How would you like the Mirage comics collected?

Matches Malone · 01-21-2013, 12:26 AM

While the Ultimate Collection seems to be near-universally accepted as a great presentation of the Eastman & Laird issues, people seem to be very divided on the other IDW Mirage trades, from the coloring to the issues in each trade. IDW has been collecting (or trying to) chronologically, but with certain issues coming up, this has led to a lot of skipping around and even the first trade "collecting" one issue! If it were up to you, how would you like to see them collected?

I personally am holding out for creator-oriented volumes, and hopefully they will also be in black & white. These reprints apparently cost very little overhead, and IDW is known to double, triple, however-many-it-takes dip, so we may eventually see a more properly collected Mirage eventually.

I'd like the creator-oriented volumes to collect full issues and shorts. It more often than not flows better visually and narratively. Something like:

TMNT Presents:
-Michael Dooney - #13, #27, #46-47, TMNT Attack! Pts 1-4, Junk Man, Meanwhile... 100,000,000 B.C.
-Eric Talbot/A.C. Farley (since their contributions may not be quite enough for a full trade) - #17, Ghouls Night Out, Not One Word!, The Howl, It's a Gas, #29, #43, Crack in a Hard Heart, Fiften Years Later...
-Rick Veitch - The River Trilogy, #30, Casey Jones #1-2

And so on...

View Poll Results: How should Mirage reprints be collected?
Creator-oriented, black & white	4	15.38%
Creator-oriented, colorized	4	15.38%
Chronologically, black & white	15	57.69%
Chronologically, black & white	2	7.69%
Other (explain below)	1	3.85%
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01-21-2013, 12:26 AM	#1
Matches Malone Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: California Posts: 954	How would you like the Mirage comics collected? While the Ultimate Collection seems to be near-universally accepted as a great presentation of the Eastman & Laird issues, people seem to be very divided on the other IDW Mirage trades, from the coloring to the issues in each trade. IDW has been collecting (or trying to) chronologically, but with certain issues coming up, this has led to a lot of skipping around and even the first trade "collecting" one issue! If it were up to you, how would you like to see them collected? I personally am holding out for creator-oriented volumes, and hopefully they will also be in black & white. These reprints apparently cost very little overhead, and IDW is known to double, triple, however-many-it-takes dip, so we may eventually see a more properly collected Mirage eventually. I'd like the creator-oriented volumes to collect full issues and shorts. It more often than not flows better visually and narratively. Something like: TMNT Presents: -Michael Dooney - #13, #27, #46-47, TMNT Attack! Pts 1-4, Junk Man, Meanwhile... 100,000,000 B.C. -Eric Talbot/A.C. Farley (since their contributions may not be quite enough for a full trade) - #17, Ghouls Night Out, Not One Word!, The Howl, It's a Gas, #29, #43, Crack in a Hard Heart, Fiften Years Later... -Rick Veitch - The River Trilogy, #30, Casey Jones #1-2 And so on... __________________ "Baxter, you slime puppy!"