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Vinny Valenti
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"Just in a nearby Barnes & Noble. They had ONE on the shelf—which I stealth signed!"
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Now that's the ultimate scavenger hunt - collectors getting wind of this and going to various Connecticut B&Ns in your general area in hopes of snagging that one random signed edition.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 12 September 2026 at 2:38pm | IP Logged | 2
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Coincidentally, it sold while I was still there!
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Mark Haslett
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Paul: That is pretty cool! Nice bonus surprise for the reader who will pick that up! I chuckle at an alternate possibility where a fan goes in to pick one up and catches you signing it.
checked my B&N a few times- they initially had a couple but now are long gone.
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This made me chuckle about an alternate possibility where a fan goes to pick one up and catches YOU thinking about stealth-signing one, Paul!
Probably there's some kind of decorum around "stealth-signing" these if you don't happen to be John Byrne. But I for one would love to get your signature added to my signed edition-- as well as all the other contributing inkers. This is an amazing project and I'm crazy about it.
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John Byrne
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Found a former editor speculating that I must have had a behind the scenes “benefactor” paying me for the free publication of ELSEWHEN here in the Forum. No. I did it for FUN. To borrow an old term, I am independently wealthy. I don’t need “benefactors”.
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Vinny Valenti
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| Posted: 12 September 2026 at 5:07pm | IP Logged | 5
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Blah. Some people will never get the uniqueness of ELSEWHEN. I don't recall anyone writing and drawing a single issue comic well enough for publication, but completely for fun - let alone over 30 of them!
It almost ties into your quote about other writers not being able to write characters more noble than they are. I guess some people can't fathom someone doing all of that work for free, because they'd never do it themselves.
But, at least a surprising amount of outside people DO seem to get it.
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Vinny Valenti
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"Coincidentally, it sold while I was still there!"
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That's just hysterical. I can imagine you walking past the customer on the checkout line whispering "you're welcome" and continuing on your merry way.
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Kip Krasean
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<<I did it for FUN.>>
I took it as a gift to fans over the pandemic. It was the highlight of Covid!
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Vinny Valenti
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| Posted: 12 September 2026 at 6:13pm | IP Logged | 8
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Should be noted that he started this over a year and a half before COVID!
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Fred J Chamberlain
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I remember the fun and energy around the art drops, as well as the
excitement within the forum, in response to them.
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Jason K Fulton
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I'm excited to see if the greater online response mirrors what happened on the JBF when we get to the Doctor Doom appearances. Seems likely, right?
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Vinny Valenti
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I was thinking something similar, except for a certain Dark character in Volume 2. That's when things really start heating* up!
*I meant figuratively at first, but then I remembered......
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 12 September 2026 at 8:57pm
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Brian Miller
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As hot a character as Doom is right now, they may increase the print run.
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