This was the best video I've found so far as a new reader. The new books I've bought and the few used ones had next to no eye. I had done the flipping the pages from the front and back leading to the middle on all of them several times and didn't see much improvement in opening the eye, though it did help with stiffness. The big key was when you pinched the pages front to back from the middle and open and closed the book slowly, this really made the eye come through and got rid of almost all of my gutter loss, not to mention making the books more comfortable to read since I could lay them completely flat. Thank you
Glad you found this video useful! Please be careful though, and I just always like to reiterate my point that there is some risk applying these pressures to a book, only do so if you're fully confident, and even then, at your own risk. Also all books are different, and not all of them require anywhere near this much intensity! Some books just aren't built to be handled like this. And some just flat out don't need the extra effort because the spines already flex very nicely. Even some DC books occasionally come with a really nice spine that has massive flex with no effort. My Gotham Central omnibus spine was ridiculously flexible on its first opening! Either way, I wish you the best of luck with your bindings in the future! Thanks for watching, and taking the time to comment :)
Thank you so much. I did stretch the spine normally like I would any other omnibus but I also did it like 4 or 5 times. The other things you did by stretching by sections I did a little different. I put markers in the middle of the book to get a bit of an eye and then started stretching by sections by applying pressure. I used smaller markers for one day and then the next day used a bigger marker. But I really do see that your way seems that it would be harder to damage the book and I will be using your techniques from now on. Thank you again for the video, I found it very detailed and informative.
Hey thanks for watching 🙂 Yeah I've previously thought about putting things into the eye gap to try and force the spine to flex, but it feels a bit dangerous because it's a bit of an unnatural pressure to be applying and I feel like it could cause a weakness in particular parts of the spine. My way might not be completely natural, but at least to me the way the spine is being told to flex is at least more consistent with actually opening the book pages. Anyway, I am glad this video was informative to you!
This is the best video I’ve seen on spine stretching. It’s so invasive though I’m afraid to send it to my friends, however I myself will be doing this. That is incredible how you did that
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad this could help you out. But as I always say, definitely be careful! Not all omnis are equal in terms of how much they can take, so definitely tailor your method to the individual book you're working on. I hope you get some good results like I was able to. Thanks so much for watching, and for taking the time to comment! :)
WoW! I needed this! I’m tired of DC Omnis Gutter-Loss! You created an “ Eye “ where there was none. Great handy work! Never knew to try it this particular way! Will try this soon! Great Video! Your correct! It’s damn worth it to me as well! - Thank You! Best Regards, ⚡️KidFlash ⚡️
Very helpful video as many of my recent eyes are pretty flat even after stretching the spine. So just leaving a comment to help people notice this video! Great stuff.
Thanks for sharing this with the TH-cam comic book community! I've been stretching my spine all wrong this whole time 😅 I'll be doing this technique from now on 👍
Thanks for watching! 🙂 Saying you've been stretching the spine "wrong" implies that this is the "right" way to be stretching a spine... I think with the variation in bindings and build techniques of these larger hardback books, there can't ever be 1 "right" way of stretching a spine. It will depend on the book. For a lot of the Marvel omnibuses, you would never need to go to the lengths I did in this video. Simply opening up the book and flipping the pages from each side (as I do in the first part of this video) would definitely be sufficient for the average Marvel omnibus. If you get a book where the eye isn't opening up as much as you think it could, then maybe you escalate to using some of the methods I've shown here. But only do so if you think the book can handle it. These large DC books are built like tanks and can handle all the extra pressure I'm applying. Other books may be more delicate so you might need to be more careful, or you might not be able to get away with it at all. Really the key is knowing how far to go, and when to stop! I'm hoping it was clear in the video but I definitely don't know if this is the right thing to be doing for my books. But it seems to work well for me every time I try it with a binding that is very rigid, usually these large DC books with all the extra glue. And I hope this has at least given you some extra tricks up your sleeve, should you need them!
Thanks for the feedback! As usual I want to just reiterate that there is some risk to doing what I do in this video. So please be careful if you choose to emulate this yourself! Not all books require anywhere near this amount of intensity. And some books won't be able to handle it! These DC books are generally built like tanks, but not all books are built equally! Thanks a lot for watching, and for taking the time to comment :)
Hey thanks for the feedback! I hope this video was useful to you. But please remember to be careful with your books! Take care, and thanks for watching :)
Hey, I'm glad you're happy with the results on your Infinity Gauntlet omni! As I always say though, please be careful with your books and treat each one differently based on how durable it is and how much pressure it can take. Some books are a lot more delicate than the one in the video. And yeah depending on where you order from, some sellers are a lot more careless with these large books. Amazon is by far one of the worst for this, they often are packed really terribly with no protection, and so each book can get damaged just from its own weight and having freedom to move around in the box. I've even had a few books turn up with what I suspect was damage from the warehouse, prior to even being shipped. I have cut down my use of Amazon significantly due to issues like this being more common than having a book turn up fine. Thanks for watching this video, and for taking the time to leave a comment! 🙂
Hey buddy, good to see you as always! Thanks for watching and thanks for all your support of my videos! 🙂 Hope this was useful for you. But of course, books are expensive so be careful! If you have any questions or want and advice when it comes to stretching out a book feel free to drop me a line!
I have noticed with my large DC omnibus and even a few large image hard covers, that if you have them standing steait in a few months there is some "sagging". Basically the top part of the paper seems to be hanging down from the spine. Is this some thing to worry about? Im worried my books will fall apart. Strangely this never happens with my marvel books
Thanks for the kind words! As usual I'll offer my disclaimer; please use caution and be extra careful! Not all books are built the same and can handle the same pressure. But I hope it works out well for you like it has done for me so far 🙂 Thanks for watching!
Great vid - I would be interested in books that you've done this to, how they held up over time. I've had thick books like this (not DC Omnis but computer books) completely fall apart after like 10 years on my shelf. I did NOT stretch the spine when I got them as I didn't even know that was a thing. I have a theory - it's about the glue curing. When these books are new, you can gently break them in like you show. However after the glue used on the spine cures (after many years), I'm not sure it'll still work. I'm wondering if the book will still hold together or if you'll have parks of the spine fully break and possibly even some pages or groups of them that want to fall out. I hope not but I do wonder how your books would stand up against others like 10, 15 and even 20 years on.
Perfect. You rule. I got a library copy of the absolute sandman and was wondering how come my omnibus version of it didn't even remotely behave as well despite clearly being bound just as snug and well as it I have subbed to you and will be watching all your other videos! Thank you so much. I am way past my return window on the big damn sin city but if it doesn't open up (I'm sure dark horse is better at looser bind but still). That will be the ultimate test at 14+ lbs of book lol
Awesome video!! I was wondering if you do these spine stretching techniques everytime you go to read a omnibus or do you just strectch it out how you did when you first open a book?
Hey thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you found the video useful :) As I always say though, definitely be careful and use this technique at your own risk! Not all books require this level of stretching. In fact most only need the first step where you open the book from each end. As for your question, I will usually stretch a book once prior to the first initial read of the book. That's usually good enough to make the book a bit safer to read with a slightly more flexible spine. If it's a particularly stiff binding and it's a book I've not opened in a while, I might stretch again before reading. But for most books, they only ever need 1 very light stretch on the first time you read them. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
Can you do this with smaller hard covers? I have thisAvengers Red Zone hardcover I recently bogught(its roughly 69 pages and the size of a normal comic)and it looks like the eye is glued to the spine but Im not sure if its supposed to be like that or not Im also trying to do this on a Batman hard cover, and the eye is opening at the bottom more than the top
Thanks for the video! That's one of the most informative (and courageous!) omnibus spine stretching videos I've seen. I am relatively new to the omnibus scene. I've only been purchasing them for about a year and a half. My question is this: Why exactly is it desirable to have a larger eye for your omnis? Is it ONLY to prevent gutter-loss? Because if that's the only reason, I think I'd prefer to have LESS of an eye in mine. I have about 30 omnis now. I'd say about half of them have a fairly large, open, flexible eye, and the other half have pretty "squarish", blocky types of eyes, similar to the eye in the beginning of this video.. I have had a couple of my omnis begin to have problems, and it seems like it only happens to the books that have the largest, most flexible eyes. It sort of seems like the larger the eye, the more likely it is that the spine will have problems, such as the ribbon becoming detached from the block (which I know is also a fixable condition, but I'd rather not have to). Another problem I've had is where the eye doesn't really form a nice "arc". Rather, it seems to form a crease or a crack and kind of seems more like a triangle than an arc.. From my, admittedly limited, experience it just seems like the books with lesser eyes, or almost NO eyes at all, don't develop these problems. I was just wondering what your thoughts on this are. Of course, anyone else who'd like to chime in with their two cents are also welcome. I'd love to hear from anyone who has an opinion about it.
First of all, I want to say that your video is super beneficial. But, I may have over stretched my omnibus. Although, I believe I haven’t exerted that much pressure I noticed that some of the pages tend to open way more than others and stitching of the sewn binding become slightly visible on those pages. I have tried to be extra gentle since it was my first omnibus. It is unfortunate if I have damaged it. Could it be normal for the stitching the show up after the stretch? Thanks!
Well done, mate! Great idea on how to deal with these bricks that are built like small tanks. Your ingenuity and bravery both come through on this video. 😊 Quick question: Does the omnibus indicate where it was printed and by whom? Publishers like DC usually maintain a slew of printers in various parts of the world and some books may be jobbed out to 2 or 3 different printers who might not all be able to deliver the same quality and consistency in terms of binding.
Haha wow thank you so much, that's some high praise right there! I'm not so sure I deserve it, but it means a lot that you'd take the time to comment! I just hope this video is useful to people :) In regards to your question, the book was printed by Transcontinental Interglobe, which is in Canada. I believe this is the same place as a lot of the more recent DC omnis, such as the New 52 Batman omnibus. And because of this, the stuff coming from DC recently has been quite consistent. The construction quality and binding all seem to be quite comparable to this. The only difference might be a very slight variation in the amount/thickness of the glue used. Thanks so much for watching, and again for your kind words! :)
I'm not sure if I did this wrong or was too aggressive but my geoff John's gl vol 1 now lays flat like a dream but I think the edges of the text block have peeled off the covers. I can send you a vid if you have Facebook or something? I wanna get your opinion before I break in more books this way!
Hey I'm really sorry to hear this. It's possible the extra pressure applied did some damage, or maybe this was always a problem with the book and the stretching revealed the weakness. I've never had this happen myself, but I would be happy to take a look if you want to send me a video. Feel free to PM me on Instagram, I'm on there as comic_bound. I have the GL omnis myself but I've not opened them yet so I'm unsure about how well they are built. I know they are older than these more recent DC omnis that are built like tanks, so perhaps they don't hold up to the same pressures as the book in this video. I'm hoping I made it clear enough in the video and the description that I only apply pressures that I'm sure each book can handle, and each books is very different. It is quite possible though that you did nothing wrong and you just got unlucky with this book, I would be very interested to see a video of the book in its current condition. So yeah please reach out to me on Instagram. I'll gladly take a look.
@@FBean11 Hey yeah no problem, I'd be happy to help if I can. The easiest way would be to add me on Instagram if you have it, I'm on there as comic_bound, just pm me.
Hey thanks for watching 🙂 I don't own any of those books, so not sure what the bindings are like compared to these other DC books that I own. The biggest book I've stretched like this is probably the Snyder/Capullo Batman omnibus. It has a very similarly built spine to this Batman and Robin omnibus, and is maybe a tiny bit wider. But I feel like they are very similar in size and build quality. As I think I mention in the video, differently built books will require different amounts of stretching. If the spine ribbon is already quite flexible then there's no need to go as far is I did here in this video. And as I also said, if in doubt, it's probably best to not start applying tons of pressure and flexing the book in ways you're not sure it can handle. Do you own all 3 of those books you mention? What are the bindings like on them?
@@ComicBound Doom Patrol and Hellblazer. The spines are good. Probably what you say similar to Snyder Batman, maybe a little looser. I did some stretching with Hellblazer and that worked out pretty good, a lot of it is also bordered comics, so no gutter loss for big parts
Not too crazy about this storyline, though love the art style & coloring, it,s just being a bit of a purest, don,t like Dick Grayson being Batman. Didn't like it in the Knightfall storyline either, love Damian Wayne being another Robin though, go figure, eh? Only recently have come to actually like the Jean Paul Valley Batman replacement in Knightfall, love it now, hated it in the day. Suppose I know now how Robin purists may,ve felt about Jason Todd being the new Robin in early eighties. Jason & Jean Paul were fine though for me only Bruce Wayne can be Batman to me. ( At Marvel have only recently have come to accept that Tony doesn't HAVE to be the only Iron Man.).
You are a book chiropractor, now that is proper stretching.
This was the best video I've found so far as a new reader. The new books I've bought and the few used ones had next to no eye.
I had done the flipping the pages from the front and back leading to the middle on all of them several times and didn't see much improvement in opening the eye, though it did help with stiffness.
The big key was when you pinched the pages front to back from the middle and open and closed the book slowly, this really made the eye come through and got rid of almost all of my gutter loss, not to mention making the books more comfortable to read since I could lay them completely flat.
Thank you
I’ll definitely be using this technique in the future. I have 4 DC omnibus coming in the next month, so I’ll have lots of practice lol
Glad you found this video useful! Please be careful though, and I just always like to reiterate my point that there is some risk applying these pressures to a book, only do so if you're fully confident, and even then, at your own risk. Also all books are different, and not all of them require anywhere near this much intensity! Some books just aren't built to be handled like this. And some just flat out don't need the extra effort because the spines already flex very nicely. Even some DC books occasionally come with a really nice spine that has massive flex with no effort. My Gotham Central omnibus spine was ridiculously flexible on its first opening!
Either way, I wish you the best of luck with your bindings in the future!
Thanks for watching, and taking the time to comment :)
Just did this with my first omni, Batman by Snyder and Cappulo. Came out beautifully.
Thank you so much. I did stretch the spine normally like I would any other omnibus but I also did it like 4 or 5 times. The other things you did by stretching by sections I did a little different. I put markers in the middle of the book to get a bit of an eye and then started stretching by sections by applying pressure. I used smaller markers for one day and then the next day used a bigger marker. But I really do see that your way seems that it would be harder to damage the book and I will be using your techniques from now on. Thank you again for the video, I found it very detailed and informative.
Hey thanks for watching 🙂
Yeah I've previously thought about putting things into the eye gap to try and force the spine to flex, but it feels a bit dangerous because it's a bit of an unnatural pressure to be applying and I feel like it could cause a weakness in particular parts of the spine. My way might not be completely natural, but at least to me the way the spine is being told to flex is at least more consistent with actually opening the book pages.
Anyway, I am glad this video was informative to you!
This is the best video I’ve seen on spine stretching. It’s so invasive though I’m afraid to send it to my friends, however I myself will be doing this. That is incredible how you did that
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad this could help you out. But as I always say, definitely be careful! Not all omnis are equal in terms of how much they can take, so definitely tailor your method to the individual book you're working on.
I hope you get some good results like I was able to. Thanks so much for watching, and for taking the time to comment! :)
Thank you! This worked *wonderfully* on my copy of Lucifer.
WoW! I needed this! I’m tired of DC Omnis Gutter-Loss! You created an “ Eye “ where there was none.
Great handy work! Never knew to try it this particular way! Will try this soon! Great Video! Your correct! It’s damn worth it to me as well! - Thank You!
Best Regards,
⚡️KidFlash ⚡️
Very helpful video as many of my recent eyes are pretty flat even after stretching the spine. So just leaving a comment to help people notice this video! Great stuff.
Thanks for sharing this with the TH-cam comic book community! I've been stretching my spine all wrong this whole time 😅 I'll be doing this technique from now on 👍
Thanks for watching! 🙂
Saying you've been stretching the spine "wrong" implies that this is the "right" way to be stretching a spine... I think with the variation in bindings and build techniques of these larger hardback books, there can't ever be 1 "right" way of stretching a spine. It will depend on the book. For a lot of the Marvel omnibuses, you would never need to go to the lengths I did in this video. Simply opening up the book and flipping the pages from each side (as I do in the first part of this video) would definitely be sufficient for the average Marvel omnibus. If you get a book where the eye isn't opening up as much as you think it could, then maybe you escalate to using some of the methods I've shown here. But only do so if you think the book can handle it. These large DC books are built like tanks and can handle all the extra pressure I'm applying. Other books may be more delicate so you might need to be more careful, or you might not be able to get away with it at all. Really the key is knowing how far to go, and when to stop!
I'm hoping it was clear in the video but I definitely don't know if this is the right thing to be doing for my books. But it seems to work well for me every time I try it with a binding that is very rigid, usually these large DC books with all the extra glue.
And I hope this has at least given you some extra tricks up your sleeve, should you need them!
Yup. That's exactly how I do it as well. However, i go page by page...lol.
great video!
Definitely the best video I have seen for stretching the spine 👍
Thanks for the feedback! As usual I want to just reiterate that there is some risk to doing what I do in this video. So please be careful if you choose to emulate this yourself! Not all books require anywhere near this amount of intensity. And some books won't be able to handle it! These DC books are generally built like tanks, but not all books are built equally!
Thanks a lot for watching, and for taking the time to comment :)
Brother that's the way to go I'm stretching my omni's now your the man.
Hey thanks for the feedback! I hope this video was useful to you. But please remember to be careful with your books! Take care, and thanks for watching :)
I still have my New Teen Titans first print Omi. Book two, I'm going to try this technique on it. Thanks for the tips. Keep up the good work 😁👍
Wow! This is so helpful! Will use this technique from now on as well.
Awesome video
This is fantastic mate! works so well.. Just got a used first printing of Scott Snyders Batman omnibus 1, few minutes already massive improvements.
I did this on my new infinity gauntlet omnibus & it really helped
1 thing I noticed though is 9/10 books I order come in damaged
Hey, I'm glad you're happy with the results on your Infinity Gauntlet omni!
As I always say though, please be careful with your books and treat each one differently based on how durable it is and how much pressure it can take. Some books are a lot more delicate than the one in the video.
And yeah depending on where you order from, some sellers are a lot more careless with these large books. Amazon is by far one of the worst for this, they often are packed really terribly with no protection, and so each book can get damaged just from its own weight and having freedom to move around in the box. I've even had a few books turn up with what I suspect was damage from the warehouse, prior to even being shipped. I have cut down my use of Amazon significantly due to issues like this being more common than having a book turn up fine.
Thanks for watching this video, and for taking the time to leave a comment! 🙂
Awesome video and good technique
Hey buddy, good to see you as always! Thanks for watching and thanks for all your support of my videos! 🙂
Hope this was useful for you. But of course, books are expensive so be careful! If you have any questions or want and advice when it comes to stretching out a book feel free to drop me a line!
I have noticed with my large DC omnibus and even a few large image hard covers, that if you have them standing steait in a few months there is some "sagging". Basically the top part of the paper seems to be hanging down from the spine. Is this some thing to worry about? Im worried my books will fall apart. Strangely this never happens with my marvel books
Do you need to do this for Deluxe edition hardcovers like the Justice Deluxe edition?
Dude, amazing video. I've put down some books because of the binding and how annoying it was to read them. Going to try this out. Thanks so much!
Same 👍
Thanks for the kind words! As usual I'll offer my disclaimer; please use caution and be extra careful! Not all books are built the same and can handle the same pressure. But I hope it works out well for you like it has done for me so far 🙂
Thanks for watching!
@@ComicBound Going to try this method on my Batman Snyder Vol 1 omnibus. That 1st printing is tight!
These unwrapped Final Crisis and Blackest Night omnis are about to get STRETCHED lol
Great vid - I would be interested in books that you've done this to, how they held up over time. I've had thick books like this (not DC Omnis but computer books) completely fall apart after like 10 years on my shelf. I did NOT stretch the spine when I got them as I didn't even know that was a thing. I have a theory - it's about the glue curing. When these books are new, you can gently break them in like you show. However after the glue used on the spine cures (after many years), I'm not sure it'll still work. I'm wondering if the book will still hold together or if you'll have parks of the spine fully break and possibly even some pages or groups of them that want to fall out. I hope not but I do wonder how your books would stand up against others like 10, 15 and even 20 years on.
Actually it doesn't matter much, since most DC Omnibus Books are almost unreadable when you do not bend them like in the video
HVe you got any tips for looking after omnibus and collected editions as in how to store them properly to avoid unnecessary damage
Perfect. You rule. I got a library copy of the absolute sandman and was wondering how come my omnibus version of it didn't even remotely behave as well despite clearly being bound just as snug and well as it
I have subbed to you and will be watching all your other videos! Thank you so much. I am way past my return window on the big damn sin city but if it doesn't open up (I'm sure dark horse is better at looser bind but still). That will be the ultimate test at 14+ lbs of book lol
Hey! Just bought a Sandman Omnibus yesterday and was wondering this myself. Did you try this technique? If so, has the book held up? Thanks!
Awesome video!! I was wondering if you do these spine stretching techniques everytime you go to read a omnibus or do you just strectch it out how you did when you first open a book?
Hey thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you found the video useful :)
As I always say though, definitely be careful and use this technique at your own risk! Not all books require this level of stretching. In fact most only need the first step where you open the book from each end.
As for your question, I will usually stretch a book once prior to the first initial read of the book. That's usually good enough to make the book a bit safer to read with a slightly more flexible spine.
If it's a particularly stiff binding and it's a book I've not opened in a while, I might stretch again before reading. But for most books, they only ever need 1 very light stretch on the first time you read them.
I hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
Can you do this with smaller hard covers? I have thisAvengers Red Zone hardcover I recently bogught(its roughly 69 pages and the size of a normal comic)and it looks like the eye is glued to the spine but Im not sure if its supposed to be like that or not
Im also trying to do this on a Batman hard cover, and the eye is opening at the bottom more than the top
Thanks for the video! That's one of the most informative (and courageous!) omnibus spine stretching videos I've seen.
I am relatively new to the omnibus scene. I've only been purchasing them for about a year and a half. My question is this: Why exactly is it desirable to have a larger eye for your omnis? Is it ONLY to prevent gutter-loss? Because if that's the only reason, I think I'd prefer to have LESS of an eye in mine. I have about 30 omnis now. I'd say about half of them have a fairly large, open, flexible eye, and the other half have pretty "squarish", blocky types of eyes, similar to the eye in the beginning of this video.. I have had a couple of my omnis begin to have problems, and it seems like it only happens to the books that have the largest, most flexible eyes. It sort of seems like the larger the eye, the more likely it is that the spine will have problems, such as the ribbon becoming detached from the block (which I know is also a fixable condition, but I'd rather not have to). Another problem I've had is where the eye doesn't really form a nice "arc". Rather, it seems to form a crease or a crack and kind of seems more like a triangle than an arc.. From my, admittedly limited, experience it just seems like the books with lesser eyes, or almost NO eyes at all, don't develop these problems.
I was just wondering what your thoughts on this are. Of course, anyone else who'd like to chime in with their two cents are also welcome. I'd love to hear from anyone who has an opinion about it.
First of all, I want to say that your video is super beneficial. But, I may have over stretched my omnibus. Although, I believe I haven’t exerted that much pressure I noticed that some of the pages tend to open way more than others and stitching of the sewn binding become slightly visible on those pages. I have tried to be extra gentle since it was my first omnibus. It is unfortunate if I have damaged it. Could it be normal for the stitching the show up after the stretch? Thanks!
Do i need to do this every time I open the book?
Hi I was wondering if there are solutions to prevent for pages that sag for larger books?
This may be a nightmare for the immortal hulk omnibus
Well done, mate! Great idea on how to deal with these bricks that are built like small tanks. Your ingenuity and bravery both come through on this video. 😊
Quick question: Does the omnibus indicate where it was printed and by whom? Publishers like DC usually maintain a slew of printers in various parts of the world and some books may be jobbed out to 2 or 3 different printers who might not all be able to deliver the same quality and consistency in terms of binding.
Haha wow thank you so much, that's some high praise right there! I'm not so sure I deserve it, but it means a lot that you'd take the time to comment! I just hope this video is useful to people :)
In regards to your question, the book was printed by Transcontinental Interglobe, which is in Canada. I believe this is the same place as a lot of the more recent DC omnis, such as the New 52 Batman omnibus. And because of this, the stuff coming from DC recently has been quite consistent. The construction quality and binding all seem to be quite comparable to this. The only difference might be a very slight variation in the amount/thickness of the glue used.
Thanks so much for watching, and again for your kind words! :)
What about marvel omnibus same method 🤔
Loeb and Sale Batman looks like not enough glue was used. I stretched the spine and I was just waiting for it too completely come off the ribbon
Sometimes the pages are coming off from the ribon though. I would be scared to Fuck it up haha
I did It to marvel only step 1 so yeah love you man no homo doe you have discord or maybe TikTok ?
I'm not sure if I did this wrong or was too aggressive but my geoff John's gl vol 1 now lays flat like a dream but I think the edges of the text block have peeled off the covers. I can send you a vid if you have Facebook or something? I wanna get your opinion before I break in more books this way!
Hey I'm really sorry to hear this. It's possible the extra pressure applied did some damage, or maybe this was always a problem with the book and the stretching revealed the weakness. I've never had this happen myself, but I would be happy to take a look if you want to send me a video. Feel free to PM me on Instagram, I'm on there as comic_bound.
I have the GL omnis myself but I've not opened them yet so I'm unsure about how well they are built. I know they are older than these more recent DC omnis that are built like tanks, so perhaps they don't hold up to the same pressures as the book in this video. I'm hoping I made it clear enough in the video and the description that I only apply pressures that I'm sure each book can handle, and each books is very different.
It is quite possible though that you did nothing wrong and you just got unlucky with this book, I would be very interested to see a video of the book in its current condition. So yeah please reach out to me on Instagram. I'll gladly take a look.
@@ComicBound Theirs a binding I'd like to show you to see if you can help. Do you have an email or messenger I can reach you at?
@@FBean11 Hey yeah no problem, I'd be happy to help if I can. The easiest way would be to add me on Instagram if you have it, I'm on there as comic_bound, just pm me.
Did you ever do this with one of their really huge books (doom patrol, hellblazer, Green Arrow mike grell...?)
Hey thanks for watching 🙂
I don't own any of those books, so not sure what the bindings are like compared to these other DC books that I own. The biggest book I've stretched like this is probably the Snyder/Capullo Batman omnibus. It has a very similarly built spine to this Batman and Robin omnibus, and is maybe a tiny bit wider. But I feel like they are very similar in size and build quality.
As I think I mention in the video, differently built books will require different amounts of stretching. If the spine ribbon is already quite flexible then there's no need to go as far is I did here in this video. And as I also said, if in doubt, it's probably best to not start applying tons of pressure and flexing the book in ways you're not sure it can handle.
Do you own all 3 of those books you mention? What are the bindings like on them?
@@ComicBound Doom Patrol and Hellblazer. The spines are good. Probably what you say similar to Snyder Batman, maybe a little looser. I did some stretching with Hellblazer and that worked out pretty good, a lot of it is also bordered comics, so no gutter loss for big parts
@@JarnePauwels my doom patrol opens up like, well, like something that would open up well. This technique is excellent
I did his technique on my Hellblazer, Invisibles and Lucifer and the results were astounding
Not too crazy about this storyline, though love the art style & coloring, it,s just being a bit of a purest, don,t like Dick Grayson being Batman. Didn't like it in the Knightfall storyline either, love Damian Wayne being another Robin though, go figure, eh? Only recently have come to actually like the Jean Paul Valley Batman replacement in Knightfall, love it now, hated it in the day. Suppose I know now how Robin purists may,ve felt about Jason Todd being the new Robin in early eighties. Jason & Jean Paul were fine though for me only Bruce Wayne can be Batman to me. ( At Marvel have only recently have come to accept that Tony doesn't HAVE to be the only Iron Man.).
Looks good of a technique until you break the glue...