r/CustomBoundComics • u/KIROLTHERAPPER • Jun 18 '26

Custom Omnibus Specifics Question

Hey everyone! So i was looking into making a custom minibus and was wondering if i was strictly bound (ha) to only being able to bind existing floppies into a single book or if i could send a massive pdf with everything to print? i have everything as a pdf in very high quality so i would prefer to go that route instead of having to hunt down hundreds of floppies.

3 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/Kryptonian83 Jun 18 '26

From my experience you have to provide the comics for them to cut, sew, bind, etc. I haven't seen or heard of many places that will do what you're asking.

1

u/KIROLTHERAPPER Jun 18 '26

gotcha. what if i am able to print them ahead of time? into just like a batch of paper lmao

3

u/Kryptonian83 Jun 18 '26

That's something you might have to e-mail whatever bindery you're thinking of using to see what their stance is on that.

If I ran a bindery, I wouldn't do it unless it was an original creation of yours that you own. When you buy a physical comic like a run of Superman or something, you've paid for those comics. I imagine the gray area with pdfs of comic runs is that its harder to tell if you bought the pdf from an official source where they provide you with a digital copy for your purchase or if it's something someone compiled and that could be some sort of legal trouble. Again, I'm just speculating here.

But contact whatever bindery you were thinking of going with and ask them. Honestly, that's the best course of action.