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Fred J Chamberlain
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Posted: 04 November 2026 at 4:45pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
There are times that I remember how much I appreciate the
self-described "Grumpy Old Guy".
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Mark Haslett
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Posted: 04 November 2026 at 9:44pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
JB: ELSEWHEN stands as irrefutable evidence that it’s never been about the money for me. 32+ issues created and posted FREE!

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This is so irrefutable that I was astonished by how long it stayed relatively undiscovered. I remember many issues being posted before asking you if you'd received comments from other pros about the book --and, at the time, you replied "not a single one!"

Cut to: the New York Times!
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John Byrne
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Posted: 05 November 2026 at 12:02pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
Keep finding posts asking where/when to start reading ELSEWHEN. Okay, in desperation, this:

Take your copy of the hardcover and lay it face up on a firm surface. Open the cover. Turn the interior pages until you come to a multi-panel page with art and lettering. Start reading at upper left and continue until you get to the last page.

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Steve Gumm
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Posted: 05 November 2026 at 12:19pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
I saw Elsewhen Volume 2 was announced by Midtown Comics on instagram.. the word is getting out! 
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Jason Ladwig
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Posted: 05 November 2026 at 5:25pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
LOL!! *Spit take*. Good one JB.
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Vinny Valenti
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Yesterday, I alerted my buddy that missed out on the first printing that volume 2 is now up for pre-order. He told me that he already heard about it and ordered it the night before :)
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John Byrne
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Now we find out, I suppose, the degree to which the success of Vol 1 was affected by speculators.
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Vinny Valenti
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Well, speculators are usually only interested in snagging first printings, no? I would think that anyone buying the second through fifth(!) printings are almost definitely actual readers since future value is not a consideration. I'm curious what the print runs of the subsequent printings are compared to the first.

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John Byrne
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Well, speculators are usually only interested in snagging first printings, no?

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Having watched the speculeeches falling all over themselves inventing “variations” of McFarlane’s first SPIDER-MAN, I would say no.

Tangent: remembering when a rumor went around that the pre-bagged editions of the Unadjectived SPIDER-MAN actually contained unsold copies of CAMP CANDY.

Several frantic fans confronted me with this at MidOhioCon that year. I asked them why it mattered, since the bags were never intended to be opened.

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Darren Taylor
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Posted: 10 November 2026 at 1:59pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply
-Several frantic fans confronted me with this at MidOhioCon that year. I asked them why it mattered, since the bags were never intended to be opened.

Ha! 
Schrödinger's comic. Is it valuable or is it not? Love it.
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