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In This Week's FOC: An Omni So Big It Blocks Out The Sun!
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We’re three weeks into April, it’s the middle of meteorological spring. Temperatures are cautiously rising and the sun shines a smidge longer every day, but news reports of real world events still chill me to the bone. Where is warmth? Where is comfort?! “LOOK HERE,” a fictitious voice... more »
This Last Big Books NL Is Huge (Like The Books)! 👀
…and welcome to this year’s last instalment of the newsletter about the BIGGEST books in our warehouse. Books so big they turn shelves into expositions, expositions into libraries, libraries into museums! It is said that if you gather enough of these books, a ticket booth is automatically added to... more »
Big Book News - September 2025
to another instalment of the newsletter about books so BIG they blot out the sun! (Depending on your angle.) That’s right, Jelle’s back, here to tell you all you need to know about the BIGGEST books that found their way to our shelves in Berlin of late, as well as some that will be coming... more »
Big Book News - August 2025
to another installment of the newsletter about books that are big on the outside AND the inside! Not unlike The Doctor’s iconic TARDIS, they’ll take you from one point in time to another, and even to entirely different universes. So join me, my reading companions, and let me take you on an... more »
Big Books News July 2025
Hello there and welcome to another instalment of the newsletter about the elusive creature called the omnibus. The omnibus is one of the largest species found in the comic book kingdom. It is neither mammal, fish, reptile, amphibian, nor bird, but it is unquestionably a vertebrate, as it couldn't... more »
Big Book News - April 2025
Hello there and welcome to another instalment of the newsletter that highlights the comic books that are big enough to become shelves themselves! I mean, not that one should do that, but, let's be honest, most of you have, at some point, done that, and quite possibly still today, against better... more »
Big Book News - March 2025
Hello there and welcome to another instalment of the newsletter that’s... still a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of omnibuses Omar announced this month over at Near Mint Condition. Holy sardines, there were over 20! In one month!! My poor shelves. I guess there's only one thing to do...... more »
Big Book News - February 2025
Hello there and welcome to another instalment of the newsletter that dares to dream BIGGER than any publishing powerhouse! Bigger than even those that announce 11 Krakoa omnibuses all at once! That’s right, it’s me, Jelle, and not only did we just publish A Comic Shop Fanzine #1, which... more »
Big Book News - January 2025
Hello there, and welcome to another instalment of the newsletter that WILL judge books by their cover (and by their spines, too)! That's right, it's me, Jelle, and I'm here to tell you that I understand. With books this big, who can afford to get them all?! Options have to be weighed, and boy... more »
The Flash versus Spider-Man - Big Books Newsletter Giveaway
For last month's DC vs Marvel themed giveaway we asked you who would win if Spider-Man fought The Flash, and wowzers, did you deliver! Many creative forces rose to the occasion and wrote in with numerous ways the two would defeat each other, as well as ways in which they... wouldn't. We... more »