The Incal: The Deluxe Edition

As one of those weird Moebius collectors, I now own four different editions of Incal (all in English): - starting with the newest (2022) Deluxe oversized edition in rigid sleeve, then the previous oversized edition from 2020 or 2019, also in rigid sleeve, published in the same "oversized" format about 12.5" tall, but noticeably thicker (by about 50%) because it uses thicker-stock matte paper, but with less durable glossy hardcover with Metabaron spaceship on it, then the "normal"-format hardcover, and lastly, a set of giant coffee-table-sized 16" tomes, with each Incal story in its own tome, published in 2012, limited to 900 and published on best available matte stock paper (to do artistic justice to the coloring without detracting glossy reflections...)So, my brief review will be informed by that:Glossy paper in the current Deluxe edition makes the book more vibrant, and heavier, while thinner. In reality, the best edition to actually read is probably the "normal" one as in the larger "oversized" format, the drawings lose their page coherency. Strangely, this does not occur with the coffee-table book, but I think this weird phenomenon has to do with the line thickness relative to the page. The thinner-scaled line in "normal" edition makes overall drawing layout more intelligible, but in the latest oversize edition, the lines are ... a tad too contrasty / black, making the drawings a little too busy. Still, if you got no other edition already, this is the edition to have, for sure! There was also a recent "oversized" edition in Black and white, and I highly recommend the deluxe edition over that B&W edition, as the artistic intent in B&W is getting lost (the coloring was done at the direction of Moebius and therefore represents his artistic intent). Hope this helps!Cheers!

Delivered on time. Brand new book in perfect condition.

Everything's in perfect condition! Can't wait to reread this awesome tale!

Book is awesome, love the deluxe set. Unfortunately, I received my box set package destroyed even when it was in the shrink wrap.

some slight damage to the corner of the outer box, seemingly because the package was only bubblewrapped on one side, but everything else in perfect condition