Interesting news came out of San Diego Con this year. Next year the DC imprint Vertigo will launch a sub-imprint called Vertigo Crime. As the name implies the books published will be crime books, but what is really interesting to tpb aficionados is that they will be published as graphic novels, which is really just a fancy word for trade paper back.
The more direct-to-tpb books we see, the closer we get to a market where most tpb's won't be featuring content that's been yesterdays news for more than a year. I don't think that direct-to-tpb alone will do it, the publishers have to think hard about how to incorporate Internet publishing as a way of securing a monthly revenue, but tpb's will be the main format of the books that collectors will be putting on their shelves in the future.
The article only mentions hard cover editions, but I'd be surprised if they're not followed by soft cover editions as well. Let's hope it doesn't take a lifetime to get those editions out as well...
The two first books will be Filthy Rich written by Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets) with art by Victor Santos and Dark Entries written by Scottish crime athor Ian Rankin with art by Wether Dell'edera.
Read the whole article on Newsarama.com here.
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