Comic Reviews by Walt

24 Hour Comics Day

Published by: DC Comics
Cover Date: N/A (October 2018)
Cover Price: $2.99

I was not going to buy this–it’s basically some "branded" sheets of paper stapled together.

I’ve liked stuff I’ve seen here and there over the years for this "24 Hour Comics Day" thing, but as my own notions of "drawing comics" are nearly a quarter-century in the PAST (I quickly realized MY actual creative enjoyment was in WRITING and creating a STORY, not in "art" in and of itself).

But it occurred to me that as a Superman fan all this time…something like this–it’s NOT a "variant cover"–would be interesting as something to maybe start taking to conventions or such. Get signatures and sketches in it. Depending on pricing and timing, perhaps find a Superman artist I like to get a cover image done, another for a "back cover," and of course, whatever sketches and such inside–24 pages’ worth of room for all that.

The physical stock of this thing is significantly thicker/better than a typical comic…it’s obviously designed to be able to handle drawing utensils being applied to the pages without shredding or necessarily (?) bleeding through.

For "only" $2.99 and NOT being "stuck" or "typecast" or whatever to a specific issue–even if I were to, say, ONLY get a "cover sketch" or such done–this is NOT a "variant" cover. It’s would not be getting Superman (2018) #1 "blank cover variant" signed or sketched on; it’s not something I’d feel I’d need to file with any given SERIES, etc.

It’s $2.99 for a glorified packet of paper, though, so by no means for everyone. I also (initially) had the motive of thinking I’d be "cute" and post a "blank" review for a "blank" comic, $3 for a stupid bit of snarkiness or sarcasm or whatever.

I have no idea how many of these DC was producing (I don’t really care offhand) nor how easy to get it’ll be in the future. Though blank, this has the typical modern/current DC Comics (DC Universe) branding and cover dress with the Superman logo in the iconic yellow and red; this is perfectly sized as any other comic, so it’s not some giant sketchbook or mis-sized anything…this will easily "disappear into" my collection with all my other comics if I’m not careful to keep it separated somewhere.

As this is not something with or of story-content, the price is for the convenience, size, and so on. There is no art whatsoever to this that is not shown on the cover. There’s a generic barcode with the typical TM & Copyright DC Comics / Printed in Canada notice on the back. You’re not missing any art from anyone nor any story/content from anything. No reprinted material, no exclusive material, etc..

As I’ve glommed onto using this for autograph/sketches, I’m liking it all the more, envisioning a mix of perhaps established Superman artists and just artists whose work I like adding something to a page or pages. For $2.99…that’s quite a good deal to me, and very much worth it for my own purposes.

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