I have never read the Invisibles

[S. Earl]

And now I will have a very convenient chance to do it all in one place AND seriously hurt my bookshelf.

From Bleeding Cool

Blimey.

Blimey blimey.

All the Invisibles. All of it. In one book. 1536 pages worth. The Invisibles Omnibus collecting The Invisibles Volume 1 #1-25, Volume 2 #1-22, Volume 3 #12-1 and the short story from Vertigo Winters Edge #1. All written by Grant Morrison, with art from the likes of Steve Yeowell, Jilll Thompson, Dennis Cramer, Chris Weston, John Ridgway, Steve Parkhouse, Kim DeMulder, Paul Johnson, Phil Jimenez, John Stokes, Tommy Lee Edwards, Dick Giordano, Mark Buckingham, Mark Pennington, Michael Lark, Keith Aiken, Marc Hempel, Ray Kryssing, Philip Bond, Glyn Dillon, Ivan Reis, Warren Pleece, Sean Phillips, Jay Stephens, Frank Quitely and… Grant Morrison himself.

Sixty comics. In one big book. $150.

Blimey.

Oh, and now that Ed Brubaker is a big name, we get Deadenders TPB collecting all sixteen issues of that series as well as the Winters Edge short story, with artists Warren Pleece, Richard Case, Jay Stephens and Cameron Stewart.

And there’s Neil Gaiman‘s Midnight Days Deluxe HC, gathering odds and sods from Neil’s DC output including Hellblazer #27, Sandman Midnight Theatre and Swamp Thing Annual #2, combining Welcome To The House Of Mystery and Midnight Days, and wrapping it in a hardcover.

Those Mayans had better not end the world quite yet.

Also stoked to finally read Deadenders. I came to the Morrison game late. Didn't really start to "get him" until around the time Sea Guy came out. Since then I've been picking up everything I can get my hands on and slowly filling in the blanks of his 90s and late 80s work. I can't wait to check this out.

And after that, Doom Patrol?

[Bobgar Ornelas]

Deadenders is a great series. I was lukewarm to invisibles when it came out, I think it was because it wasn't Doom Patrol.

Good luck, you gotta a lot of reading to do!

[S. Earl]

Deadenders is a great series. I was lukewarm to invisibles when it came out, I think it was because it wasn't Doom Patrol.

Good luck, you gotta a lot of reading to do!

Is Doom Patrol collected in a series of decent trades? I haven't really checked.

Looks like they are also collecting the crown Jewel of my Hellblazer collection: the Gaiman penned 27. Good thing I never planned on selling it.

[InspectorSpacetime]

reading the third volume of the invisibles right now. Phil Jimenez drew his ass off on in volume 2.

[Brian G]

Is Doom Patrol collected in a series of decent trades? I haven't really checked.

Morrison's Doom Patrol is completely collected in 6 trades. Due to copyright issues at the time, it doesn't collect the Flex Mentallo mini. The mini stands out on its own, and wasn't really Doom Patrol related though.

A lot of the ideas Morrison toyed with in DP are later explored in the Invisibles. He even brought over a character. I'd recommend both series to Morrison fans.

[S. Earl]

A lot of the ideas Morrison toyed with in DP are later explored in the Invisibles. He even brought over a character. I'd recommend both series to Morrison fans.

Good to know, I'll bump that up on the never ending list of intended buys.

[Dave Faust]

A lot of the ideas Morrison toyed with in DP are later explored in the Invisibles. He even brought over a character. I'd recommend both series to Morrison fans.

Also, a lot of the ideas Morrison explores in The Invisibles with regard to the comics medium turn up later in Seven Soldiers of Victory and Final Crisis.

It almost goes without saying that I'll be buying the fuck out of this when it lands. 

[valance_the_hunter]

Doom Patrol is such an acid trip, and if you've experienced acid before…even better  .

[Brian G]

Doom Patrol is such an acid trip, and if you've experienced acid before…even better   .

So true. The greatest part about the whole thing is that he constantly stays true to what the Doom Patrol is all about. Yes it's an acid trip full of Dadaist zany imaginative ideas, but it's totally in tune with what Silver Age Doom Patrol was. It's really all about the healing process for Robotman and Crazy Jane, and the characterization is always on point.  

[Felt Martin]

I've been desperate for a fancy Invisibles collection but not sure I want one omnibus volume.
1536 pages must make for a very large (possibly unreadable) book.

My FF omnibuses are weighty and they are probably half that size (are they?) approximately.

[bean6344]

I've been desperate for a fancy Invisibles collection but not sure I want one omnibus volume.
1536 pages must make for a very large (possibly unreadable) book.

My FF omnibuses are weighty and they are probably half that size (are they?) approximately.

A two volume slip case collection would be nice, and appropriate for $150.00.

Bean

[InspectorSpacetime]

after 2 volumes though, doom patrols run is better imo. i fell in love with those characters.

[Dave Faust]

I've been desperate for a fancy Invisibles collection but not sure I want one omnibus volume.
1536 pages must make for a very large (possibly unreadable) book.

My house needs a family bible, and this should fit the bill nicely.

[Jim B.]

Phil Jimenez drew his ass off on in volume 2.

Quoted for troof. 

My house needs a family bible, and this should fit the bill nicely.

It almost goes without saying that I'll be buying the fuck out of this when it lands. 

 

Please, please let it be two volumes with slipcase.

I finished Supergods last week, and was surprised/disappointed at how little Morrison discussed this series, which I consider his magnum opus.  (I suspect Dave might give that title to Final Crisis.)  But what he did share was just fascinating.
My fabulous wife just got me Talking with Gods, which I hope to get to this weekend.

[Sean M.]

I'm all over this; this is my Kamandi- I bought every single issue I could as it came out and picked up the rest in 2000 when I was travelling around New Zealand (for two months), picking up the final issue on our final day in Aukland, a fittingly synchronicity laden conclusion. I now have a beautiful Jeff Lemire King Mob sketch framed on my lounge wall and a Sean Phillips Jack Frost and a Duncan Fegredo King Mob (a re-creation of the splash page from the Invisibles short in Vertigo Rave) in my sketchbook. In fact one of my geek missions is to meet all the creators involved. So far this means Duncan Fegredo, Sean Phillips, Steve Yeowell, Cameron Stewart, Dean Ormston and Frank Quitely. The only problem with this book is that I'm going to have to wait six months or so to buy it.

[Derek G]

after 2 volumes though, doom patrols run is better imo. i fell in love with those characters.

Karma.

also, Nice Avatar.

[timber-munki]

after 2 volumes though, doom patrols run is better imo. i fell in love with those characters.

Karma. The final issue of his run is amazing. There is another world. There is a better world. brings me out in goosebumps just typing it. One of my favourite Morrison runs, Richard Case's work is beautiful, and the guest artists are no slouches - Sean Philips, Philip Bond, Doug Brathwaite etc. Would like to see HC collections (purely for durability reasons) as long as they keep John J. Hill's design work from the trades - the use of quotes in random font size & orientation from the issue at the start of each issue is an inspired little touch.

As to the HC collection of The Invisibles, I own the trades and so I can't justify double dipping, particularly when this new format is far less practical. I would have preferred to have seen 3 HC collections in a slipcase for ease of reading (And DC could release the individual books as well further on down the line, assuming that there's anything after december 21 2012  )

[thefreakytiki]

A friend bought me Vol 1 as a thank you present.  Knowing all the accolades this book has been showered with, I tried and tried to get through it ... but I couldn't.  It just isn't my cuppa I guess.

Karma to all who get it. 


the Tiki

[Felt Martin]

A friend bought me Vol 1 as a thank you present.  Knowing all the accolades this book has been showered with, I tried and tried to get through it ... but I couldn't.  It just isn't my cuppa I guess.

Karma to all who get it. 


the Tiki

I would urge you to persevere. The first volume notoriously almost killed the book because it wasn't a lot of people's cuppa.
To say it gets better isn't really accurate because I love it all but it does change quite significantly.
It's so good!

[Felt Martin]

reading the third volume of the invisibles right now. Phil Jimenez drew his ass off on in volume 2.

So, so good.
I'd love one of those original pages.