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It had a beautiful Neal Adams page from Batman #251, with Batman fighting a shark. Later, I got a copy of Chip Kidd’s Batman Collected book. But a color copy was a different thing entirely you could see all the fine details.

Scott Dunbier (SD): The first impulse for it probably goes back 20 or more years, when I started making color photocopies of art because regular B&W copies looked so crappy. Scoop: How did the concept of doing the Artist’s Edition books come about? Here is Scott talking with Scoop in 2011. Scott Dunbier is IDW’s special projects editor and brought the format to life. It’s a wonderful thing to be able to print a book that really shows you what great original art looks like up close and personal. You feel like you have the actual page in front of you. You can see all the little nooks and crannies. It’s a book that is scanned from the original art in color, so when you see the printed pages, it appears to be in black and white, but it’s really in color. Here’s an early description of the format.

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I’m just as guilty, as I waited until this site was in full swing before I reviewed this first Artist’s Edition. Oddly, there are very few reviews online and few of them have photos. It was something completely new and had to be described repeatedly to everyone who wanted to know more.

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Plus it shipped in its own cardboard case, so I wasn’t worried about storage. $100 was more than most comic collections, but it was a fraction of what one page of Dave Stevens art sold for. Who could afford such an experience? With the Artist’s Edition, a whole lot. I had been collecting original art for several years and was familiar with the boards themselves but had never imagined having an entire storyline of original art as a reading experience. It debuted at Comic-Con 2010, and on AugDave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition arrived at my local comic shop. I cancelled my online order and placed a new order with my local comic shop. Cliff Biggers has asked Scott Dunbier if the book could be available to comic shops, so IDW offered it at a reduced discount level because of the production costs. $100 USD and $32.25 USD shipping to Canada.īy May 10 IDW had decided to make this book available via Diamond distributing to local comic shops, albeit at a reduced discount. That same day I placed my order online Comic-Con was out of the question but I could get it shipped! I’m a digital packrat and have every email so I was able to locate my receipt from May 04. To pre-order for pick up at San Diego Comic Con, click here. Quantities will be extremely limited, so fans are encouraged to order early.ĭave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition ($100, 136 pages 12″ x 17″ hardcover black and white) will be available from IDW in July.

Rocketeer fans can pre-order this one-of-a-kind collection now at , and choose to pick up their book at the IDW booth or have it mailed after the convention. “As an art lover, I can’t imagine a finer book on Dave’s work.”ĭave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition will be available exclusively through IDW Publishing and will launch at San Diego Comic Con International on July 21, 2010. “This is the Dave Stevens book I’ve been chomping at the bit to do,” said IDW Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier. Printed on uncoated stock and at the same size as the original art, Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition will be the next best thing to holding the actual art by Dave Stevens. Nearly every page in The Rocketeer has been scanned from Stevens’ original art to ensure the best possible reproduction and highest degree of accuracy. Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition will be a mammoth 12″ x 17″ hardcover book printed in glorious black and white. IDW Publishing and the estate of Dave Stevens are pleased to announce a very special book honoring the work of this esteemed creator. On IDW announced a new type of book: an Artist’s Edition. Along with my personal experiences as this new format emerged. I’ll be weaving the tale of the first few Artist’s Editions, providing quotes around each release and commentary by those involved. Let’s take a look at the milestones of this format from the last decade. And yet these volumes are still relatively unknown in and out of the comics market.

An astounding achievement archiving comics history. Since then 116 similar volumes from thirteen publishers have hit the market. Ten years ago IDW launched the first Artist’s Edition, creating a new format in collected comics and establishing themselves as the preeminent original art publisher.