My Top 10 Favorite Custom Bound Comic Hardcovers

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Here is a list of Mike's favorite custom hardcovers that he has had made over the years. This list was inspired by the awesome list that Omar from Near Mint Condition made of his favorite omnibuses.
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@NearMintCondition 4 жыл бұрын

This was such a great idea. Thank you so much for the shoutout. LOVE LOVE that Arthur Adams custom. So freaking cool and he signed it!! Thank you so much for putting the freaking Final Orbit in there. Such a necessity for the series.

@thecomicarchive 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Custom binds always have a great story and history to them. And yeah, final orbit is so essential. I don’t know how you read stormwatch/authority with out it.

@timshea2761 4 жыл бұрын

I say go for it. Houchen does a great job and I think it'll be worth it to have a more unique book. It'd be cool if marvel and DC came together to make an omnibus but there's little chance of that. so the hell with it.

@NFLDude56 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I love seeing what people decide to bind.

@thecomicarchive 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That’s one of my favorite things too. What’re your favorite binds of your own?

@NFLDude56 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't done any myself yet. I've thought about practicing a bind with Weapon X (BWS) after Jim Rugg did a few a couple months ago on a Cartoonist Kayfabe video.

@southgeorgiacollectibles3716 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Binds! Im working on the Stormwatch by Ellis right now!

@thecomicarchive 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Using the old trades or are you using the original issues?

@talulah67 4 жыл бұрын

Such an awesome video prevention. Love your top 10, even if I’m not familiar with all of them. I say bind those Marvel/ DC trades...they’re never going to do it anyway so make your own 👍😎

@jackdueceycomicstape3747 4 жыл бұрын

great stuff love the valiants

@thecomicarchive 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! They turned out great and really get me feeling nostalgic every time I crack one open.

@Oblivion4777 4 жыл бұрын

I really love how you have a wrap around cover for all your books & you use Houchen. I am completely new & was wondering how do you make your own wrap around? Or can I just send them a picture and they use it for the front/back? thanks so much!

@thecomicarchive 3 жыл бұрын

There are a few options. I am comfortable with photoshop so I can make my own covers. I usually scan in images from the books before I send them off and use those. But houchen does offer those kinds of services too for those who aren’t as comfortable with making their own covers.

@1MightyR 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool top 10!$😊💥

@thecomicarchive 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@offpanelreviews729 3 жыл бұрын

Love the graphic cover on Ghost in the Shell book.

@thecomicarchive 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@RWB7210 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool custom binds here. Love the AKIRA one especially. Did you end up binding the Marvel vs DC crossovers in an omnibus? I think that could be really fun.

@thecomicarchive 3 жыл бұрын

I did! It came out amazing. I used scans from the cover of the original Spider-Man/superman crossover with all the dings and scuffs on there.

@RWB7210 3 жыл бұрын

@@thecomicarchive Excellent! Do you have any pictures or videos of the finished omni? I'd love to see what it looked like.

@helious5056 3 жыл бұрын

Haven't had any Comics bound yet, but I think the two favorites I'm going to do in the future are the captain Canuck classic omnibus which will collect the captain Canuck compendium, captain Canuck unholy war and Captain Canuck classic volume one into one massive omnibus of Captain Canuck, the other is the Seminole series of Jade man comics (a Hong Kong comic company that for a brief time in the 80s published in the states) oriental heroes which by my calculations should take about three volumes and I want to go all out with it, custom stamps and everything cause I love this series so much and want to put it up on my shelf next to stuff like dark horses large format hardback manga volumes and have it look nice

@davidrobertson2686 4 жыл бұрын

Do you keep in contact with Houchen? I read that there was a change in management/ownership but no further detail. I’ve emailed them general q’s about my hopeful custom binds but to no avail. I don’t feel good just sending the comics in before getting contacted by them. Do you just send them and wait for them to contact you? Or do you get a response back before mailing in your floppies? Thanks man. Love your optic nerve!

@thecomicarchive 4 жыл бұрын

I haven’t heard anything about a change in ownership or management. The point of contact over there has changed though. It was Tim Benson for a while and now it’s Thomas Salistean. He’s been great to deal with. I send them stuff without letting them know it’s on the way. Once they receive it they let you know it’s all checked in. Pretty painless process.

@davidrobertson2686 4 жыл бұрын

The Comic Archive maybe that’s what I read...on a few posts in forums on cgc saying that they were bought by a larger book binding company mainly for textbooks...but forum posts can be unreliable. I’ve asked Omar and Jess too bc houchen didn’t respond after 4 months. But I guess you just send them in and THEN they contact you? Thanks for the info. Your video on designing your optic nerve helped me with my own custom aspirations

@thecomicarchive 4 жыл бұрын

If they did get bought I haven’t noticed a change in quality.

@davidrobertson2686 4 жыл бұрын

The Comic Archive good to hear! Thanks for the info. Gonna nite the bullet soon

@iLiKeFooDNuMNuM 4 жыл бұрын

You're kidding me haha! I came here looking for information on custom binds because I want to custom bind my Akira collection and you have that as your #1 Would you be willing to offer any suggestions on how I should go about it? I've never had this done before so my experience is limited to what people have posted here on KZfaq.

@thecomicarchive 4 жыл бұрын

For the Akira bind I went with oversewn binding, it’s sturdy and took the issues well. I divided mine into four volumes and that worked out well. Though you could easily do six volumes to match the way the series is typically divided. As far as further details I am working on a detailed primer on custom hardcover binding. And if you just want someone to take care of everything for you I know that Omahabound is a place that can handle the whole process. But let me know if you have any specific questions, I’m always happy to help.

@iLiKeFooDNuMNuM 4 жыл бұрын

@@thecomicarchive I looked up Omaha Bound! I'm definitely gonna send it to them and let them decide how it should be done. Thank you for telling me about them!

@himanshuborah117 3 жыл бұрын

Hey sir, How to get the file for the cover to print, not able to find good quality pics

@thecomicarchive 3 жыл бұрын

I like to scan my books before I send them off to be bound. This gives a really high quality image. Other than that you can use google image searching and set the filters to only show high resolution images.

@stewartmichael02 4 жыл бұрын

I’d do the Marvel ones. If it’s just for you then who cares what they’re worth, and if you want to get rid of them in the future they’d probably go for even more bound. Those books are scattered and to get them all in one spot is impossible. Also, I love seeing people’s custom binds, so if you make more of these videos I know I’ll be excited

@joshuarichmond2688 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I have a question do you include x-force 4 after spider-man 16 in the spider-man omnibus

@thecomicarchive 3 жыл бұрын

I did include it! What a fun crossover!

@joshuarichmond2688 3 жыл бұрын

Hey what order is your X-O Manowar put in

@jamesalexhowlett 3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to make custom bound comics, but my problem is I have seen custom binds where the gutters are practically gone.

@thecomicarchive 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that can happen depending on the book and bindery. That’s why I go with smyth sewn binding every chance I get.

@ReaperXC 4 жыл бұрын

What is pure binding opposed to binding?

@thecomicarchive 4 жыл бұрын

PUR is just a type of glue used in binding. It’s good for when you are binding comics with glossy covers.

@MrScottx Жыл бұрын

I say bind those books. Let's face it you never are going to sell them so why not bind them? ! Also I have a question. What software do you use to make those great covers?

@thecomicarchive Жыл бұрын

I just use photoshop. There are a ton of great options out there though.