Comics - The Bumper Book of Solar Wind!
Solar Wind is a comic that ran for eleven issues (including spin-offs), 5 years, won a National Comic Award and was nominated for an Eagle Award. It's had countless contributors who have helped create a fitting homage to the British adventure comics of yesterday.
Though most of the issues are well out of print (a few are left in the shop), I have spent the last few months on a backbreaking project to remaster the pages and produce a compilation of the comics. This has resulted in The Bumper Book of Solar Wind, a two-volume softback set, each of over 250 pages, featuring all of the issues produced and with contents and introductions to each. Volume 1 reprints Solar Wind issues 1-5, while Volume 2 covers issues 6-8, Big War and Sunny for Girls. Two volumes were necessary due to the file sizes involved, and except in rare instances where original files weren't available, this is the best reproduction the comic has had. With help from Ben Clark it also has 'Less typos than ever before!".
All of this has been made possible due to the power of the internet, and specifically Lulu.com, an on-demand publisher. The books have been set to zero-profit on the site which means Lulu makes some money from publishing them, but I receive nothing. This keeps the books as cheap as possible for contributors, fans and people who missed them the first time round. But hopefully it also is in keeping with the ethos of the comic, that it was never for personal gain. Any royalties wouldn't go far between all the many contributors, and I'm not looking to profit from it. Solar Wind was its own reward.
To buy both books from Lulu, with economy postage will cost approximately £15. Quite a bargain seeing as though the originals would have come to £33 plus postage.
Looking through the collections, I think all of the contributors can be justifiably proud of their work on the comics. I think it's fantastic that we can have a memento of the fun times we've had and again I'd like to thank everyone who worked on the comics. These are for you!
http://stores.lulu.com/omnivistascope
Though most of the issues are well out of print (a few are left in the shop), I have spent the last few months on a backbreaking project to remaster the pages and produce a compilation of the comics. This has resulted in The Bumper Book of Solar Wind, a two-volume softback set, each of over 250 pages, featuring all of the issues produced and with contents and introductions to each. Volume 1 reprints Solar Wind issues 1-5, while Volume 2 covers issues 6-8, Big War and Sunny for Girls. Two volumes were necessary due to the file sizes involved, and except in rare instances where original files weren't available, this is the best reproduction the comic has had. With help from Ben Clark it also has 'Less typos than ever before!".
All of this has been made possible due to the power of the internet, and specifically Lulu.com, an on-demand publisher. The books have been set to zero-profit on the site which means Lulu makes some money from publishing them, but I receive nothing. This keeps the books as cheap as possible for contributors, fans and people who missed them the first time round. But hopefully it also is in keeping with the ethos of the comic, that it was never for personal gain. Any royalties wouldn't go far between all the many contributors, and I'm not looking to profit from it. Solar Wind was its own reward.
To buy both books from Lulu, with economy postage will cost approximately £15. Quite a bargain seeing as though the originals would have come to £33 plus postage.
Looking through the collections, I think all of the contributors can be justifiably proud of their work on the comics. I think it's fantastic that we can have a memento of the fun times we've had and again I'd like to thank everyone who worked on the comics. These are for you!
http://stores.lulu.com/omnivistascope
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