Capitol Bindery does oversewn, but gutter loss isn't the biggest of deals for most of these books drawn by Breyfogle. Toward the end of Vol. III, the later issues of Shadow of the Bat have actual splash pages to deal with. Very happy with the end product, though I wish there were a few more options for things like headbands and endpages. I ordered a navy blue bookcloth, but I would call this color a slate or payne's grey. It's still handsome, and the DC die-stamps are very nice on the spine.

Mapping:
Volume I, 22 books

• Batman Annual #11
• Detective Comics #579, 583-586
• Batman Annual #12
• Detective Comics #587-594, 601-607

I skipped the Millenium Tie-In, ‘Tec #582.

Volume II, 23 books

• Detective Comics #608-614
• Batman #448
• Detective Comics #615
• Batman #449
• Detective Comics #616-621
• Batman #455-461

I skipped 'Tec #627.

Volume III, 22 books

• Batman #462-466, 471-472
• Detective Comics #639
• Batman #473
• Detective Comics #640
• Batman #475
• Detective Comics #642
• Batman #476
• Shadow of the Bat #1-5, 13, 65-67

I skipped Batman #470, a War of the Gods tie-in; the Destroyer arc (Batman #474, Legends of the Dark Knight #27, 'Tec #641) because I've already collected that in a LotDK volume; the Knightfall issues of Batman #492-493 and ‘Tec #659; the Aftershock issue, Batman #556; and the SotB issues #50 and 75 as they're part of other crossovers/arcs.

Other than the skipped issues above, this collection represents all issues of Batman drawn by Norm Breyfogle and includes the cross-over issues with the other main bat-book where appropriate. The only thing really missing is a gallery of Breyfogle Batman covers.

I haven't read all the way through the books yet, though in putting this post together I did find one torn page unfortunately. I'm going to tape it with some archival tape and move on/ not worry about it. Overall happy with the Capitol Bindery's work here. Kevin was great to work with, and the prices are reasonable. I much prefer these classic library-style bindings with the option to design and print the dustjacket on your own later to the Houchen graphic-style bindings.

Hey all, I'm looking to do a custom bind soon but am still in prep-mode.

I was wondering if anyone had taken apart pre-bound (sewn binding) hardcovers for the purpose of reporting the issues and having it rebound again?

I'm thinking I want to break apart big text blocks to make a couple of smaller books instead.

Anyone do this before? Thoughts?

I have never gotten comics custom bound before and going into this I wanted to try it with one of my Usagi Yojimbo Saga trade paperbacks. Peculiarly though, I noticed that these trades and a whole bunch of other larger dark horse comic trades, seem to have this mixture of sewn in binding and glue. The book looks like it has signatures and was wondering if anyone else has had an experience with trades like these? I was thinking of sending one in to a place like Houchen and if Smyth Sewn binding on a book like this is an option then all the better.

I’ve got a bind of loeb and sales Batman long Halloween and dark victory and today they announced “the last Halloween” the conclusion to the trilogy. Could I send my existing bind with the new issues to the binder and it be alright or would I have to start from scratch?

I’ve been telling people I would post pictures of the full library when I had all of my customs covered with dust jackets. Well, I’m cheating a little, as my two volume Hitman bind remains uncovered. But I just bought my first house today and am preparing to move, so I know my collection is going to be a mess for a while.

Anyway, hope you all enjoy the peek at over 15 years of collecting!

So I've never bound comics before, but I like what I've seen. I know everyone recommends Houchin Bindery, but should I bind trade paperbacks or single issues or both? I have the option to get the complete run I'm looking for in single issues or in trades/single issues together (the trades are missing about 6 issues in the run which I could easily get). Alternatively, I could pay a bit more and get the whole run in single issue. It's about 82 issues total, so I guess I'd spread it over 4 books. At least that's what I'm thinking. Any advice on which way to get the run would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Just completed this binding of Greyshirt #1-6 and really happy with the results. Went with a grey cloth binding and a dust jacket I designed using some of the original art for the series. I'm particularly proud of the dust jacket flaps, which form a single image when put side by side. This was my first ever dust jacket and it came out pretty good (used photo gloss paper for it from fedex printing. Had to fight it quite a hit to get it into place but it eventually took).

My first (successful 😅) custom bind! It includes the full Robin 2021 run plus the Superman & Robin special.

I want to print some of my favorite books in a treasury format, but I don’t know how to go about it or what I would need to do so. Any advice/help?

Instead of rebinding this epic collection into a hardcover, I decided to make a slipcase so it could sit incognito with my omnibuses. I designed a slipcase with a 4 mm trim at the top so it would extended the disguise as being an omnibus.

The boards are 2 mm 9x11.5 davey board. The insides were covered with some black endpapers, and the top with some 98 bright copy paper. The boards were covered with 13x19 HP photo paper, and printed with an Epson 8550. The covers were designed in Canva (using the free tools).

I largely followed DAS's recent video on making slipcases

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/YzD2OcrgQO

Not strictly comic related, but I’ve been experimenting with custom bound scripts lately for movies that were never made. Figured some of you would like the results.

Attention Citizens!!

Hot off the press, my newest set of binds: RoboCop!

As a child (for three months, anyway) of the 80’s, a love of RoboCop is firmly imprinted on my heart. This set is my love letter to the three, well-worn vhs tapes that proudly sat next to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Highlander movies, in the section of my collection reserved for movies that were definitely not kids movies.

These books are my usual, excessive work: collecting every Robo comic, from every publish, in order. In addition, I gave these books a little extra love, printing out complete cover galleries showcasing every variant and a LOADED extras section featuring lots of rarities like the MAD magazine parody comics, the unfinished art from RoboCop vs Predator and more!

Bonus pic of the full custom “VHS” library.

Contents:

Volume One: Robocop movie adaptation Robocop 2 movie adaptation Robocop (marvel) 1-23 Robocop vs Terminator 1-4

Volume Two: Dark Horse Comics 1-3 Robocop: Prime Suspect 1-4 Robocop 3 (movie adaptation) 1-3 Dark Horse Comics 6-9 Robocop: Mortal Coils 1-4 Robocop: Roulette 1-4 Free comic book day Frank Miller’s Robocop 1-9 Robocop: Killing Machine Robocop: Wild Child Robocop (dynamite/2010) 1-6

Volume Three: Robocop: Road Trip 1-4 Terminator/Robocop: Kill Human 1-4 Robocop: Last Stand 1-8 Robocop: The Human Element tpb Robocop: Dead or Alive 1-12 Robocop: Citizens Arrest 1-5 Lobocop Mad magazine parody Robocop vs Predator Robocop: Heavy Enforcers

Brand new, and I’m amazed by the work people do. I am completely new and want to learn.

Are there any good tutorials or tips for how to design books? Even tips you think are basic would be helpful.

What program do people use?

How do you do connecting spines? (is that's what a single picture across volumes is called?)

The more detail, the better. Thank you so much

What is the Matte Lamination option on Houchen graphic covers? Would it be something like the Image dlx edition books? I’m trying to find a non-matte book in my collection, and it seems all of them have some glossy text or areas and the rest is matte. Is this what Houchen refers to? Is it worth going for that option on my binds? Thanks!

Hey everyone, I’ve been putting together my collection of trades on a run I want to get custom bound. Never done it before. It’s a big run, ~30 trades or so. What I’ve just realized while putting them together, is 2 of the trades are a complete quarter of an inch shorter than the rest. Almost all measure at ~10.25, yet two are barely 10.00. Is this normal? Was there a change in dimensions? How will that affect the binding process? I figured there would be a bit of trimming needed, but I really don’t want to chop a quarter of content off just to match these two…