Wonderland Omnibus Paperback – August 5, 2014

As others have already said, the binding on this is really quite terrible. I have not yet finished reading the book, but at about 2/3 of the way through the front cover and spine have already detached and the first 1/3 of the book is trying to fall out. I read the reviews from others who were complaining of the issue so I was expecting this, but it's still disappointing. I like to hold on to books I enjoy so I can pass them on to my kids (when they're old enough) or read them again in a few years, but it's unlikely this one will survive that long. Otherwise I'd have given this a full 5 stars.That said, a book is about the story (and in this case, the art) and Zenoscope's Wonderland series is great fun. It's a bloody, visceral, over-the-top take on Lewis Carrol's classic reimagined with a hefty dose of Lovecraft and a helping of the Saw series. The White Rabbit spends most of his screen time decomposing and doing his best impression of Frank from Donnie Darko (that is, freaking creepy), the Cheshire Cat shows up as a hulking beast, and the madness of wonderland goes beyond the sort of silly Disney world we all remember. This is a place of unending nightmares and vicious psychopaths.Calie, the main character and daughter of Alice, starts as a somewhat typical teenage girl from a dysfunctional home but becomes a capable, strong, no-nonsense force to be reckoned. She continues to impress me more with every page.In addition, the artwork is fantastic and the presentation (not counting the binding issue) is beautiful. Every page is large (approx a legal pad in size), full color, high gloss and crystal clear (don't mind the bluriness of my pictures, my camera was having trouble focusing). In the end, though, this makes it all the more disappointing that the volume probably won't survive a first reading.Looking forward to getting my hands on more from Zenoscope's other series. I just hope they're more durable than this one.

This is the easiest alternative to the never ending search for back issues of Zenescope's Wonderland. As most Comic Book or Graphic Novel collectors know, the older a graphic novella, the more it increases in value and the more difficult they become to find. Here we have all issues of Zenescope Wonderland laid out in one big soft bound tome with quality printing and binding. I did read other comments where the customers stated that the binding of their books came apart or loosened. There is a way to prevent this from happening. A soft bound book of this size ought to be opened a certain way, that is; loosened up, before one actually starts reading it. I learned this from a very talented middle school English teacher and I'd like to share with you all now: Starting from approximately the middle of the book, open it about 4-6 inches. Then, from that middle point, grab about an inch thick of pages and open the book approximately the same width as you did in the middle, alternating from side to side, until you get to the front and back covers. Repeat this process about two more times, opening the book a little bit wider each time until the binding feels a bit looser. The objective is to gently break the book in so that it can be read and handled without it falling apart. I highly recommend this method on all soft bound books of this thickness, as well as; hard bound books in general. As for this collection of Wonderland; A+ artwork and story line; intended for mature readers and not because it is sexually explicit, as suggested from the cover art work. I recommend mature readers mainly because of the gruesome storyline and pictures. It's Wonderland alright, but; not the way Lewis Carroll intended it. Plot is Twisted, Entertaining and worth every penny. I Love Zenescope Comics! Enjoy!

The binding is clearly inferior. Basically, I was 1/4 of the way through, the cover came off in my hands--and the cover was partially glued to the last page-very odd decision. This is unfortunate because this is a great story-period. Instead, I stripped off the old brittle glue, used PVA glue, glued the spine to cloth tape, attached some old comic boards to act as new first and last pages to the tape, glued chipboard to the comic boards--effectively making a hardback book.I honestly wished that the producers of the book had put the quality into the binding that was put into the story line. Clearly, I gave four stars because in spite of the binding, the story deserves no less.I purchased the two grimms fairy tales omnibus. I hope they are not as bad except now, I have some idea as to modify them.

Good comic and quick delivery but terrible binding. When it first came in, I was actually really impressed, it looked sturdy. The pages and artwork are beautifully done and the comic itself is very good. It's also less pages than some of my other omnibuses so I assumed it would hold up well like they have. However this is not the case at all. The binding is incredibly weak and it's a common complaint about this omnibus from the look of it.

My first foray into Zenescope's comics and I love it. I'm still reading it, up to Tales from Wonderland 1 I think, and the artwork is great and there's a lot of moments where I've been shocked at the plot developments, however I feel the "trilogy" this book starts off with is very slow going with not much pay off. It's clearly a dense set up for a monumental amount of stories, so this heavy tome feels like the tip of the iceberg. But a great introduction to Zenescope's mature, horror-centred takes on folk and fairy tales and classic stories like Alice in Wonderland.Some have complained about the spine falling apart and stuff like that, I've been very careful in my reading of the book to constantly hold the spine and take care of it, just be careful as you should with any book. Glad I took a chance on ordering it despite these concerns.

What a cheap way to sell nonsense. Couldn't the authors or publishers have thought of something more creative for the title of their venture, rather than sully the name of classic and timeless literature?This has really put me off delving any further into the Xenoscope universe. I have some of the Robyn Hood books which at least had some worthwhile character translations.Wonderland is by turns funny (unintentionally), sad (deeply) and pointless (mostly), probably on purpose. I read the previews and did not pick up on the degree of violence and gore I'd find.Two stars mean "I don't like it".On the positive side, I haven't had any problems with the binding, the book so far holding together well. Good enough value for £32, but it just isn't for me. I will stick with Lady Mechanika, which I find far more creative and with vastly superior artwork (and all those amazing alternative covers!)

I bought this and live the book so much but when i went to look inside it fell apart easy. The binding needs to be something more sturdy for the amount of pages that are in this book. If you do decide to buy this beautiful book please keep in mind that it may come apart when viewing the content.

El producto es excelente en guion y arte grafico pero la presentacion en omnibus tienen problemas graves con el terminado, el empastado blando no soporta tantas paginas.

This is amazing book from Zenescope and the Art work is gorgeous.

Great condition