Comments on: Deadly Nightshade After Closing Time http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2005/10/whiskey-n-beer/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Deadly Nightshade After Closing TIme « Speed Force http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2005/10/whiskey-n-beer/#comment-48069 Deadly Nightshade After Closing TIme « Speed Force Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:03:34 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=1065#comment-48069 [...] Originally posted at K-Squared Ramblings [...] [...] Originally posted at K-Squared Ramblings [...]

]]> By: Going for the Golden Age | K-Squared Ramblings http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2005/10/whiskey-n-beer/#comment-7502 Going for the Golden Age | K-Squared Ramblings Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:36:10 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=1065#comment-7502 [...] I’ve been writing a lot about the Golden-Age Flash lately. What with picking up the Comics Cavalcade Archives and discovering the imminent release of the second GA Flash Archives, I’ve gotten more interested in the era. Back when I was filling in my Silver-Age Flash collection (a process that took years!) I would occasionally look at the GA auctions on eBay, but figured they would be too expensive and never bid on any. Last week I decided to look again, picked an amount I’d be willing to spend, and bid on three auctions, figuring I’d be lucky if I won even one of them. [...] [...] I’ve been writing a lot about the Golden-Age Flash lately. What with picking up the Comics Cavalcade Archives and discovering the imminent release of the second GA Flash Archives, I’ve gotten more interested in the era. Back when I was filling in my Silver-Age Flash collection (a process that took years!) I would occasionally look at the GA auctions on eBay, but figured they would be too expensive and never bid on any. Last week I decided to look again, picked an amount I’d be willing to spend, and bid on three auctions, figuring I’d be lucky if I won even one of them. [...]

]]> By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2005/10/whiskey-n-beer/#comment-7232 Kelson Tue, 04 Oct 2005 03:51:23 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=1065#comment-7232 Ouch! I only remembered it was a more labor-intensive process! Destroying a rare collector's item makes it a lot harder to do! I looked for info on "Theakstonization" and "Theakstonizing," and I found a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060305000842/http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/thread.jspa?messageID=2000776578">message board post</a> [archive.org] saying, "As far as I know DC doesn't use the Theakston process anymore." Apparently the DC Archives are done <a href="http://g4tv.com/screensavers/features/45751/The_Art_of_Comic_Book_Restoration.html" rel="nofollow">digitally</a>, though the article doesn't exactly have much in the way of real information. The cool thing, though, is that I just discovered that the <i>Golden Age Flash Archives #2</i> is finally coming out next year! Ouch! I only remembered it was a more labor-intensive process! Destroying a rare collector’s item makes it a lot harder to do!

I looked for info on “Theakstonization” and “Theakstonizing,” and I found a message board post [archive.org] saying, “As far as I know DC doesn’t use the Theakston process anymore.” Apparently the DC Archives are done digitally, though the article doesn’t exactly have much in the way of real information. The cool thing, though, is that I just discovered that the Golden Age Flash Archives #2 is finally coming out next year!

]]> By: Chris Arndt http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2005/10/whiskey-n-beer/#comment-7218 Chris Arndt Mon, 03 Oct 2005 18:52:41 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=1065#comment-7218 Part of the deal is that not only do they need an original copy (those are possible to find) one has to destroy that copy in order to make reprints. The process is called Theakstonization (I believe) and I recall first reading about it in one of the opening essays in an issue of Who's Who. So part of the reprint process isn't just finding a copy of an issue and/or having one on hand but finding someone with a copy who is willing to let their copy be destroyed. In order for the Superman Archives to be published a copy of Action Comics #1 was destroyed. The colors and details are recorded ahead of time so that stuff is restored in the final product, but in the original edition the colors are taken out entirely for the scanning process. Finding a copy is rarely the issue; it's finding the second copy or a sacrifical soul. Part of the deal is that not only do they need an original copy (those are possible to find) one has to destroy that copy in order to make reprints. The process is called Theakstonization (I believe) and I recall first reading about it in one of the opening essays in an issue of Who’s Who.

So part of the reprint process isn’t just finding a copy of an issue and/or having one on hand but finding someone with a copy who is willing to let their copy be destroyed.

In order for the Superman Archives to be published a copy of Action Comics #1 was destroyed. The colors and details are recorded ahead of time so that stuff is restored in the final product, but in the original edition the colors are taken out entirely for the scanning process.

Finding a copy is rarely the issue; it’s finding the second copy or a sacrifical soul.

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