{"id":2538,"date":"2025-02-04T11:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2025-02-04T13:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T18:34:00","slug":"mail-call-for-2-4-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2025\/02\/04\/mail-call-for-2-4-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Call For 2.4.25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sometimes when I support a crowdfunded campaign the people behind it overcommunicate, inundating me with emails documenting every step of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other times, they under<\/em>communicate, which is why I so often forget that I backed something until I get an email telling me it’s shipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one was the latter type. Months went by without an update, then it went back to silence after the update, until, more than a year after placing the order, I got an email in December telling me that it would ship in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, I saw other people on Bluesky receiving their copies at that same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January nearly ended with no confirmation that mine would be shipping, but on the very last day of the month I finally received a tracking number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And today, I received, well, it<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conan Colossal Edition<\/em>
Front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Conan Colossal Edition<\/em>
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With a regular comic for scale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oh wow – it’s signed by the creator of Wolverine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This collection features pages of art from many of the different artists who have illustrated the adventures of the sullen-eyed Cimmerian throughout his long history in comics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let’s take a look at some of their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A list of all of the artists whose work appears in the collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Info page for Big John<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John Buscema<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barry Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Arthur Adams (with self-deprecating commentary)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neal Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bill Sienkiewicz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alfredo Alcala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I assume the reason some people got their copies long before I got mine is that they bought them via retailers, whose orders were fulfilled long before the orders of individual backers. Getting the signature likely also added to the delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in any case, there are plenty of things still out there – some I remember, some I don’t – waiting to show up for the Mail Call, so check back soon to see wonders have 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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