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Mao
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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:13 am |
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Hi! I decided to finally take the plunge with Sluggy books but browsing IndyPlanet, I can't find the first 6 books, which is strange since they print on demand. Does anybody know what's the deal?
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GUIGUI
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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:48 am |
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They are now Megatomes. Book 1 to 3 are in Megatome 1 and book 4 to 6 are in Megatome 2 (I think each of those even contain one additional story compared to the books, but I am not sure) I think they will be directly available on the Sluggy store as soon as it get opened (which should be soon), so try to avoid getting them at an overpriced value: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/445 ... n-of-niftyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440821.Little_EvilsI wish Pete would give some more news about coming Megatomes, But I guess he is trying to catch up with the current chapters with the books first before going back to Megatomes. More curious is that IndyPlanet doesn't have "dangerous days" (book 9). Wonder why.
Last edited by GUIGUI on Mon Nov 09, 2020 7:40 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Zillatain
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Post Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:05 pm |
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Pete still has physical copies of Megatomes 1 and 2 to sell, so they are not on Indy Planet. Whenever he runs out, those will be available on Indy Planet.
Book 9, is in the same situation.
Now as for more Megatomes beyond 1 and 2, there is most likely never going to be any. The only reason he made those was because books 1-6 were out of print, only in black and white, some things had to be cut for it to fit, the page format did not work the best, and they were shorter than the current books. From 7 onward, everything is how he wanted the books to be. So all he would be doing, would be slapping multiple books together as is.
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Mao
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Post Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:24 am |
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Thanks for the answers guys!
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GUIGUI
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Post Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 7:39 pm |
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Zillatain wrote: (...) So all he would be doing, would be slapping multiple books together as is. I thought that was the point of the Megatomes. But thanks a lot for those clarifications.
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Zillatain
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Post Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:37 am |
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Now that I think about it, not many people many know what books 1-6 looked like. So I took a photo of them for you to see the difference. I see that I was wrong partially about one thing. The bonus stories in books 5-6 were in color after all. Everything else was in black and white though.
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GUIGUI
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Post Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:18 am |
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Once indyPlanet start publishing the Megatomes, do you know if they will be hardcovers or TPBs?
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Dodger77
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Post Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:08 am |
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Dang, the cover to book 6 is bad-ass.
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GUIGUI
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Post Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 4:47 am |
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