{"id":1711,"date":"2024-10-08T12:51:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2025-07-26T00:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T04:10:04","slug":"mail-call-for-10-8-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2024\/10\/08\/mail-call-for-10-8-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Call For 10.8.24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I said something big was coming, and I meant it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One Artists Edition<\/em>
Front cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And when I say big, I mean BIG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book is lorge<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next to a regular comic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next to a regular Artist Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I don’t have a shelf that’s tall enough for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From seeing pictures others had posted, I knew it was big, but I didn’t know it was going to be this big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, if you’ve exorcised your inner Michael Scott, let’s take a look at some of the glorious pages within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ll just pretend that Kevin Smith story referencing the iconic scene on the left never happened.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the great things about Artist Editions is the inclusion of some of the process and production work, like these reduced photocopies of the penciled pages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Darkness. No parents.
(Beautiful, inky darkness, and a fantastic use of negative space in depicting the loss of those parents.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A scene that was adapted in Batman Begins<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’d held off on this for a while despite seeing so many other people happily sharing images of their copies, but a post from Ron Randall<\/a> proved to be the straw that broke my wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because my wallet is broken, it would be helpful if you’d take a look at some of the other posts here, like some of the other Mail Call<\/a> posts, and check back often to see what else has arrived on my doorstep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Born and raised in the sparsely populated Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Jon Maki developed an enduring love for comics at an early age.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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