I want a copy of The Art of Ralph McQuarrie. Dearly. And have for a year and a half now. But at $200 plus shipping, even here in the US, it's just too expensive. It used to be $125, then $165; but they're raising the price according to the remaining stock apparently... I only found out about it after their latest price hike...
The argument made above about D&VP being small may be valid to some extent. But why they couldn't have just gone with a larger publisher in the first place, I don't understand. I mean, Top Cow has a huge, beautiful hardcover of their works for $35 or so, plus free shipping (in the US at least). You can't tell me that Star Wars, one of the most popular and lucrative properties of all time, wouldn't have garnered more attention than Top Cow. A small and much less known property.
Sure, you might have sacrificed some of the finer packaging etc. with a larger publisher, but let's be real. It's about the art. With the right publisher and price point, they would have sold tens of thousands of these. At least IMO...
I want a copy of The Art of Ralph McQuarrie. Dearly. And have for a year and a half now. But at $200 plus shipping, even here in the US, it's just too expensive. It used to be $125, then $165; but they're raising the price according to the remaining stock apparently... I only found out about it after their latest price hike...
The argument made above about D&VP being small may be valid to some extent. But why they couldn't have just gone with a larger publisher in the first place, I don't understand. I mean, Top Cow has a huge, beautiful hardcover of their works for $35 or so, plus free shipping (in the US at least). You can't tell me that Star Wars, one of the most popular and lucrative properties of all time, wouldn't have garnered more attention than Top Cow. A small and much less known property.
Sure, you might have sacrificed some of the finer packaging etc. with a larger publisher, but let's be real. It's about the art. With the right publisher and price point, they would have sold tens of thousands of these. At least IMO...