This auction is closed.
The bookcase purge for charity continues! You can see a complete list of all auctions here, in chronological order starting with the latest, here. Full auction details are included at the end of the article, but to bring the new folks up to speed real quick:
Every weekday until Friday, June 5th, we publish a new Shelf Bound article announcing a bind or bound set up for auction.
Each bind auction’s bidding starts when its article is published and ends 72 hours later, so today’s auction will close at 4 PM EST on June 1, 2020.
Bids must be posted in an item’s comment section to be considered for that item; highest bid posted before close of auction wins.
Bids from outside the U.S. are welcome, although shipping outside the U.S. may incur additional fee. Bids posted in currencies other than US dollars will be valued at their USD equivalent.
The winning bidder emails me (greg at multiversity comics dot com) to verify donation particulars, then makes the donation and send me verification.
I send out the bind.
Everyone wins.
30 weekdays. 34 binds. All proceeds going to charity. Sound good? Let’s get to it!
I IS FOR IMAGE, VOL. 2
Written by: Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Rick Remender, Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum, Chris Dingess
Drawn by: Chip Zdarsky, Emma Rios, Matteo Scalera, Kevin Mellon, Matthew Roberts
Inked by: Chip Zdarsky, Emma Rios, Matteo Scalera, Kevin Mellon, Matthew Roberts
Colored by: Becka Kinzie, Jordie Bellaire, Dean White, Owen Gieni
Lettered by: Chip Zdarsky, Clayton Cowles, Rus Wooton, Pat BrousseauPublished by: Image Comics
Collecting:
- Chip Zdarsky #1-5 (Sep 2013 – Mar 2014)
- Pretty Deadly #1-5 (Oct 2013 – Apr 2014)
- Black Science #1-6 (Nov 2013 – Apr 2014)
- Lovestruck OGN (Sep 2011)
- Manifest Destiny #1-6 (Nov 2013 – Apr 2014)
Additional Material: None
Bind Details:
- Oversewn binding
- Grey Arrestox cover material
- Black/white headbands
- IMAGE stamp used
- White endpapers
- Page edges trimmed
Signatures: DeConnick, Zdarsky, Fraction, Scalera, Mellon, Roberts
Sketches: None
We’re back with the second of three books collecting comics published (at least at one point) by Image Comics.
As I mentioned last week, back in 2014, “I is for . . . ” was their big-push marketing campaign, complete with an I Is For Image preview comic sporting that 4-color cover up top. I liked the idea & visual so much I flat-out stole it for my own compilations. Each of them has some kind of linking idea under the ‘published by Image’ umbrella.
Today’s book:
- had to come from comics already in-house, so no eBay or online bin-diving, and importantly,
- one or more of the creators had to be attending the upcoming Heroes Con 2014 so I could snag their signatures.
As you can see, I made out like a bandit signature-wise on this book.
Here’s where having an anthology book signed by creators can get REALLY fun. Kelly Sue DeConnick, Chip Zdarsky, and Matt Fraction were sharing an endcap booth at HeroesCon under their Milk Fed Criminals banner. One table, three signing lines.
I make my way through the first line to meet Kelly Sue. Gracious lady, complimented the book, wonderful little chat as she wrote an inspirational line in the book: “From Dreams + Fictions, Where The Talking Rabbits Live–”
Next up is Chip Zdarksy.
This was prior to Chip breaking out as a mainstream comics writer, but I already knew he was a big part of Sex Criminal‘s tone & humor beyond even being the artist. Chip takes a look at Kelly Sue’s bit and decides to take it a step further: “Brimp The Rabbits You Wish To Dream.” (Brimping was a catchall Sex Criminals term that means . . . um . . . you can look that one up yourself . . . ). Hilarious, yet refined.
Finally we get to Matt Fraction.
Fraction, by this point, had come back from a panel while I was in line and had seen the book making the rounds. When I presented the book, he responded with the mic drop: “BRIMP THAT SHIT!”
Continued below
So you COULD take the time & effort to track down all the original issues or trades and turn them into your own book via a binder using the techniques & approaches we cover every month in Shelf Bound . . .
OR!
You could bid on the bind we’re auctioning today, get the benefit of someone else doing all that work for you, AND do some good for the comics community we all love in the process!
Starting Bid: $50
Auction Ends: June 1, 2020 at 4 pm
Proceeds Benefit: The Hero Initiative
AUCTION FINE PRINT
- This auction ends 72 hours after the date & time of this article’s posting.
- Bids MUST be placed as comments below to be valid.
- Bids order is set by the timestamp given by Disqus. I subscribe to every comment section and receive an email notification simultaneous to the posting of every new comment. That email’s timestamp is what I use to determine bid order & the final bid cutoff time.
- Bids placed anywhere other than the auction article’s comment section (i.e. replying to the announcement tweet) will be ignored.
- Bids posted in currencies other than US dollars will be valued at their USD equivalent.
- Highest bid posted before the end of the auction wins. The winning bidder has 24 hours to contact me via twitter or email (see below) to set up payment. If contact is not made in this timeframe, the winning bid is invalidated and the next highest bid will be the winner.
- Winning bidder will make the donation in the amount of the winning bid to the agreed-upon charity. Upon successful donation and receipt of receipt (hehe) by me, the bind will be mailed out via Media Mail on the following Saturday unless an alternate schedule is agreed upon by all parties.
- Feel free to post any additional questions you may have prior to the end of the auction below; I will do my best to answer them ASAP. Additional and/or specific pictures of the bind are available on request.
- Thanks in advance to anyone bidding on these binds. Good luck!
