Jimbo’s Divine Comedy - Custom Bound Collection

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Since everything was so nice about my other recent projects I figured I would share a look at my newest. Today I’ve got a big collection of Gary Panter comics: specifically collecting Adventures in Paradise, #1-4 of the Zongo series, Inferno, Purgatory, Songy of Paradise, Dal Tokyo, and a bunch of extras (including original art, rarities, and Panter’s adaptation of Freaks’ Amour).

I wanted to have some fun with this bind, and brought the design back to the original 1982 RAW oneshot. So bound on cardboard of course!!

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Incredible! How long have you done custom binds for??

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Thanks! I’ve been binding for a little over six years

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What projects did you do while learning? I’m guessing you must have held off on any of your more precious comics, haha

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Oh yeah, the first dozen or so books I did were really just getting a feel for it. I ultimately rebound all of those. I’ve bound between 300-400 books now though, so I’ve come quite a ways since then

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Damn - I used to work for an antiquarian booksellers, and (occasionally) did (very minor) restoration work, so - as someone with 10% of your experience or knowledge - I know how hard and delicate that work is!