IDW Vol. 2 hardcore "The Mirage Years" (1993-1995) announced

[Redrumh2o]

I pre-ordered it....but I agree... not a great cover

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Wentos

Normally I'm 100% in favor of original artwork, but I always thought the linework in Volume 3 was pretty flat/muddled and that the color helped the art pop a lot more.

I must have said that like 10 times in the Vol. 3 lettercol. Of course it was too "color open." Had Erik Larsen threw real duotones at it, we could have really had something good. As is, it's like, "Oh that's odd... did they forget to color it?"

[CyberCubed]

I'm pretty sure if they reprint Image again it'll be in black and white this time since the previous trades were in color. There's no reason to do two color collections twice over, and those 3 new issues they did (24-26), haven't been released in black and white as far as I know. So it would be the first time seeing those new issues in black and white.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'm pretty sure if they reprint Image again it'll be in black and white this time since the previous trades were in color. There's no reason to do two color collections twice over, and those 3 new issues they did (24-26), haven't been released in black and white as far as I know. So it would be the first time seeing those new issues in black and white.

Does that mean they'd then print the new issues, #24-26, in B&W for the first time?

[CyberCubed]

Probably only in the collections, but not as single individual issues.

[frank_one]

There's no reason to print the new issues of vol. 3 in black and white as those last issues were conceived in colour since the beginning, I guess.
I think no one is willing to go back and read vol. 3 in black and white ever again. It's just so better in colour.

[jignat]

I hope they do a hardcover of Image with all 26 issues in color.

The second Image tpb is out of stock on Amazon (physical edition) unfortunately.

[CyberCubed]

I think they might re-release Image just to make it part of this new collection series they're doing and in hardcovers. The previous ones were two tpb's collecting 13 issues each. They already collected the Tales 7 issues in the compendiums and Bodycount already has a hardcover. Most of the Shell Shock short stories were also in the last Ultimate collection, I don't know if they'd re-release those again either.

After that they're pretty much done up to Vol. 4 and Tales. V.2. I'm really hoping we do get the 70+ Tales series and the 16 mini's in collections, we had never gotten that series in a full collection before.

[ToTheNines]

This is awesome. I sold my volume 2 floppies years ago when money was tight. So glad this is happening.

Really, really hope they don’t re-color though.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Really, really hope they don’t re-color though.

Kind of inevitable, since IDW recolored Vol. 2 in that other reprint thing.

[Zog The Magnificent]

Honestly, I'll trade someone this for their singles. I still don't have them all and I would much prefer them to the TPBs I currently have. Any takers?

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah, you're never going to do better than the original Vol. 2. issues. Prestige format paper for the covers, every single one (except #1) with gorgeous original Eastman AND Laird covers (like their last major partnership ever), perfectly fine coloring inside.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Kind of inevitable, since IDW recolored Vol. 2 in that other reprint thing.

Insane that they would waste the money. Reprints should be near zero overhead.

[liugeaux]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

It looks like some use of the Magic Wand tool in Photoshop gone awry.

Yeah this looks like a sloppy "Content Aware Fill" (photoshop tool) job to fill empty space. I wouldn't say the art itself is AI-generated but more so a non-artist trying to patch something up.

[Andrew NDB]

And you just know the coloring is going to be wrong all over the place (I already saw stuff in the earlier Vol. 2 reprint like Donatello's backpack was a different color, etc.). IDW's reprint team doesn't have any oversight, nobody cares, nobody cross-checks against the original material, and nobody is accountable after the fact.

[Rooish]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

It looks like some use of the Magic Wand tool in Photoshop gone awry.

It looks like Etch-a-Sketch.

[DK2]

This is surprising about Vol. 2 getting a single compilation under the ultimate collections format. But yeah I agree the Lawson cover is odd. The background looks good but the turtles look like some charicatures or kiddy midgets or something. Like they don't belong in it at all. They look lost too on their faces. But that's also what this series was, what's next for the turtles?

[ToTheNines]

This is out, I’ve read the first couple of issues and can confirm that they did keep the original colors! Feels good to have Vol. 2 back in my collection.

And let me tell you something. That foreword Jim Lawson wrote was worth the price, alone. One of the most beautiful written tributes to TMNT I’ve ever read. Love that guy.

[Felian]

Now that volume 2 is out, is there any info if they will make a volume 3 hardcover like this one?

[ToTheNines]

No word on that. I’d probably only buy it if it was in the original black and white. But they probably wouldn’t do that if they’re going to include #24-26 and the couple anniversary special shorts.

I’m more interested in Tales and volume 4 getting proper collections.