 hardcovers and worked on scanning elements for four softcover books. Picked up some finished dustjackets from Tilford. Next they go to Snow Dog for lamination.

9/3

Four new books arrived to be made into Snow Dog Softcover volumes and Four new books arrived to be made into Capitol Bindery hardcovers. Got them unpacked and prepped to work on. Dropped off a few dust jackets to Tilford to output.

9/2

Worked on scanning elements for 8 hardcovers to made by Snow Dog. This is a nice 8 volume set of X-Men covering issues 135-293 with lots of crossovers included.

9/1

Took the day off.

What follows is domestic and international ordering information for Capitol Bindery and Snow Bindery books:

Standard Ordering information (hardcover)-United States

Reservations are required. Email me at dpbanks@gmail.com for availability of production slots. Price: $50.00 (for three lines of type and up to 25 issues in one hardcover volume). Shipping: Return Shipping is FREE. Two book minimum per order or twenty book maximum per order. Payment expected with order. Accepted forms of payment: PayPal, Personal Check or Money Order. Make payment and ship books to: David Banks P.O. Box 45394 Omaha, NE 68145. Books produced by Capitol Bindery.

Standard Ordering information (softcover)-United States

Reservations are required. Email me at dpbanks@gmail.com for availability of production slots. Price: $19.95 (for 6 to 18 issues in one soft cover volume). Shipping: Fast $9.85 (as many books as fit in the flat rate box) / Slow $5.50 (2-3 books). Two book minimum per order or ten book maximum per order. Payment expected with order. Accepted forms of payment: Personal Check or Money Order. No PayPal. Make payment and ship books to:David Banks P.O. Box 45394 Omaha, NE 68145. If you are producing your own cover, the cover file should be sent on Disk as uncompressed Photoshop PSD file. Free assistance for cover design and production (Although tips to the paypal virtual tip jar are appreciated. Paypal id: dpbanks@earthlink.net) Books produced by Snow Dog Printing/Binding.

Standard Ordering information (glue-bound image-wrap hardcover)-United States

Reservations are required. Email me at dpbanks@gmail.com for availability of production slots. Price: $39.95 (for 6 to 18 issues in one hardcover volume). Shipping: Fast $9.85 (as many books as fit in the flat rate box 3-4) / Slow $5.50 (2-3 books). Two book minimum per order or ten book maximum per order. Payment expected with order. Accepted forms of payment: Personal Check or Money Order. No PayPal. Make payment and ship books to: David Banks P.O. Box 45394 Omaha, NE 68145. If you are producing your own cover, the cover file should be sent on Disk as an uncompressed Photoshop PSD file. Free assistance for cover design and production (Although tips to the paypal virtual tip jar are appreciated. Paypal id: dpbanks@earthlink.net). Books produced by Snow Dog Printing/Binding.

For International Orders some of the details are different for the number of books that can be ordered at one time and the shipping details.

Standard Ordering information (hardcover)-International

Reservations are required. Email me at dpbanks@gmail.com for availability of production slots. Price: $50.00 (for three lines of type and up to 25 issues in one hardcover volume). Shipping: International Shipping charges to be determined on a case by case basis. Two book minimum/maximum per order. Payment expected with order. Accepted forms of payment: PayPal (paypal id: dpbanks@earthlink.net). Make payment and ship books to: David Banks P.O. Box 45394 Omaha, NE 68145. Books produced by Capitol Bindery.

Standard Ordering information (soft cover)-International

Reservations are required. Email me at dpbanks@gmail.com for availability of production slots. Price: $19.95 (for 6 to 18 issues in one soft cover volume). Shipping: International Shipping charges to be determined on a case by case basis. Two book minimum/maximum per order. Payment expected with order. Accepted forms of payment: PayPal (paypal id: dpbanks@earthlink.net). Make payment and ship books to: David Banks P.O. Box 45394 Omaha, NE 68145. If you are producing your own cover, the cover file should be sent on Disk as an uncompressed Photoshop PSD file. Free assistance for cover design and production (Although tips to the paypal virtual tip jar are appreciated. Paypal id: dpbanks@earthlink.net). Books produced by Snow Dog Printing/Binding.

Standard Ordering information (glue-bound image-wrap hardcover)-International

Reservations are required. Email me at dpbanks@gmail.com for availability of production slots. Price: $39.95 (for 6 to 18 issues in one hardcover cover volume). Shipping: International Shipping charges to be determined on a case by case basis. Two book minimum/maximum per order. Payment expected with order. Accepted forms of payment: PayPal (paypal id: dpbanks@earthlink.net). Make payment and ship books to: David Banks P.O. Box 45394 Omaha, NE 68145. If you are producing your own cover, the cover file should be sent on Disk as an uncompressed Photoshop PSD file. Free assistance for cover design and production (Although tips to the paypal virtual tip jar are appreciated. Paypal id: dpbanks@earthlink.net). Books produced by Snow Dog Printing/Binding.