IDW Publishing's Artist's Edition line, which kicked off in 2010 with Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer: Artist's Edition, debuted it's second title at Comic-Con: Walt Simonson's The Mighty Thor, Artist's Edition. Both editions take the art of the trade hardcover to new heights, with high-resolution scans directly from original pages, reprinted on high-quality, paper in oversized editions.
IDW has announced the next thee titles in the Artist's Edition line, to be released over the next several months.
Wally Wood's EC Stories: Artist's Edition - available October 2011
An oversized, hardcover collection, WALLY WOOD’S EC STORIES: ARTIST’S EDITION will present Wood’s art the same size as it was originally drawn, and in a book measuring an amazing fifteen inches by twenty-two inches. As with all of IDW’s Artist’s Editions, the art presented will be scanned from the original pages to ensure the highest possible quality reproduction. While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for instance, white-out corrections and blue pencil notations.
John Romita's The Amazing Spider-Man: Artist's Edition - available 2012
An oversized, hardcover collection, JOHN ROMITA’S THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ARTIST’S EDITION will feature 144 pages of beautiful stories and a gorgeous cover gallery. All the pages in the ARTIST’S EDITION will be scanned from original art to ensure the highest possible quality reproduction. While appearing to be in black and white, each page will be scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for instance, white-out corrections and blue pencil notations.
Will Eisner's The Spirit: Artist's Edition - available 2012
An oversized, hardcover collection, WILL EISNER’S THE SPIRIT: ARTIST’S EDITION will feature 144 pages of beautiful Will Eisner stories. All the pages in the ARTIST’S EDITION will be scanned from original art to ensure the highest possible quality reproduction. While appearing to be in black and white, each page will be scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for instance, white-out corrections and blue pencil notations.