tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post9138120620566727..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: I've recently noticed a problem with DC's trade collections I didn't realize existed.Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-79079040518873662912013-11-19T09:27:50.310-08:002013-11-19T09:27:50.310-08:00I'm going yo play devil's advocate and say...I'm going yo play devil's advocate and say that this could even though I actually agree with you on how ridiculous I think it is, but I can imagine someone super particular about their trade shelves (or more likely a retailer) wanting there to be a clear progression from trade to trade on a title and having issues where to stick Animal Man/Swamo Thing: Rotworld on the shelf, so DC splits it to dodge the issue, but then still has to present a semi-cohesive narrative, so both books end up with a lot of overlap. It's that or massive recap pages, I guess.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09414734005382482800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-87768194454477090792013-11-18T17:43:01.568-08:002013-11-18T17:43:01.568-08:00You could just buy one of the trades and then buy ...You could just buy one of the trades and then buy the couple of leftover issues. That's what I did.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661002375460378958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-1544850802849866832013-11-18T08:41:23.405-08:002013-11-18T08:41:23.405-08:00I had a similar complaint about the Black Ring/Sec...I had a similar complaint about the Black Ring/Secret Six crossover. Both stories are phenomenal, but their crossover meant that both issues were reprinted in each trade. And to make it worse, half of the crossover makes no sense if you haven't been reading the other book. It's a shame that each of those almost perfect books have such a huge flaw.Joe Henneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985753243411729689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-30441201543634120552013-11-18T06:20:50.906-08:002013-11-18T06:20:50.906-08:00"(the latter officially has a "Vol. 2&qu..."(the latter officially has a "Vol. 2" in the title, although that was missing from several of the library catalogs I searched)."<br /><br />I have this problem with our library system sometimes as well. I usually go to Amazon to try and get the order right if there's any question.<br /><br />Oh, and I would like to second the recommendation of Asrar's artwork. Fantastic! Check out his blog here: http://mahmudasrar.com/KentLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955640155710628251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-66985742088728747702013-11-18T01:02:55.084-08:002013-11-18T01:02:55.084-08:00To be somewhat fair to DC, I think they're try...To be somewhat fair to DC, I think they're trying various approaches to collecting material.<br /><br />For instance, the other extreme to this is the "H'el on Earth" Super-family crossover. Although the crossover is meant to be read in the "triangle sort of way," they're being collected separately. Vol. 3 of <i>Supergirl</i> collects #13-19, of which #14-17 are part of the crossover. In this case, I'm quite content as I have no interest whatsoever in the unfortunately-titled "H'el on Earth," but I can't get enough of Mahmud Asrar's artwork (Caleb, if you haven't yet gotten a chance to see his work, please go check it out).<br /><br />My hope is that DC is experimenting and will let the readers determine the way that it collects crossovers in the future.Scott Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528480452314914200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-55330094606549055512013-11-17T23:16:54.753-08:002013-11-17T23:16:54.753-08:00I would be interested to know if different editors...I would be interested to know if different editors are putting together these overlapping collections -- if one person is responsible for assembling the Justice League collections and another for Aquaman, for example. That might explain things to some extent, though not completely. After all, everything comes out of the same collected editions department.<br /><br />If it's all done by the same person/people, though...then I'm really quite baffled. This strikes me as an exceptionally poor publishing strategy.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10558378521891430225noreply@blogger.com