DC Comics Classic Library: Justice League of America by George Perez (Jla (Justice League of America) (Graphic Novels)) (Hardcover)

SDCC DC COLLECTED EDITIONS
posted 07-29-2004 04:37 PM
BY BRIAN J. APODACA

The DC Collected Editions Panel began with an introduction by Georg Brewer, DC's Vice President for design and retail product development. He was joined by Vice President for sales and marketing, Bob Wayne, and Senior Editor for collected editions, Dale Crain.

Due to the free-flowing nature of this panel, the question and answer session took up nearly the entire presentation. There was an open exchange of ideas, and often an informal "would you buy this?" poll taken by the panelists in attendance. Often, obscure titles were brought up, and surprisingly, Georg Brewer didn't discount the possibility of producing collected editions of various comics' series, be they obscure or groundbreaking.

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Q: What about Justice League in the Decade format?
A: We're taking an approach to collecting different stories from different eras - as far as the best-of trade paperbacks and things along those lines.

Topic: Questions for Bob Greenberger
posted February 03, 2003 09:06 AM
posted by Bob Greenberger

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The TRIGON collection is a trade and the next Perez Titans material you see is will be the second volume of the Archives, probably in 2004. Yes, we'll be recoloring his JLA and Wonder Woman books when we get to them. No, George won't be doing new covers, as mentioned earlier.

Topic: Questions for Bob Greenberger
posted January 31, 2003 08:58 AM
posted by Bob Greenberger

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I already suggested to Dale that the JLA Postcards be used a spot art throughout the book, whenever we get to it.

Topic: Questions for Bob Greenberger
posted January 30, 2003 09:06 AM
posted by Bob Greenberger

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Right now, the Perez volumes are moving slowly through the system. Until we need the covers, we're not sure which way we're going. Neither JLA or WW are currently on the schedule so we have time to make this work out.

Yes, the plot to #4 is approved but there's no way George can do all that's left and still have all 4 come out this year. Neither DC nor Marvel, I suspect, want to wait on a bi-monthly schedule so we need for George to be well into #4 before scheduling the monthly event.

The Trade Paperback you reported does not exist. This is one guys plan on how he would like to see them released. He even made a follow up post this morning saying the same thing. Bob has talked about releasing George's JLA issues but nothing official yet. Just like Marv wrote the intro for the second archive addition theirs a intro out at DC but the book might not show up (maybe a future Errata). DC has probably commissioned hundreds of intro stories for books and they never saw print. That's the way the entertainment industry goes.

Topic: Mapping the Crisis on Multiple Earths TPBs
posted January 08, 2003 11:55 AM

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CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EARTHS VOL. 5 (162/168 pages)
Written by Gerry Conway; art by Dick Dillin, George Perez, Frank McLaughlin, and various
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #183-185 and 195-197

Justice League of America #183 10/80
"Crisis on New Genesis, or Where Have All the New Gods Gone?" (25 pages + cover)

Justice League of America #184 11/80
"Crisis Between Two Earths, or Apokolips Now" (25 pages + cover)

Justice League of America #185 12/80
"Crisis on Apokolips, or Darkseid Rising" (25 pages + cover)

Justice League of America #195 10/81 (27 pages + cover)
"Targets on Two Earths" (25 pages)
Poster (2 pages)

Justice League of America #196 11/81
"Countdown to Crisis" (27 pages + cover)

Justice League of America #197 12/81
"Crisis in Limbo" (27 pages + cover)

posted January 09, 2003 04:28 AM Originally posted by ManofTheAtom: Excuse me, new to this part of the boards. Are those tps really gonna come out? If so, when? No, DC has announced no plans to publish these books. My list is merely speculative. Sorry about the confusion and welcome to the DC Message Boards.

Questions for Bob Greenberger
posted December 12, 2002 09:39 AM

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I think Forge and Edge are interesting ideas but now that CrossGen has repurposed them into a new size, I need to see those before I offer any opinion/observation.

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Yes, I know what's on our March and May-December schedule. However, as stated elsewhere, we constantly revise the schedule based on market conditions. I'd much rather not tell you something is coming out in a specific month and then have us change it. For March, which is locked down, we will have a volume of JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES, NEW TEEN TITANS: THE JUDAS CONTRACT (back to press), WONDER WOMAN: PARADISE FOUND (issues #170-177), GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD DAWN II and 100 BULLETS: COUNTERFIFTH DETECTIVE.

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Yes, we're doing our homework on collecting George Perez's run of Wonder Woman but exact details and release dates will be forthcoming. Part of the problem is that with older film it takes longer to inspect and prep.

posted December 13, 2002 08:57 AM ... SwordQuest, with gorgeous George Perez, is owned by Atari, which is now longer an AOL Time Warner company. Therefore, it'd be tough to produce. It was also drawn for a different size and wouldn't necessarily adapt to the traditional comic book trim size. Finally, I don't recall if the fourth book was ever finished. I do recall, though, seeing the real prize, the jewel-encrusted sword at a trade show and thought it looked awesome. posted December 23, 2002 09:07 AM

The paper stocks we use on the trade paperbacks are selected using a variety of criteria. For example, are we picking up existing film? How was the material colored (believe it or not, changing paper stock may suddenly ruin a beautiful color job). And of course, there's that pesky issue of price. Our commitment to a quality package never diminishes.

Yes, we're talking about collecting George's JLA and Wonder Woman material. However, given his detailed work, we have to make sure the film is intact and complete. If not, then we need to address how best to restore the work without ruining the look of the artwork which does george and the reader a disservice. And obviously, we'll be looking for an optimal marketing opportunity to release such collections.

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Covers are very important to the overall mix, but should a collection have 185 story pages, 5 covers and a minimum of 3 pages of front matter, that's 193 pages. The next signatur eup makes it 208 pages and raises the issue of how to fill the remainign pages and by going up a signature does that also mean the price has to increase? We look at these issues closely before making a decision.

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Bob Greenberger
Senior editor - Collected Editions

I thought I'd mention that on the DC message boards under archives, they're saying that we might see the George Perez JLA stories collected in a tradepaper back. I just hope the quality is good. Even thought there's things to worry about like War or the Economy we also have a lot to look forward to this year. Me, I'm looking forward to the JLA/Avengers series more than anything else except maybe the Hard-Cover that comes later.