>Everything else may be getting more expensive, but comics are getting more affordable, as Dark Horse jumps on the compact editions bandwagon (see “Get the Full Story with Compact Comics”) with their own line that will launch in 2027. These volumes follow the now-standard template of 8” x 5” trim size, 200+ page count, and $9.99 MSRP. The first titles will be The Witcher Compact Edition: The Bear and the Butterfly and The Ballad of Two Wolves, slated for May 25, 2027; Black Hammer Compact Edition: Secret Origins and The Event, set for June 1; Cyberpunk 2077 Compact Edition: Trauma Team and Psycho Squad, scheduled for June 29; and Canto Compact Edition: The Shrouded Man, due out on July 6. Each of these contains the first two story arcs of the series, and the Canto one includes the Canto & the Clockwork Faeries one-shot as well. Next on the list is The Goon Compact Edition: Nothin’ But My Misery and My Murderous Childhood, with details to be announced later.>Dark Horse has announced it is launching a line of Compact Editions of their titles in May 2027. Each 5.5 x 8.5” paperback release will reprint two series, and are individually priced at $9.99. The first four books consist of The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly and The Ballad of Two Wolves, Black Hammer: Secret Origins and The Event, Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team and Psycho Squad, and Canto: The Shrouded Man. The Goon: Nothin’ But my Misery and My Murderous Childhood will also be a part of the line-up, although it doesn’t have a release date yet.
>Canto Compact Edition: The Shrouded Man (not pictured, July 6, 2027, 328 pages) reprints Canto: If I Only Had a Heart #1-6 (2019), Canto: The Hollow Men #1-5 (2020), and Canto & The Clockwork Faeries (2020) by David M. Booher and Drew Zucker.>The Goon: Nothin’ But My Misery and My Murderous Childhood will collect the first two volumes of Eric Powell‘s supernatural comedy, which originally debuted in 1999.>Dark Horse editor-in-chief Dave Marshall states, “With these compact, value-priced editions, we’re excited to give readers the opportunity to try out some of our most beloved publishing lines!”
>Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team and Psycho Squad (June 29, 2027, 200 pages) collects Cullen Bunn & Miguel Valderrama‘s 2020 series following a member of an emergency medical response team, and Dan Watters & Kieran McKeown‘s 2025 one about Night City Police’s anti-cyberpsycho unit MaxTac.
>The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly and The Ballad of Two Wolves (out May 25, 2027, 200 pages) collects Simon Spurrier & Stephen Green‘s 2025 series about Geralt of Rivia’s competition with another witcher for a bounty on a vampire, and Bartosz Sztybor & Miki Montllo‘s 2022-23 spin on Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf.
>Black Hammer: Secret Origins and The Event (June 1, 2027, 344 pages) reprints issues #1-11 and #13 of Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston‘s creator-owned superhero series, originally released from 2016 to 2017. The comic follows “the old superheroes of Spiral City,” who, after a multiversal event, “now lead simple lives on a bizarre farm from which there is no escape! But as they employ all of their super abilities to free themselves from this strange purgatory, a mysterious stranger works to bring them back into action for one last adventure!”
>>155409048Such a disappointing series this ended up being.
>DC does something>Everyone else copies themYeesh
>what if we shrunk comics I hate this fucking trend
>>155411082This. It's not going to automatically turn them into manga.
>>155409022>No Hellboy or UsagiWeird>>155411082>>155412673It's been a massive success for DC This will probably do wellThe key is the pricing
>>155410964>Dc copies manga tankobon>It's a genuinely good idea>Everyone except marvel follows suiteGood, it's a good fucking idea, and it might actually get people to read more comics.
Spent all those years waiting for them to make Lone Wolf and Cub big and after they do that they start making their western comics small. Topsy turvey stuff.
PANINI did this first with DC comics in Europe 7 years ago.
>hurr durr they're just copying manganigga, Marvel and DC were putting out digest reprints of their comics in the 70s and 80sPeople LOVE paperbacks. Its the superior format for space & price. The only drawback is modern comic art may not look appealing when the page size is reduced.Anyway, i'm picking up Canto, Black Hammer and The Goon
>>155411082>stop making comics more affordable ahh! I can’t take it
>>155415346Spoken like a salesman.
>>155409022>>155409025>>155409031>>155409042>>155409048Exciting!
>>155415161Stop lying to yourself. You know why they're doing this.
>>155419876To.... Sell comics?! OH NO HOW COULD THEY!
>>155420668To sell them without actually trying or taking risks.They'll sell you a compact noir version of an evergreen superhero comic and try to have you call it manga.
>>155422334>call it mangaNo one is going to call any of this manga you faggot.
>>155411082You mean>What if we pretend to be mangaNothing like reading comics with less visual fidelity.
>>155415161This they are just digest like archie digest books.
>>155422334>try to have you call it manga.you're making up things just to get mad at them. is this really how you want to live your life?
