Rebellion To Reprint The Last American

[JeffreyMT]

I would hazard a guess that Outcasts by Wagner, Grant & Kennedy is a DC property due to the fact they turned up in Lobo UnAmerican Gladiators, which made no sense continuity wise as it was supposed to be set in the future! These are the sort of things I used to worry about in the 90's.

Nice to see the Last American heading back to print.

Surely it's just Metalzoic remaining as the last lost classic now?

[JOE SOAP]

Both Outcasts and Metalzoic are DC copyright.

[Colin YNWA]

Both Outcasts and Metalzoic are DC copyright.

Dagnabbit!

[SALMON63]

Any chance of recent LA private commissions being included ? It would add something extra worth buying even if you have the original issues and Com.X reprint ( which has a page out of order).

[Spikes]

If Rebellion wanted a HD scan of my recent-ish commission, I'd be happy to supply one.

Or maybe Mick still has a scan of it.

Rufus has some interior pages (I also have one..) along with some of the covers. And Mark Perry, who supplied some of the art for the Cursed Earth reprint, also has both. Maybe these chaps could be contacted for fresh scans.

[seanharry]

While I am sure that Rebellion have done their sums etc, the majority of their limited hardback range seems to sell out, bar Slaine.

And while most other publishers, not just the big two, Marvel & DC, but also Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Dynamite, Avatar and Titan seem to be able to publish the vast bulk of their titles as hardbacks first before going to softcover.

While 90% of Rebellions catalogue will be softcover only.

I get that some stuff is niche, but Titan can put out Elric, The First Kingdom and Jonny Nemo in Hardcover, and that stuff (while great, is very niche).

Does stuff like The Crossed, Turok Dinosaur Hunter or Satellite Sam have a bigger audience than Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, or work by Mills / Wagner / McMahon like The Last American?

[Fungus]

I expect Rebellion have - as you say - done their sums...

[JOE SOAP]

Does stuff like The Crossed, Turok Dinosaur Hunter or Satellite Sam have a bigger audience than Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, or work by Mills / Wagner / McMahon like The Last American?

The Last American is probably the least known of all those works - which stretch to multiple volumes. It only lasted 4 issues and had one reprint in approx. 27 years.

[O Lucky Stevie!]

Does stuff like The Crossed, Turok Dinosaur Hunter or Satellite Sam have a bigger audience than Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, or work by Mills / Wagner / McMahon like The Last American?

Given that both Turok & Satellite Sam are both published by not only US publishers –where it goes without saying that the American market is substantially larger than in the Commonwealth—but Diamond US Premier publishers (Dark Horse & Image respectively) as opposed to being buried in the back of Previews with all of the rest of the independents where lots of the smaller American stores don't even bother to look, yes.

Avatar clearly have done their sums as well, for the overwhelming majority of their collections –ie anything written by somebody other than  Alan Moore bar Crossed (zombie zeitgeist, huh?) —no longer receive hardcover treatment but now go straight to trade paperback editions.

[Dash Decent]

Now listed on Amazon UK for pre-order:

06 Apr 2017 - The Last American

"Twenty years after a global nuclear war destroyed the world, Captain Ulysses Pilgrim is woken from suspended animation by three military robot aides.  Selected by his superiors to survive the initial onslaught, Pilgrim now has one last mission; to scour through post-holocaust U.S.A. in the search for other survivors."

[sheridan]

I get that some stuff is niche, but Titan can put out Elric, The First Kingdom and Jonny Nemo in Hardcover, and that stuff (while great, is very niche).

I wouldn't call Elric 'very niche'!

[O Lucky Stevie!]

I get that some stuff is niche, but Titan can put out Elric, The First Kingdom and Jonny Nemo in Hardcover, and that stuff (while great, is very niche).

I wouldn't call Elric 'very niche'!

Nor Doctor Who.

Titan's Tank Girl collections are now going straight to paperback without a hardcover though.

It's symptomatic of the current market. It's the same reason why when British book publisher Orion release a new title by Stephen Baxter or Alastair Reynolds , they get a hardcover edition but none of their other SF author do.

[IndigoPrime]

It's down to sales. If people bought more hardbacks, we'd get more hardbacks.

[JOE SOAP]

The Last American is now available in SPECIAL EDITION HARDBACK of 200 copies.

[Arkwright99]

The Last American is now available in SPECIAL EDITION HARDBACK of 200 copies.

Gruddamn it! I was going to make do with my original Epic floppies but a hardback, book plate and an A4 art print? Shut up and take my money already, Tharg!