The Crow: Special Edition Author: Visit Amazon's J. O'Barr Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1451627254 | Format: EPUB
The Crow: Special Edition Description
- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Gallery Books; Special edition (July 26, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1451627254
- ISBN-13: 978-1451627251
- Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I'm rarely motivated to write these things but I kinda feel like a jerk writing an average review for this thing as its first release but I have to be honest.
"The Crow" is one of the best selling comic trade paperbacks ever and this particular edition has been rumored for literally half my life. I'm 29 now and talk of the "Author's Edition" has been circulating since I was in junior high school. I still have my original copy but its in tatters from being carried around in my backpack constantly through high school. It no longer has the front cover.
I almost broke down and replaced it a few times over the years but I always held off in hopes that this edition would materialize. If I would have known how long it would take I probably would have repurchased it long ago. Now I have this Special Edition and its flaws aren't worth buying the original version again but I feel anyone who has a perfectly good copy of the TPB may want to make an informed decision re: the "upgrade".
For starters, one of the selling points on the jacket is "LOST SEQUENCES RESTORED USING THE ARTIST'S ORIGINAL TECHNIQUE". Per his introduction James O'Barr claims that the original art for these deleted scenes was lost and/or given away over the years and has been faithfully recreated using low-quality photocopies as a guide. I guess we'll have to take his word for it because these poor-quality versions are presented nowhere in the book. I hate to sound paranoid but the reason I'm not quite convinced is because they show an advanced technique not present in the surrounding material. I say kudos to James O'Barr for improving as an artist over 30 years but I don't know how I feel about the dishonesty in regards to the historical nature of the art.
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