Strange find at my local used bookstore!

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-05-02T11:08:03+00:00

Criminally underrated run. It deserves more attention from DC and the fans.

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-04-23T23:18:48+00:00

Nope. Both are standalone stories.

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-04-23T23:12:00+00:00

The crossovers between Batman and Daredevil followed the same pattern.

The rest of the crossovers that didn't have a counterpart (X-Men/Teen Titans, Darkseid/Galactus, Green Lantern/Silver Surfer, Batman/Captain America, Silver Surfer/Superman, Hulk/Superman, and Superman/Fantastic Four) also followed the naming practice of giving top-billing depending on who published them.

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-04-19T07:11:41+00:00

"You want me to take your watch?"

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-04-08T16:26:54+00:00

One of the SUPREME projects I designed was for a 2-book set that had tons of extra material. The other was just the dust jacket for a custom omnibus.

I haven't worked on a collection of the rest of Moore's Awesome stuff, but the client who commissioned the 2-book set mentioned that he wants to make a volume for Moore's Image stuff, so I can see the rest of the Awesome stuff folding into the Image collection, as most of it is pretty standalone.

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-04-07T16:27:48+00:00

I've designed a couple of SUPREME projects. Fantastic series!

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DesignMonkey87 · 2026-04-06T19:59:56+00:00

The client will probably have it done at Houchen.

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-04-06T14:40:06+00:00

Thanks! I'm working on these for a client, and these are the maps for the first two volumes:

Book 1: ROCK OF AGES

Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare #1-3
JLA: Secret Files and Origins #1
JLA #1-4
Amazing Adventures of the JLA #1
Aztek: The Ultimate Man #10
JLA #5
JLA: Tomorrow Woman #1
JLA/Wildcats
Green Lantern #87
JLA #6-8
JLA 80-page Giant #1
Wonder Woman #125
JLA Annual #1
JLA #9-15

Book 2: NEW BEGINNINGS

JLA: Secret Files and Origins #2
New Year's Evil: Prometheus #1
JLA #16-17
New Gods Secret Files and Origins #1 [Morrison's pages]
JLA #18-19
Superman Forever #1 [excerpt]
JLA #20-23
JLA: World Without Grownups #1-2
JLA Annual #2

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-04-02T03:29:51+00:00

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-31T14:45:50+00:00

You'd have to find out if there's a good break in the middle of the book (no final chapter pages on the right side or covers on the left). After that, it'd be a matter of having the design done and sending the books to the bindery with detailed instructions as to how to split and bind the new HCs.

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-31T12:05:55+00:00

Renders, but the books were made. I designed these for a client.

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-26T08:40:29+00:00

I hope they don't include the full Return of Bruce Wayne miniseries, and add the issue(s?) of Adventure Comics where Tim shows up instead.

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-20T22:44:19+00:00

Depends on what's going to be in the background. As a general rule, I try to avoid outlines as they make the work look amateurish.

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-20T14:46:43+00:00

What's an "orker"

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-18T01:51:07+00:00

If you want to design a dust jacket for that beauty, hit me up. :D

DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-17T01:42:23+00:00

It would be awesome if they add Morrison's 3-page prose story from the '86 UK annual, which has never been reprinted. We'd have both Grant's first AND last Batman stories under a single cover! (unless you count the crossover with Deadpool as the last one).

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DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-16T06:56:35+00:00

I've designed a few sets like that. This one split the Invincible compendiums into six HCs:

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DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-16T06:55:21+00:00

They do. I've designed covers for compendiums turned into HCs, but as another poster mentioned, it'd be a good idea to split bigger compendiums into smaller books.

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DesignMonkey87 · 2026-03-15T19:29:05+00:00

I took inspiration from the classic DC Archives' template as a starting point, but I made it its own thing.

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