Strangers in Paradise Omnibus - On Sale Now!

49 Posted on May 15, 2009 in articles by Conor Kilpatrick |


This week in his blog, Terry Moore announced that the long-rumored Strangers in Paradise Omnibus was finally available for pre-order!


The entire Strangers in Paradise epic is going to be collected in two 1,100 page tomes that will fit neatly into one slipcase, along with some extra material.



How cool is that?  I don't even love the series nearly as much as Ron and Josh and even I'm considering picking this one up.  That's how cool that is!

Comments

Oh. My. God.

Posted by deadspace on 05/15/09 at 04:07 PM

Want Connor to buy your comic?  Just put it out in a nice hardcover.  It's like crack to him. ;)

Posted by CGPO on 05/15/09 at 05:34 PM

Least you will get a work out while reading. I had trouble reading the Cap omnibus never mind this.

Posted by Cadgers on 05/15/09 at 06:08 PM

This looks really good, it's also being limited to 1,250 signed and numbered. At least that's what Terry Moore said on Twitter.

Posted by TMacken on 05/15/09 at 06:10 PM

@CGPO: It's true. I already put in my order.

Posted by conor on 05/15/09 at 07:40 PM

Yikes! Me want, me don't want to pay that much....

Posted by cenquist on 05/15/09 at 07:46 PM

As much as I love SiP...and I really do...I just don't have it in me to own the same product in different formats. Yes, there's extra material and you can't argue that the book is gorgeous, but I found out about this story, bought it, read it, loved it and I'm done.

Posted by Dez on 05/15/09 at 08:11 PM

Damn I already own this in the Pocket Books.  Must resist desire for awesome hardcover for as long as possible.

Posted by jstump on 05/15/09 at 08:13 PM

easiest $160 I ever spent

Posted by ron on 05/15/09 at 09:09 PM

That's going to be one HUGE slipcase.  I'm already not looking forward to the next time I move, mostly because of this.   

Posted by AMuldowney on 05/15/09 at 09:27 PM

I read it from the library and really enjoyed the series, just trying to convince myself to spend the money on this. It is very tempting 

Posted by TMacken on 05/15/09 at 09:44 PM

I know someone who is going to kill for this

Posted by Tiocore on 05/15/09 at 10:39 PM

ohmygod. it's signed and numbered too. ohmygod.

Posted by deadspace on 05/15/09 at 11:15 PM

I just bought the first two pocket books last weekend *sigh* Great series.

Posted by LukusLuke on 05/15/09 at 11:52 PM

Yeah, saw it on twitter.  Wow.  Whoever gets this, please post pics.

Posted by Gabe on 05/16/09 at 01:01 AM

 If only i had an endless supply of cash :(

Posted by DunDun on 05/16/09 at 04:04 AM

wow finally i cant wait i wanted to read this so bad and now it looks like i can!!

Posted by rayclark on 05/16/09 at 08:06 AM

I just recently have picked up more than half the original trades. Oh, well...

Posted by Nate on 05/16/09 at 10:00 AM

Can someone explain the appeal of the Omnibus to me? I'll admit it, I've bought a few, all of which I later sold because I never enjoyed reading them. They're just too big. [insert joke] But seriously. I like the regular hc format (like for Invincible - enjoying vol. 4 right now), but I just don't get these giant books. Don't you have trouble reading them? Doesn't it bother you that you can't see the whole page flat because of the thickness of the spine. I'm sorry to rant, this is just my pet peeve, I guess.

Posted by patio on 05/16/09 at 12:04 PM

As soon as I get money.  Never read an issue.  But just like Sandman and the Absolutes, I'm ready to dive right in.

Posted by nroa on 05/16/09 at 01:24 PM

I've never read this, but always wanted too.  So many trades available, I've always been too lazy to wade through them.  I LOOOOOVE Echo, so I'll be grabbing this for certain.  Here's hoping DCBS discounts the hell out of it!

Posted by Webhead on 05/16/09 at 01:56 PM

@patio: The answer to all of your questions is "no".

@Webhead: I don't believe this is going to be available through DCBS - you have to order it directly from Terry Moore.

Posted by conor on 05/16/09 at 02:18 PM

@Conor:  Moore says on his site it'll be available in the July previews, so I would assume DCBS would have it too.  Here's hoping :)

Posted by Webhead on 05/16/09 at 02:21 PM

@Webhead: Ah, you're right about that. I wonder if there will be any left?

Posted by conor on 05/16/09 at 02:52 PM

Does anyone think the omni will ever be on amazon?  Also, on the omnibus front, the way I've always read mine, is since I'm always to scared to open them all the way flat, I prop one end up on a small pillow, and read them like that.

Posted by Gabe on 05/16/09 at 04:49 PM

@conor - what could come out in a deluxe hardcover and you not buy it?  Youngblood?  Chuck Austen's run on X-Men?  Is there anything you could say "no" to?  This may be something scholars will debate for years.

Posted by CGPO on 05/16/09 at 05:48 PM

@CGPO: This.

Posted by conor on 05/16/09 at 08:33 PM

Already set aside the money in my SDCC budget.  He'll sketch in it there for you.  Only sketches he's doing this year according to a response that I got from him on twitter

Posted by JGG on 05/16/09 at 08:59 PM

Looks awesome, but I just bought all the pocket books, plus I picked up the SiP Treasury Edition at San Diego two years ago AND the SiP DVD.

Might be a worthwhile wedding gift for a friend, though. :)

 

Posted by Diabhol on 05/16/09 at 10:50 PM

If it's listed through Diamond isn't it going to be avaialble on DCBS? Or is there something special about this one? That asked, I'm still sending Terry my $$$ directly. $175 after shipping.

Worth. Every. Fucking. Penny.

 

Posted by RobAbsten on 05/17/09 at 01:27 PM

Oh God, I am close to ordering this, but the shipping will push this up to $230. Youch! I'm really tempted to just wait and pray this hits Amazon :( The $70 shipping is what really makes me think twice, otherwise I'd probably have pre-ordered already.

Posted by Brian on 05/17/09 at 02:58 PM

Oh God! Me wants sooooo bad.

Posted by Noto on 05/17/09 at 05:47 PM

@conor - See, I didn't think that story-line was that bad.  Azzarello does something kind of new with the whole "Superman = Jesus" theme by basically making the story-line a metaphor for The Rapture.  Plus who knows, maybe in oversize with the entire story collected in one place it would be more enjoyable. ;)

Posted by CGPO on 05/17/09 at 10:52 PM

@CGPO: Nope. Not interested in the least.

Posted by conor on 05/17/09 at 10:56 PM

...And like that I'm now $175 lighter.

Posted by Noto on 05/18/09 at 01:49 AM

Soooooo tempting... but $175 is steep. Loved the series, but man... I guess I'll just hold out hope for color reprints somewhere down the road.

Posted by Dan on 05/18/09 at 10:20 AM

Half the print run is already sold people!

Posted by deadspace on 05/18/09 at 10:22 AM

@Dan: Color reprints?  You mean this book was originally in color?  I've been getting the pocket books, they're black and white, and I just assumed that's the way it was.

Also, I'm with whoever stated it above.  1100 page hardcover omnibus just seems a little ridiculous.  These things are going to be huge.  I've got nothing at all against hardcover books, I love 'em in fact, but damn, there gets to be a point where it's just cumbersome, and that point is well short of 1100 pages in my opnion.

Posted by JonSamuelson on 05/18/09 at 02:20 PM

@Dan: $175 is steep for 2,200 pages?

@Jon: The series was originally in black and white.

Posted by conor on 05/18/09 at 02:33 PM

@Conor - steep for something I already own, yeah. Don't get me wrong, I'm very torn over this - I'm generally against buying the same thing twice, but this is my second-favorite series. Now $175 for full-color, I'm all over it, mostly because it's something I don't have. Hell, I'd probably pay double for a color omnibus.

@Jon - Moore said somewhere right after the series finished he was going to put out the ominbus and, eventually, the color edition. If I remember correctly, he cited the Bone Scholastic reprints as being an inspiration.

Posted by Dan on 05/18/09 at 03:22 PM

I wouldn't like SiP in colour. I didn't think the issues that were done in colour look as good as the b&w. I'm actually really surprised that Terry Moore would do a colour SiP.

Posted by deadspace on 05/18/09 at 08:48 PM

Don't drop this thing on your toe!

Posted by bluedream on 05/19/09 at 03:00 AM

This sort of stuff brings up a new question: Do we need to insure it? If I'm spending a ton for a unique thing, I don't want to lose both it and what I spent for it, if a comicbook loving criminal might burglarize the place.

Posted by chlop on 05/19/09 at 06:33 AM

This is great news indeed!  After my storage unit was broken into, All my SIP Harcovers were stolen.  They were ~$50 a piece and well out of print.  $175 for the complete run is really a bargain. 

Posted by chinochang on 05/19/09 at 05:38 PM

I'd pay for color.

 

Posted by Diabhol on 05/19/09 at 08:50 PM

Just put in my order, thanks for the heads up fellas.  I've always wanted to try the series out.

Posted by savinglala on 05/20/09 at 05:28 PM

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