P&P Comics available by subscription
February 12, 2009
Author Nancy Butler wrote to tell us that Marvel is offering a mail subscription service for the five issues of the Pride and Prejudice comic series, for $19.95, which we believe is a reduced price. The subscription must be ordered by March 9, 2009, so make haste!
We asked about international availability of the series and if this subscription offer was available to purchasers outside the U.S., and Nancy is trying to get the information. We’ll pass it on as soon as we hear back.
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Excellent just ordered my copies!! should be entertaining.
Any info on if they’ll be compiled into book form? (ie, usually after a complete run of a comic story, they’ll be compiled into one volume.)
Cool! I’m in.
Mags, many months ago you mentioned a comic series but I couldn’t track it down. Is this the same thing? If not, is the other one still available?
There was a P&P manga supposed to come out but I never heard that it actually did. Is that what you are thinking of? Other than that, the only thing is the NA graphic novel.
I’m ordering mine this weekend!
Just wanted to share some info, for those of you who don’t frequent your local comic book shop like I do.
If Marvel holds true to pattern on its Illustrated line (and there is no reason to think it won’t), P&P will be published in one volume a few months (2-3, usually) after the 5th issue comes out. The hardcover will come first (and be about $20 retail), followed a few months later by the trade-sized paperback (about $15 retail). You’ll be able to order/buy these just like you would any other book, in store or online.
It looks like each issue will be $3.99 and it’s a 5-issue run, so it will cost you pretty much the same amount to buy it in single issues in a store, subscribe or buy the hardcover.
The advantage of getting it in a comic book shop is that you’ll get it on the day of release. On the other hand, you risk the store not having it at all (my comic book guy has already said he assumes I’m the only one getting it so he’s not ordering a lot). If you want to go this route, you may want to place an order now. You can find a shop near you, at least in the US, here.
Borders has also been carrying the Illustrated comics, but they are not particular about getting them on the floor the day of (even the week of?) release, and copies often tend to look rather dog-eared.
Subscriptions come straight to your mailbox, but they tend to arrive 1-3 weeks after release and may be bent, &c. in the mail.
Marvel always produces nice collections, so if you’re wanting something to keep and look nice on your bookshelf, waiting for the HC or trade isn’t a bad way to go either.
Hope that helps!
I ordered it!
Webbers, thanks for the great information! Not a comic geek at all, so I didn’t know any of this. I think I’ll wait for the HC.
I wrote 2 days ago to the Marvel’s Customer Care. They assured me that: “We will not be printing a collection book after the 5th issue”. Could it be possible? What do you think?
I wrote directly to the Marvel’s Customer Care. Just to know if it is possible to receive all the 5 issues at my address in Italy.
This is their answer:
“Yes, you can order the 5-issue Pride and Prejudice subscription online or contact us at 800-217-9158 or 845-457-3124 by March 9, 2009. We will not be printing a collection book after the 5th issue.”
Hope that helps.
Argh! And I was decided to wait for the book!
Thanks for the info, Loredana.
Writer/adapter Nancy Butler left this message at Jane Austen Today regarding the next editions to P&P Marvel Comics
“you’ll be happy to know that all five issues of Pride and Prejudice will be collected into both hard- and soft-cover editions aimed at bookstores and libraries. It’s a great way for those who don’t frequent comics shops to get copies of the Marvel Classics. Librarians like that they expose kids to classics they wouldn’t normally touch with a ten-foot pole.”
She should know, so like Mags, I will wait for the hardcover.
It really surprised me to hear Marvel wouldn’t be printing a collection because they’ve put out (or will be putting out) one for each of their previous Illustrated titles. Their target audience all along has been schools and libraries, so while I can’t say for certain it will happen, I’d tend to trust what Butler says.