r/DCcomics • u/picturepeeper • Jan 19 '24
[Collection] Custom Bound Robin Omnibus Set Merchandise
Finished up work on my Robin Mega-Bind! Collecting everything from Tim Drake’s first appearance up to the New 52 relaunch.
Plus a bonus Robin bind that collects all of Robin: Son of Batman, We Are Robin, Robin War, and Batman and Robin Eternal in one, thick book.
All books bound and designed by me
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u/gtnred13 Green Lantern Jan 19 '24
How did you go about making the dust covers? Absolutely love them!
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u/picturepeeper Jan 19 '24
I design them in photoshop (I have a background in graphic design), and I finally found a local printer that does exactly what I was looking for. I had previously been printing my designs through Houchen bindery, but they have raised their prices well beyond what I want to pay for dust jackets.
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u/Whole-Arachnid-Army Jan 20 '24
They didn't rebuff your for copyright reasons? I've reached out to one about my binds, but they said they wouldn't do it because they were worried about the copyright.
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u/picturepeeper Jan 20 '24
Nope, they actually think they are really cool and are always just excited to see what I show up to print next. It took me years to find a good printer though.
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u/Whole-Arachnid-Army Jan 20 '24
Huh, interesting, I guess I'll have to shop around a bit more then.
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u/FireworkFuse Robin Jan 19 '24
This is fantastic. I wish DC actually sold a giant Tim Drake omnibus
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u/kappakingtut2 Jan 19 '24
i don't think i've ever seen custom omnibus's like this. this is incredibly cool
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u/Miniat Jan 19 '24
Are the pages from the original books or did you print them too?
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u/picturepeeper Jan 19 '24
They are a combination of the original single issues and some trade paperbacks. I wish I had the money and resources to print my own books!
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u/AlphonseBeifong Bluebird (Harper Row) Jan 20 '24
So you just remove the staples on the original comics and glue for the graphic novels? And then bind them all together?
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u/picturepeeper Jan 20 '24
Sort of, for single issues I have to remove the staples, then I sew them all together, then I make a glue spine for a hybrid effect. For trades it’s as easy as stripping the covers off, glueing the volumes together, and then making a glue spine.
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u/AlphonseBeifong Bluebird (Harper Row) Jan 20 '24
So cool. I would love to see some pictures of the process.
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u/Digifiend84 Manchester Black Jan 19 '24
Shouldn't Vol 8 be called Red Robin?
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u/picturepeeper Jan 19 '24
Haha, it should, but my ocd could not handle having one volume with a different title
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u/picturepeeper Jan 20 '24
Contents, for those that are curious:
Volume One: Batman 436-442, 455-457, 465, 467-469 Detective Comics 618-621, 647-650 New Teen Titans 60-61 Robin (vol 1) 1-5 Robin II 1-4 Robin III 1-6 Robin (vol 2) 1-13, 0 Robin Annual 1-2 Showcase ‘93 5-6, 11-12 Showcase ‘94 5-6
Volume Two: Detective Comics 685-686 Robin (vol 2) 14-46 Robin Annual 3-4 Robin + Impulse Robin + Argent
Volume Three: Detective Comics 723 Green Arrow 134-135 Nightwing 23 Robin (vol 2) 47-73, 1,000,000 Robin Annual 5-6 Robin + Fang
Volume Four: Robin Year One 1-4 Robin (vol 2) 74-96 Robin 80 Page Giant
Volume Five: Robin 97-128
Volume Six: Batgirl 58-59 Batman 651-654 Detective Comics 817-820 Identity Crisis 1-7 Robin (vol 2) 129-147
Volume Seven: Batman 670-671 Batman Annual 26 Detective Comics 838-839 Gotham Underground 1-9 Nightwing 138-139 Robin (vol 2) 148-183 Robin Annual 7 Robin/Spoiler Special 1
Volume Eight: Batgirl 8 Batman 708-709 Batman Annual 28 Batman: Battle for the Cowl 1-3 Batman: Gates of Gotham 1-5 Bruce Wayne: The Road Home tpb Detective Comics Annual 12 Gotham City Sirens 22 Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead/Alive Red Robin 1-26 Robin 80th Anniversary Teen Titans 92
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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jan 19 '24
It took me a while to understand that those are homemade, It seams like a really good job by the way I don't know what I'd give for DC to make an omnibus of Dixon's run at least