Squall
02-17-2005, 09:49 PM
I have a few coffee table books on my, well, coffee table, between the couch and TV in my apartment. I pick my coffee table books carefully, but they're some of the best books you can buy. Large, lots of excellent illustrations, colorful, lots of content (usually in an encyclopedia-like manner). What's not to love? :p
Well, what's bothering me is that, I don't have all my loves represented on my coffee table. I have my academic interests (books on astronomy & space travel, National Geographic atlases of the world & U.S. history) and most of my hobbies (Transformers, Star Wars, 24th Century Star Trek) represented. Except for one major one -- Where's my modern DCAU coffee table book? :(
Hopefully some publisher is just waiting until the modern DCAU comes to a close (perhaps when JLU ends, but who knows?) so that when they publish this coffee table book it will be "complete".
Well, in my hopes that this modern DCAU coffee table book will one day be published, what do you want in this book? Here's what I want to see:
-lots and lots of illustrations, including artwork, screecaps, and stuff like maps, starcharts, pseudo-science blueprints, etc.
-an encyclopedia of heroes, villians, teams, other characters, locations, significant events, etc.
-character sections & episode guide sections for every show -- B:TAS/TNBA, S:TAS, JL/JLU, BB (even with much more abbreviated sections for SS, TZP, and perhaps even TT)
-a general timeline of the modern DCAU (as best as can be fit; why not hire Fone Bone to write this section? ;) )
-interviews with artists, writers, and producers, especially the head honchos like Bruce Timm, and voice actors that played a significant role in the modern DCAU, such as Kevin Conroy and Phil LaMarr
That's all I can think of for now. What else could we add to make this coffee table book tres perfect? :cool:
Well, what's bothering me is that, I don't have all my loves represented on my coffee table. I have my academic interests (books on astronomy & space travel, National Geographic atlases of the world & U.S. history) and most of my hobbies (Transformers, Star Wars, 24th Century Star Trek) represented. Except for one major one -- Where's my modern DCAU coffee table book? :(
Hopefully some publisher is just waiting until the modern DCAU comes to a close (perhaps when JLU ends, but who knows?) so that when they publish this coffee table book it will be "complete".
Well, in my hopes that this modern DCAU coffee table book will one day be published, what do you want in this book? Here's what I want to see:
-lots and lots of illustrations, including artwork, screecaps, and stuff like maps, starcharts, pseudo-science blueprints, etc.
-an encyclopedia of heroes, villians, teams, other characters, locations, significant events, etc.
-character sections & episode guide sections for every show -- B:TAS/TNBA, S:TAS, JL/JLU, BB (even with much more abbreviated sections for SS, TZP, and perhaps even TT)
-a general timeline of the modern DCAU (as best as can be fit; why not hire Fone Bone to write this section? ;) )
-interviews with artists, writers, and producers, especially the head honchos like Bruce Timm, and voice actors that played a significant role in the modern DCAU, such as Kevin Conroy and Phil LaMarr
That's all I can think of for now. What else could we add to make this coffee table book tres perfect? :cool: