Homestuck book is out!

[fabricatedPastry]

Here it is.

[techloveArtist]

It has been for a while. It was just hush hush because I think there was a worry about a buying stampede.

[ShadowOfFate]

They're already out of doodled, signed copies!

Uah, I can't wait for mine.

It has been pretty much shooshed because everyone wants Hussie's signature to themselves. ;3

[Thunder]

I think everyone who managed to get an autographed and doodled copy should take a picture of what their doodle is xD

[elation2.0]

So its just a facelift then? Kinda disappointing. Thats gonna require a lot of books to. Like, it'll probably cost well over $100 just to get them all. I think Ill just skip over these. Maybe I'll buy the Midnight Crew Book or whatever when it comes out in the far flung future.

[Layra]

Oh man, the first book is just Act 1. Almost an entire book of just John dicking around in his house. The entirety of Homestuck is gonna be reaaally long.

[Effy]

So its just a facelift then? Kinda disappointing. Thats gonna require a lot of books to. Like, it'll probably cost well over $100 just to get them all. I think Ill just skip over these. Maybe I'll buy the Midnight Crew Book or whatever when it comes out in the far flung future.

More like $600. AH's said before that it might take 30 books, and with each of them at $20... yikes. Of course, that's without discounts for bundles, so it'd be a bit cheaper for those who wait to buy multiple volumes at once.
I'll have to consider that when more appear, but for the first volume, I had to get it quickly!

[WillSpark]

So its just a facelift then? Kinda disappointing. Thats gonna require a lot of books to. Like, it'll probably cost well over $100 just to get them all. I think Ill just skip over these. Maybe I'll buy the Midnight Crew Book or whatever when it comes out in the far flung future.

More like $600. AH's said before that it might take 30 books, and with each of them at $20... yikes. Of course, that's without discounts for bundles, so it'd be a bit cheaper for those who wait to buy multiple volumes at once.
I'll have to consider that when more appear, but for the first volume, I had to get it quickly!

That's okay though. I mean, I currently own the entirety of the Animorphs Collection, including the extended series companion books, which totals 64 books. It's not unheard of for a monster of a series to grow to a size like that.

Yes, I'm serious. Quit looking at me like that.

[kmsumrall]

I have not thought of Animorphs in years and years and years. I should see how many I still have hanging around.

[Andanism]

More like $600. AH's said before that it might take 30 books, and with each of them at $20... yikes. Of course, that's without discounts for bundles, so it'd be a bit cheaper for those who wait to buy multiple volumes at once.
I'll have to consider that when more appear, but for the first volume, I had to get it quickly!

That does seem expensive, but it's not like you're buying them in bulk or anything.
20$+shipping isn't so bad if you're getting them as they come out.
Which...I am trying to do.
I've never been able to answer "what do you want for Christmas?" so quickly before IN MY LIFE.

[Effy]

That does seem expensive, but it's not like you're buying them in bulk or anything.
20$+shipping isn't so bad if you're getting them as they come out.
Which...I am trying to do.
I've never been able to answer "what do you want for Christmas?" so quickly before IN MY LIFE.

Good point!
I suppose people that buy a lot of manga get used to 30+ volume series. Does anyone even own all of One Piece? Is that... even possible?
Looking at my 25-book collection of Gakuen Alice, it's expensive as a group (nowhere near $30 per book, though), but I've been collecting it since 2007 so it's been very spread out!

Also, I'm getting it as a Christmas present too, but I have the double-patience-whammy of getting a signed copy and living in the UK. Probably be February by the time it all arrives.

I'm interested in knowing what the commentary is like -- anyone with a PS book want to exposit a bit?

[Glassy]

One day in the far future I will be buying a COMPLETE HOMESTUCK BOOK SET if such a thing comes to exist which you just know it will. This is the kind of person I am.

Imagine how well known Homestuck could be by then.

[Gordon]

I'll just wait for the Audiobook as read by Tim Curry.

[Effy]

One day in the far future I will be buying a COMPLETE HOMESTUCK BOOK SET if such a thing comes to exist which you just know it will. This is the kind of person I am.

Imagine how well known Homestuck could be by then.

There will be a special edition with DD Humanimals drawn into the background of every panel. It will cost $1025 plus $413 shipping.

[Radiowilly]

There's no need to spend money on this. It's free on the internet.

[nostalgebraist]

There's no need to spend money on this. It's free on the internet.

Couldn't you say the same for most books in the public domain? Yet people buy paper copies of those all the time. Some people like reading things on paper.

[Namboto]

There's no need to spend money on this. It's free on the internet.

Some people want to support the artists they love!

[Radiowilly]

There's no need to spend money on this. It's free on the internet.

Some people want to support the artists they love!

Amazingly, things like T-shirts and Hoodies are not free on the internet.

[0dalesque]

I'll just wait for the Audiobook as read by Tim Curry.

Mother of god.

[Cauchemar]

There's no need to spend money on this. It's free on the internet.

That's right.

Instead, we should support artists who don't place an incredible amount of work, their flesh and blood, online!

That will teach Hussie to be generous!

[0dalesque]

I'm going to buy the package deal that's called "The Sleuth, The Sleuth, and Nothing But The Sleuth. "

And then I will read them and weep with joy every night. (Maybe I'll understand Problem sleuth better in book form anyways? O:

[Radiowilly]

There's no need to spend money on this. It's free on the internet.

That's right.

Instead, we should support artists who don't place an incredible amount of work, their flesh and blood, online!

That will teach Hussie to be generous!

Oh, look at you. Unleashing the snark machine on someone who simply wants to get some value out of his dollar.

[TehPilot]

I am eagerly awaiting the postal service to deliver me the reading material I ordered.

And then I will wrap it up all nice and pretty and place it under the Christmas tree festive holiday pine as a gift to myself.

[HSDubtalia]

There's no need to spend money on this. It's free on the internet.

It doesn't matter. I just want them to take my damn money for all its glory. *tosses money on screen* Why won't you go through, damn you?!!!

[Cauchemar]

Serious question here.

I'm worried about this description: "Homestuck Book 1 contains the complete first act, with author notes on each page". What is the meaning of the words "author notes" in this context?

I fully understand the interest of including some bonus content, but I'm only interested, personally, in buying Homestuck on paper, not in buying Homestuck on paper with some useful insight like "I decided to foreshadow the trolls very quickly in the Pesterchum list, you can see that Karkat is already online on the screen" or "While I was drawing this panel, I was very hungry and eating a sandwich, but I just couldn't stop drawing, so John's arm is a little off in this picture".

I always loved to learn everything about Homestuck, and I regularly re-reads all of Andrew's past Formspring answers, for example. I am even okay with learning John's arm was a little off because Hussie absolutely wanted to eat a sandwich while drawing.

But I don't want to see it written on every page. It would seriously spoil the reading pleasure for me, and would also totally destroy the immersion feeling.

Plus I would like to let friends borrow the book, I don't want them to discover Homestuck with sandwich comments all around the place. I don't want them to know this great story as "the books about sandwich and Karkat being online in the messenger list".

So what is precisely this "author note" thing? I suppose it is the same thing than in the Problem Sleuth books. How is it integrated to the tome, exactly?