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Scanning advice for squarebound comic?
Kevin Yong:
Hi all, I hope I'm posting this in the right forum. I could use some scanning advice.
I recently was able to pick up a reading-quality copy of Fox's "All Good Comics" from 1944. (Missing the back cover, a couple pages have rips repaired by tape, but otherwise complete.)
I was hoping to scan this for the site, to help replace the partial B&W camera scan of the issue that's currently available.
The only problem is that this book is well over 100 pages thick, with a squarebound-style spine that doesn't allow it to open flat.
So... Anyone have suggestions on how I might be able to best scan this book without completely destroying the binding or ripping out the brittle pages? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-- Kevin Yong
srca1941:
I have the same book that I've been meaning to use to create fills. The first 32 pages of my copy (which is actually missing pages 1-2) are stapled in such a way as to hide some of the art in the gutter. Pages 33+ are in good shape for scanning, and lie flat with some added weight on the spine (namely my copy of Overstreet). I can see from the existing scan that not all copies are like this. How are your first 32 pages? If you don't have the gutter problem, perhaps we could combine scans to make a good copy of the book?
-Eric
Kevin Yong:
--- Quote from: srca1941 on November 07, 2011, 08:26:16 PM ---I have the same book that I've been meaning to use to create fills. The first 32 pages of my copy (which is actually missing pages 1-2) are stapled in such a way as to hide some of the art in the gutter. Pages 33+ are in good shape for scanning, and lie flat with some added weight on the spine (namely my copy of Overstreet). I can see from the existing scan that not all copies are like this. How are your first 32 pages? If you don't have the gutter problem, perhaps we could combine scans to make a good copy of the book?
-Eric
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Hmm. That might actually work! Only a few of the pages in my copy have the art bleeding right up to the edge of the gutter, but not so bad that anything is lost. In my copy, the first 32 pages should be scannable -- it's the second half of my book that has brittle/torn pages.
-- Kevin Yong
OtherEric:
Well, it depends on just how "reading condition" your copy was already, how much you care about condition (as separate from readability), and exactly how the book was bound. On the fox giants I've scanned, they were several rebound issues minus covers, so there were 4 or 5 separate signatures. The books were already in such a condition that I gently removed the cover where the glue was loose, undid the staples so I had 4-5 regular but coverless copies, scanned those, then reinserted the staples. This may be further than you wish to go, though!
Eric: You use your copy of Overstreet to press down the scanner lid? Me too! (For all its flaws- and I don't trust it as a price guide for a minute anymore- I still find it useful as a reference book in many ways. But I only buy a copy every few years when I like the cover art or my old one is falling apart.)
Snard:
--- Quote from: Kevin Yong on November 07, 2011, 01:57:25 PM ---Hi all, I hope I'm posting this in the right forum. I could use some scanning advice.
I recently was able to pick up a reading-quality copy of Fox's "All Good Comics" from 1944. (Missing the back cover, a couple pages have rips repaired by tape, but otherwise complete.)
I was hoping to scan this for the site, to help replace the partial B&W camera scan of the issue that's currently available.
The only problem is that this book is well over 100 pages thick, with a squarebound-style spine that doesn't allow it to open flat.
So... Anyone have suggestions on how I might be able to best scan this book without completely destroying the binding or ripping out the brittle pages? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-- Kevin Yong
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Hi Kevin,
I too am planning to scan a few 100 pagers (on loan from JVJ) and I was given the following advice for scanning these beauties.
Get a bunch of mini binder clips (if you don't know what those are, here's a picture: http://lskimport.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/mini_binder_clips.1165257_std.jpgNow, pinch them over the binding of the book, spaced closely together. To avoid damage to the cover, you might want to wrap a piece of paper around the book before you apply the clips.
To scan the book, open it to the appropriate page and press to the scanner by holding the clips. Note that this might hide some of the inside margin, but if your goal is to avoid breaking the spine and separating the pages, this will do the trick.
Let me know if this works for you.
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