Sam & Max Surfin the Highway - Now Shipping!

[Link281]

:) Sweet. I'll be keeping an eye on the forum this week. Can't wait:D

[Zeek]

:) Sweet. I'll be keeping an eye on the forum this week. Can't wait:D

Better shift your peepers over to the blog, since I bet that's where the news will break first.

[FWZ]

The hardcover stuff is very very close now, finally. I should have more news in detail in the coming days.

Nice, can't wait :D

[Guybrush Threepwood]

The hardcover stuff is very very close now, finally. I should have more news in detail in the coming days.

Woo. :) Can't wait for it to ship, then I can finally read Surfin' the Highway and finally see the cartoon series. :D

[ezzetabi]

The hardcover stuff is very very close now, finally. I should have more news in detail in the coming days.

April fool!

[Emily]

April fool!

Nope. The April Fool's joke was learning after a week of unreturned phone calls that our rep at the printer's is suddenly no longer with the company... :mad:

We're plugging away. Stuff is happening. We'll show it off real soon.

[wisp]

i hate it when this happens...and nobody tells you.
good thing i have my softcover to read. also, now i have time to earn the money for the hardcover and don't need to sell my car.

[backslash]

good thing i have my softcover to read. also, now i have time to earn the money for the hardcover and don't need to sell my car.
Must be a pretty crappy car if you need to sell it to buy a book... :P Can't you sell the tape deck instead?

[wisp]

no, the tape deck is broken...the car isn't crappy at all, but i don't need it at the moment, because my employer supplies me with a new car every 6 months..:p

[backslash]

'Illegal drug dealing car importer' franchise?

[Jake]

new hardcover things back from the printer!

not saying what part of the book this is... but hey

http://files.telltalegames.com/misc/surfin_plate.jpg

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Oh Jake, must you tease us with only one picture? I've flipped it (http://i29.tinypic.com/15rxeuo.png) to save myself standing on my head. Looks interesting to say the least!

[Jake]

Well, when I get more stuff back, I'll post more pictures!

[Laserschwert]

I assume it's one of the "extra-pages" (at least I think I remember you mentioning the hardcover getting some extra-pages over the paperback).

[tabacco]

No extra pages in the hardcover. I think there might be an extra blank page because of the printing process, though.

[Laserschwert]

I think there might be an extra blank page because of the printing process, though.

Woohoo!! That'll show those cheapskates who only got the paperback! :p

(AND, I was confusing those with the extra-apges who are generally added in the re-release... paperback included)

[Zeek]

That could be the inner pattern for the paper jacket that most hardcover books come in. Kind of makes me wonder what the actual hardcover looks like naked.

...Go ahead and run with that. I don't care. :D

[dg10050]

Sam looks pretty weird as a wiener dog. O_o

[Mafioso]

That picture made me wildly excited.

[wisp]

not saying what part of the book this is... but hey
it's probably one of those things you put inside books to remember the page you stopped reading or you want to read again or something...i think it's called bookmark, but i also thought those things were in your browser. maybe it's attached to those ribbon-thingies the really huge books have...like the bible. anyway, a bookmark would be totally nice, since sth doesn't have numbered pages...and i usually use stuff that's sortof important like the letter that reminds me to do my tax declaration or even money, which i forget to take out and find it again years later when it's lost all it's worth. so, i'm voting for bookmark...on the other hand it might be something completely different.:confused:

[neilka]

Looks like it'd make a good sticker...

[YoshiAngemon]

Well, I got the Paperback at a comic book store. Hopefully, I might find the Hardcover version, too, If I'm lucky.

[meelWORM]

Its the bookplate, which will be pasted/stuck to the inside cover. Steve's signature will be on the bun. :D

[wisp]

might be...or each books number will be printed on the bun. if it was a bookplate and have steve's signature on it, wouldn't that imply that the books would belong to him? they are normally used to express ownership, right?

[Zeek]

Somehow, if it is a book plate, I see Steve's signature on the mustard dollup and the book's number on the bun.

[xChri5x]

or vise versa!

[Jake]

Its the bookplate, which will be pasted/stuck to the inside cover. Steve's signature will be on the bun. :D

:D!

[xChri5x]

make sure to use the SERIOUS glue!

[wisp]

...but funny glue would match the bookplate a lot better.

[Mercury2142]

Well, my student loan's come in. Seeing as term ends on the 16th May, I have a huge ammount of spare money.

I'm gonna order Surfing the highway, the cartoon, and most probably a signed poster.

It's gonna be sweet.

[Freelance Poster]

You have good taste :)

[Mercury2142]

I've only just realized there are in fact, two prints in the shop.
Well, looks like I'm gonna have to scrounge up another tenner. =3

[morrigan]

I'm pining for my hardbook...I hope it gets printed and shipped soon, as it's going to be my substitute now that the last episode of Season 2 has been released, and we have a long wait until the next season!

[Jake]

Barring insanity, the hardcover is going off to the printer this week... at which point I'll be able to start talking about it! :)

[Will]

Because insanity never happens here....

[Zeek]

Which is a wonder given the two comedy franchises you guys were given licensing rights to.

[Freelance Poster]

Let the countdown commence!

[RobD]

10, 9, 8, 7, 6...

Wait, that's going to be too fast. I was hoping to see some explosion or something.

Good news about the printing this week though! :D

[Cosplaybunny]

I'm super excited! I can't wait to get the new hardcover printing (my old one is falling apart.)

[backslash]

Let the countdown commence!
Should we do this in a 'Duke Nukem Forever' countdown? :p
"It's done when its done"

[Laserschwert]

I think a "Duke Nukem Forever"-countdown would actually be counting UP... :D

[wisp]

...countup is a strange word.

[xChri5x]

I cannot wait! I even held off on the paperback for this, but some are popping up on ebay for really cheap... so I'm tempted...
I'm pretty sure if I saw it in a store I wouldn't walk out without it.

[Freelance Poster]

I picked up a paperback copy myself. That way the hardcover won't be too abused with overuse

[xChri5x]

But the hardcover is tougher! I'm gonna tie a belt around it and carry it around all day! lol

[backslash]

But the hardcover is tougher! I'm gonna tie a belt around it and carry it around all day! lol
I'm gonna use it like a bible vest (located near the heart) in case somebody tries to shoot me :p Oh, and I'll try to read it before I get shot at

I think a "Duke Nukem Forever"-countdown would actually be counting UP
That's right because it passed the countdown stage long ago (2001?)

[xChri5x]

I'm gonna use it like a bible vest (located near the heart) in case somebody tries to shoot me :p Oh, and I'll try to read it before I get shot at



I don't think there is enough Sam & Max in there for that. Better carry around the Age and Effigy just to be safe.

[RobD]

I don't think there is enough Sam & Max in there for that. Better carry around the Age and Effigy just to be safe.

Better still, a bullet-proof vest made from unwanted gifts and household objects. You'd be surprised at how good old bathmats are at stopping bullets. That way you won't ruin perfectly good books. ;)

[MeaningOfLife]

Will there be an e-mail letting me know when you will finally steal my credit card number, I mean charge the $50 onto my card?

[Zeek]

Should be. They've sent me e-mails every time they were ready to ship anything I've ordered from them in the past.

[backslash]

Will there be an e-mail letting me know when you will finally steal my credit card number, I mean charge the $50 onto my card?
If you want an email telling you that I've stolen your credit card number, I'll send one to you :p

Better still, a bullet-proof vest made from unwanted gifts and household objects. You'd be surprised at how good old bathmats are at stopping bullets. That way you won't ruin perfectly good books.
The only unwanted gifts I have were some bars of soap and a wash cloth with 'Holland' sewn onto it (penpals...gotta love them). I think wearing bars of soap would just make the bullets go through me quicker and the wash cloth would only clean the bullets on their way out

[wisp]

..hey, nothing like a clean bullet. you know how dirty those things usually are? if you're really shot at a lot, you should consider to soak the washcloth with some antiseptic-stuff as well.

i totally like the idea of attaching it to a belt and carrying it around all the time. that way you can hold it aloft and cite from it whenever appropriate. i really hope it get's one or more of those ribbon-bookmarks expensive books use to have, so you have quick access to the best lines when citation is needed..

[Ashton]

I'm too lazy to read 16 pages... if it was already asked I appoligize, but do we have a ship date set for the hardback yet?

(and I love your idea, wisp, of keeping it with you to quote lol --- that's what smartphones and ebooks are for!)

[Jake]

The hardcover contents are now totally at the printer. They're checking the files over the next few days, to make sure that they're good to print, then they'll print off a test proof, which we have to approve, and then they'll get printing! We'll know very soon when the books are expected to actually start rolling off the press.

[RobD]

Huzzah! :D

[Zeek]

The hardcover contents are now totally at the printer. They're checking the files over the next few days, to make sure that they're good to print, then they'll print off a test proof, which we have to approve, and then they'll get printing! We'll know very soon when the books are expected to actually start rolling off the press.

I'll be checking the blog later today and all this week for more, as usual!

[backslash]

I'll be checking the blog later today and all this week for more, as usual!
And I'll be spying from the bushes to make sure they're doing their job >_>

[Ashton]

Do you happen to know wheather all copies have been reserved yet? I'm interested in getting the hardback, but I dont want to reserve it because all the other stuff I want would be held then...

[Jake]

They're not all taken yet, you're still safe :)

[jmm]

Any chance to get both the Season 2 DVD and the hardcover in the same shipment?

[tabacco]

That depends on whether there are hardcovers left when the DVD comes out. No promises, sorry :(

[Ashton]

I'm wishing for a T-shirt and book deal (I get all my S+M through Gametap, cant beat $0.99 a month!)

Any plans on a new T-shirt design? I'd like one that doesnt feature max dead....

[yoshimickster]

I can't wait to get this book! I ordered it a few days ago. After that I'ma get the old DOS game & the animated series.

[TheAnimist]

So, how soon do you think the hardcovers will be shipped? I just want to to know 'cause I'm buying parts for my dead pc and I don't want to get overcharged.

[yoshimickster]

Dudes, I just got it & it is awesome! I loved the one with the theiving pirates the best. Twisted, but still awesome!

[Jake]

Hardcover update, in the blog (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-332)!

[Zeek]

I'm glad I pre-ordered mine. :D

[wisp]

Hardcover update, in the blog!

at this point: how hard would you have to try to make it not awesome?

[Emily]

We estimate June for shipping, based on what we've been told about how long the stuff that needs to happen next at the printer will take.

When we have a more accurate date, we'll let you guys know.

[Freelance Poster]

Now that’s what I’m talking about. That looks amazing!

[Emi]

We estimate June for shipping.

If this estimate is correct, then June will be a good month for me. Not only will I have the Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway hardcover coming my way but also my Victorian Romance Emma - Season 1 box set and my Maj. Motoko Kusanagi figure. This means, of course, that May will go tortuously slow. I await with eager anticipation.

[Kaldire]

im not sure if this has been asked before as the thread is so long and the question could be anywhere in the forums

does the number on the hardcover correspond with the order in which they were ordered?
will the last person to order get #2500 and first get #1? I know steve gets a few and staff of course :P so will it start at 50? 60? and what are my odds of a decent numbered one off ebay now that I can afford a nice 300$ shipment :P muhahah store is about to be......raided.

anyway just want to know if ill get one of everything now then hunt a low number one for collection purposes, might take years to see early number ones if ever :P

BTW an original TPB surfin the highway sold on ebay for 20$ with a sam and max card. I didnt bid cause I have 4 cards and 3 TPB's. I dont wanna horde but I was so tempted!

People dont know a deal when they see one!

[Freelance Poster]

It was actually addressed by Emily in the comments part of the blog on the book.

"We can't control exactly what order the numbers will go out, but people who preordered will get lower numbers than people who don't buy until after the book is available. "

[Zeek]

WHOOOO!! Then we can have a forum contest to see who has the lowest number among the pre-order customors! :D

[Kaldire]

that would make me sad, but I would love pics for the archives! lets see if we get a whole set

[Aradiel]

A June shipping date? I was born in June, hence I am considering it almost like a birthday present from Telltale. You guys are sweet.

[wisp]

WHOOOO!! Then we can have a forum contest to see who has the lowest number among the pre-order customors! :D
i would like to know who will get number one...okay, probably steve..or jake. but if not, post a photo..

[Laserschwert]

i would like to know who will get number one...okay, probably steve..or jake. but if not, post a photo..

Since Steve actually puts the numbers on the cards, he's in the perfect position to ship out several "No.1"s... and make a fortune on eBay! Oh wait, since he actually draws S&M he can always make a fortune on eBay, easily.

[backslash]

Since Steve actually puts the numbers on the cards, he's in the perfect position to ship out several "No.1"s... and make a fortune on eBay! Oh wait, since he actually draws S&M he can always make a fortune on eBay, easily.
Since there's that '/2500' part he could write '1/1' :D One of a kind!

[Harley Quinn]

I bought the soft cover a few months ago (wish I waited now *grunts*) and I can honestly say it is the BEST. COMIC. BOOK. EVER.

nuff said.

[Jake]

i would like to know who will get number one...okay, probably steve..or jake. but if not, post a photo..

I suspect it will be Steve :)

[Harley Quinn]

I want a signed book so bad I think I may die.

[wisp]

I suspect it will be Steve :)
this would be kind of lame however. i mean, if he had the only unsigned copy it would still be special and someone else could have number 1. signing something for yourself seems a bit odd..he's not that type of guy, is he?

I want a signed book so bad I think I may die.
then you should order one asap...seems like a good deal to me. you get an awesome book and can live on. all for less than fifthy bucks..

[Harley Quinn]

Yes but I am uber poor and live in the UK so the postage would cost even more. Maybe if I beg...

[Jake]

this would be kind of lame however. i mean, if he had the only unsigned copy it would still be special and someone else could have number 1. signing something for yourself seems a bit odd..he's not that type of guy, is he?

Look at Judgey Judgekins over here. Whose to say what he'll do with it! Maybe he'll use #1 to end world hunger. Maybe he'll use it to better reach the top shelf in his kitchen. But he gets the first crack at that copy.

[Harley Quinn]

Maybe he'll use it as a doorstop.

[RobD]

Yes but I am uber poor and live in the UK so the postage would cost even more. Maybe if I beg...

I don't think postage was that much actually. I think it wasn't more than $10. I don't think customs would be too much of a worry either, I've got stuff shipped that was worth more and larger that I didn't get charged for by customs.

I paid about $60 for the hardcover and postage, which is about £30 I think.

[Harley Quinn]

30 can't really afford :( just bought the Effy book, man I hate having only 1 shift of 4 hours at my gaming shop job!!

[RobD]

30 can't really afford :( just bought the Effy book, man I hate having only 1 shift of 4 hours at my gaming shop job!!

Do what I did and spend money that you don't have and just make up for it before it bites you in the arse.:D

Oh, wait, I sold my copies of Bad Day on the Moon and the Colour Collection for it...

I'm sad now...:(

*thinks about Surfin the Highway soon being mine*

That's better.

[Erwin]

30 can't really afford :( just bought the Effy book, man I hate having only 1 shift of 4 hours at my gaming shop job!!

I just got the Effy book as well! I expected a truckload of games I ordered on Ebay, just because of the sheer size of the box it came in. Imagine my surprise.

Oh well, at least my sisters' Chihuahua has enough paper to poop on for months to come. (And I'm talking about the protective paper that came in the box, not the book)

--Erwin

[Harley Quinn]

I just got the Effy book as well! I expected a truckload of games I ordered on Ebay, just because of the sheer size of the box it came in. Imagine my surprise.

Oh well, at least my sisters' Chihuahua has enough paper to poop on for months to come. (And I'm talking about the protective paper that came in the box, not the book)

--Erwin

I thought that!! I saw the box and thought 'holy shit, sweeeet' then it was this tiny thing! Think of the enviroment people!

[tabacco]

We don't have any control over that right now, unfortunately. Probably what happened is that we yelled at them for using skimpy packaging at some point in the past and they grossly overcompensated.

[Harley Quinn]

People take things too literal then eh?

[backslash]

The hardcover will probably arrive in one of these by itself:

http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=4175&pid=12213

[MeaningOfLife]

Guys, we all know Steve is going to keep number 1-20 so he can give it to his family and friends.

[wisp]

Look at Judgey Judgekins over here. Whose to say what he'll do with it! Maybe he'll use #1 to end world hunger. Maybe he'll use it to better reach the top shelf in his kitchen. But he gets the first crack at that copy.
i didn't mean that he's not deserving to have copy number 1 or anything...and giving it to his family is excelent. i just found the idea that someone keeps copy of his own book that he signed himself..a bit strange. steve knows how his signature looks and if his copy would be the only unsigned/unnumbered it would be even more special. sorry, if i sounded a bit like a jerk back there...

[Harley Quinn]

Guys, we all know Steve is going to keep number 1-20 so he can give it to his family and friends.



Did we?

[Jake]

i didn't mean that he's not deserving to have copy number 1 or anything...and giving it to his family is excelent. i just found the idea that someone keeps copy of his own book that he signed himself..a bit strange. steve knows how his signature looks and if his copy would be the only unsigned/unnumbered it would be even more special. sorry, if i sounded a bit like a jerk back there...

It's pretty common to keep number one in a signed series around. That's all I was implying.

[enkephalin07]

Ah, this is the reason I got Season 2; I'd forgotten about the games until the book jumped off the shelf at me. I got it home and didn't get half-way through before I ordered and downloaded it.

[MeaningOfLife]

I wonder what's going to come out first, my pre-order of the hard cover or my pre-order of Duke Nukem Forever from EB Games?

[Jake]

Hardcover's printing right now, but always bet on Duke.

[HyperkineticRabbityThing]

POOOOOOOOP!

And hooray for the comics on the way. I've been waitin' so long I thought I might turn into a tanooki statue.

[Emily]

Hardcover should start shipping in early June. Woo!

[Harley Quinn]

Eep. Want one.

[xChri5x]

Any pictures yet?

[Emily]

Nope. We won't have a book to take pictures of until the printing is done. ;)

[dg10050]

Can't wait. :)

[RobD]

:D Wooo!

[MeaningOfLife]

Hardcover should start shipping in early June. Woo!

Damn it, and here Jake was telling me 'Always Bet on Duke'

[Zeek]

Hardcover should start shipping in early June. Woo!

YAY!! So I get not only the Hardcover of Surfin' the Highway, but Spore Creature Creater and maybe the Season 2 DVD + swag!!

It's like Christmas came early for me!! :D

[TrogLlama]

YAY!! So I get not only the Hardcover of Surfin' the Highway, but Spore Creature Creater and maybe the Season 2 DVD + swag!!

It's like Christmas came early for me!! :D
Well, a Christmas where you buy your own presents, but, hey... Don't have to buy for anyone else.

[Molokov]

Well, a Christmas where you buy your own presents, but, hey... Don't have to buy for anyone else.

Sounds like every Christmas for me - after all, I'm not Christian, I don't celebrate the festival, so I don't buy gifts for others, I don't expect anyone to buy me a gift, but I do like to buy myself presents all the time, not just at Christmas :)

[Emi]

Spore Creature Creater
Spore is finally going to come out?

Yay for the for the early June ship date for the hardcovers! Already got my Motoko figure, so now I just need Emma.

[Zeek]

Spore is finally going to come out?Yup. In about 19 days from this post and counting. Got my pre-order and everything.

*Squees in delight* :D

[Yit]

Actually...

The Spore "Creature Editor" is out in early June. The actual game comes out in september.

[purple_monkfish]

*excitement*

[Emily]

psst... If all goes according to plan, hardcovers should start shipping this week.

[Mafioso]

psst... If all goes according to plan, hardcovers should start shipping this week.

Hooray!

[Toast60]

psst... If all goes according to plan, hardcovers should start shipping this week.

Best news all day. Even if I was told I won a million dollars several hours from now.

[wisp]

psst... If all goes according to plan, hardcovers should start shipping this week.
this would be great...i guess you will also collect the money for the preorders then, so i better get cracking to earn some extra bucks.
no, seriously, i was saving for this day until i was five or something, so i should be fine...i just...this book is gonna be great for sure.

Best news all day. Even if I was told I won a million dollars several hours from now.
pff...with a million dollar i would hire my own jake and emily and steve purcell to make me an even more awesome edition of sth...bound in new york street rat leather and with gold and metal applications and 10x thicker than the original. also, it would be limited to 1...so i would get number 1/1...on the other hand i was told that the author usually keeps number one, so i would get none/1...but it would be totally worth a million bucks...

[Toast60]

pff...with a million dollar i would hire my own jake and emily and steve purcell to make me an even more awesome edition of sth...bound in new york street rat leather and with gold and metal applications and 10x thicker than the original. also, it would be limited to 1...so i would get number 1/1...on the other hand i was told that the author usually keeps number one, so i would get none/1...but it would be totally worth a million bucks...

I doubt a single book would cost a million dollars, you could probably get two made. :D And if I wasn't so deathly allergic to rat leather, I'd TOTALLY do that same thing.

[Harley Quinn]

I bet a rare Harry Potter book of some sort could go for that

[Harley Quinn]

Do you know how many copies, if any, are left?

[TrogLlama]

I bet a rare Harry Potter book of some sort could go for that
...Rare Harry Potter books?
I mean, I know there was the handwritten collection of fairy tales and myths and such, but Harry Potter isn't really a series that's highly valuable, considering they're in most any bookstore you find.

[Freelance Poster]

psst... If all goes according to plan, hardcovers should start shipping this week.

Metal Gear Solid 4 and Surfin the Highway. What more could a guy ask for? :)

[Zeek]

Metal Gear Solid 4 and Surfin the Highway. What more could a guy ask for? :)

Spore? That's my combo package I'll probably get in the mail before the month is out. Spore + Surfin' the Highway...

... equals a planet full of Max... :D

[Emily]

Do you know how many copies, if any, are left?

There are some left, although I don't know exactly how many. I think once they're shipping and we're able to post pictures there will probably be a rush for them...

[xChri5x]

YES! If it ships this week, it should get here before I'm away on vacation.

[Harley Quinn]

...Rare Harry Potter books?
I mean, I know there was the handwritten collection of fairy tales and myths and such, but Harry Potter isn't really a series that's highly valuable, considering they're in most any bookstore you find.


Ist editions of some of the 1st books are valuble cos they are rarer, 1st eds. of the later books of course aren't.

[wisp]

people, please...this thread is about the awesome book, so could you stop discussing harry potter or that spore...i don't know what that is, but it sounds infective...diseasewise that is.

..okay maybe surfin the highway is not the book, but still pretty good...probably a lot better than potter.:D

@harley: you should finally order your copy, before it is to late..

[Harley Quinn]

I. Hate. Being. Poor.

Hopefully, now I have more shifts I will be able to soon!

[Emily]

I got a package from the printer this morning...

[Zeek]

I got a package from the printer this morning...

And that package was the bomb, right? :D

[Jake]

It looks awesome! I'll put up some pictures soon.

- Jake

[Harley Quinn]

And that package was the bomb, right? :D

I bet it was more of 'da bomb'

[Inium]

So as is pointed out in the comments section of the blog post, it's a bad idea to cancel now. No problems there, I couldn't possibly imagine a reason that anyone would want to.
However, is it possible to change the address the order ships to? Ordered some time ago when I was on my campus, but now that I'm home for the summer, I'd prefer not to wait for campus mail to forward it to me.

Looking forward to it either way.

[Emily]

However, is it possible to change the address the order ships to? Ordered some time ago when I was on my campus, but now that I'm home for the summer, I'd prefer not to wait for campus mail to forward it to me.

No, which is why some people may want to do a last-minute cancellation. (And I understand about having The Effigy Mound on your order, but we might be able to help with this if you email support@telltalegames.com and explain the situation.)

[xChri5x]

It looks awesome! I'll put up some pictures soon.

- Jake


Sooooooooooooooooooooon!

[Jake]

yeah (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-345)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Harley Quinn]

*cries* it looks so beautiful...

[Laserschwert]

Very nice!

Was the slipcase-idea discarded, or did you just not take any pictures of it?

[TomSuperman]

If this book is successful enough is their any chance that you might make a another Sam and Max book with all the extra issues not present in this book and a full colour version?

[xChri5x]

If this book is successful enough is their any chance that you might make a another Sam and Max book with all the extra issues not present in this book and a full colour version?

This has everything in it and colourizing everything doesn't always make things better.

[Harley Quinn]

Quite often colour ruins it. Besides wasn't the original comics in black an white? I'd rather it stick to the original designs.

[Laserschwert]

Plus, if you need them to be in color so badly:

http://www.millerartandframe.com/images/Crayons.JPG

;)

[xChri5x]

You know... when I was a kid... I almost did that to my garfield comics.

[Harley Quinn]

Are you sure he'll be able to keep in between the lines?

That reminds me, I still need to find a paper bag to make my Max puppet. Why is it so hard to find one? Damn you supermarket plastic bags!

[TomSuperman]

This has everything in it and colorizing everything doesn't always make things better.

This a new version of the original book excluding the web comic their were more comics made later and 25 pages are in full color so whats wrong with a full color version.

[xChri5x]

Okay, only the unfinished webcomic isn't in it. But I don't think that justifies another re-release.
Also, what's wrong with black & white?

[TomSuperman]

Okay, only the unfinished webcomic isn't in it. But I don't think that justifies another re-release.
Also, what's wrong with black & white?

This a remake of the 1995 book.And their were some more stories made of sam and make in other reprinted issues which this one does not have and well they shouldn't have made 25 pages in colour in the first place.A colour and black and white hybrid book is kinda weird.It should have either been in color or black and white not both

[Laserschwert]

A colour and black and white hybrid book is kinda weird.It should have either been in color or black and white not both
You're not that much into comics, right?

[Hero1]

If only Steve could use the time signing 2500 hardcovers to finish a new sam & max comic

[TomSuperman]

You're not that much into comics, right?

Yes

[wisp]

in the introduction of this new surfin the highway edition...or better the softcover version...steve wrote something about what is included and what is not. if i am not totally wrong it should contain every finished comic in it's original form, except one that was colored in a different way as before, but also like it was originally supposed to be. so, the webcomic is not in it and another unfinished and also unpublished story, that steve purcell has still lying in his drawer or something...and of course the sketches for sam&max are not in sth, but in the sketchbooks.

anyway...the hardcover looks really totally awesome..not to say marvelous. it's a lot thicker than the softcover. did you use heavier paper for it?
also, it's nice to read you included a bookmark like i suggested..since i am usually right and adding stuff i like to a book is bound to make it more incredible...or ruin it completely. in case of the hardcover this wouldn't been possible however..even i can't flaw such greatness. okay, enough of that...take my money and send me that piece of literature already.

btw..whose that strange guy in the blog, that looks like eminem?...:D

[xChri5x]

This a remake of the 1995 book.And their were some more stories made of sam and make in other reprinted issues which this one does not have and well they shouldn't have made 25 pages in colour in the first place.A colour and black and white hybrid book is kinda weird.It should have either been in color or black and white not both


Although this is a re-release of the original book, it DOES contain all of the material that wasn't originally included. It been stated over and over

In addition to all of the content of the 1995 original, the new edition contains 25 pages of content developed over the last two decades, bringing the page count to 197 with 45 pages in full color.

The colour comics (save one) are in colour because they were originally drawn in colour.

[TomSuperman]

Any chance of the albums during comics compiled into one Cd with audio commentary.

[patters]

This a remake of the 1995 book.And their were some more stories made of sam and make in other reprinted issues which this one does not have and well they shouldn't have made 25 pages in colour in the first place.A colour and black and white hybrid book is kinda weird.It should have either been in color or black and white not both

why is it weird. some of the comics wouldn't work in colour. and as far as i know some of the coloured comics were originally coloured.

[Harley Quinn]

It's funny how Tom has all these ideas but I don't think I've found one time yet where someone has agreed with him yet, unless I've missed it.

[Emily]

Was the slipcase-idea discarded, or did you just not take any pictures of it?

The slipcase is wrapped up in the sad story of 1) why this book took so long to come out, and 2) why finally seeing it in print brought tears to our eyes. To make a long story short, we were told we could do some stuff that it turned out we couldn't do, and we weren't told we couldn't do it until the very end of production when all the pieces for the books had already been printed and were on the verge of assembly. Rather than delay the book another few months (!) and try to come up with an alternate plan for the slip case that probably wouldn't have been what we really wanted, we decided to punt on it. The book is still awesome without it.

in the introduction of this new surfin the highway edition...or better the softcover version...steve wrote something about what is included and what is not. if i am not totally wrong it should contain every finished comic in it's original form, except one that was colored in a different way as before, but also like it was originally supposed to be. so, the webcomic is not in it and another unfinished and also unpublished story, that steve purcell has still lying in his drawer or something...and of course the sketches for sam&max are not in sth, but in the sketchbooks.

This is correct. The anniversary edition of Surfin' the Highway (both the paperback and the hardcover) contain all the content from the 1995 original PLUS other stories and a few one-off drawings that were previously unpublished. Except for a few that are unfinished, all of the Sam & Max stories are in this book.

anyway...the hardcover looks really totally awesome..not to say marvelous. it's a lot thicker than the softcover. did you use heavier paper for it?

Yes, the paper is 100#, as opposed to the 60# used in the paperback. It's the same paper in the sketchbooks. Steve pushed hard for this, and I'm glad he did because it came out really nice. It made the production a little more difficult, though, because it meant that instead of using their bigger press, which had been used for the paperbacks and can print something like 80 pages at a time, the printer had to use a hand-fed press that only prints 16 pages at a time. I feel for the guy who was standing there feeding paper into the press. :D

btw..whose that strange guy in the blog, that looks like eminem?... :D

That's Nick. :D

Any chance of the albums during comics compiled into one Cd with audio commentary.

No.

[Laserschwert]

The slipcase is wrapped up in the sad story of 1) why this book took so long to come out, and 2) why finally seeing it in print brought tears to our eyes. To make a long story short, we were told we could do some stuff that it turned out we couldn't do, and we weren't told we couldn't do it until the very end of production when all the pieces for the books had already been printed and were on the verge of assembly. Rather than delay the book another few months (!) and try to come up with an alternate plan for the slip case that probably wouldn't have been what we really wanted, we decided to punt on it. The book is still awesome without it.
Mh, wouldn't it be possible to produce the slip-case no matter what? When it's finished (in a few months), all buyers of the hardcover-version can get it optionally for shipping costs only. After all I assume the extra costs for producing the slipcase were taken into account when setting the price for the hardcover, right? And I would really like to get this, as I liked the idea a lot...

[Jake]

Everything you say is in fact possible. Probable? Not really :( The book was stretching the limits of, shall we say, comfortable affordability, with the 100 pound paper stock and custom slipcase, and I probably lost two years of my life due to the stress of getting what we have -- a nice looking hardcover collection of Sam & Max comics, with design and production quality I'm pleased with -- out the door and into your hands, that jumping back into the ring to make a slipcover that the manufacturer recommended against making with the materials we used, to give away for free, doesn't appeal to me at all. As much as I'd like a slipcase for the book, I'd rather leap from a window than make it right now, to be honest.

If you wish to make your own slipcase, the fabric is "Verona" by LBS. :D

[Emily]

It wasn't a cost issue. The main problem was that we were told too late that the material we were using could not be used for a slip case. The covers and spines had already been printed and stamped, so we were pretty much left in a position of getting slip cases that could potentially look horrible (plus a production delay), or no slip cases at all.

We're all extremely happy with how the hardcover turned out (Steve included! he can't tear himself away! (http://files.telltalegames.com/blogs/surfinhardcover1.jpg)), and I think you guys will be pretty psyched with it, too.

[Sybil Pandemik]

You know... when I was a kid... I almost did that to my garfield comics.

Omg, I *did* do that to a few pages of one of my Garfield books. D:

That reminds me, I still need to find a paper bag to make my Max puppet. Why is it so hard to find one? Damn you supermarket plastic bags!

Doesn't the puppet just take the lunch bags? You can buy packs of those at the store. MY problem is the full-sized grocery bags I need for the "space helmets" - NOBODY has unprinted ones. I've actually had to *make* my own bags with brown craft paper. :rolleyes: I just don't want my helmets to say "Trader Joe's" on them...

[Emily]

We made paper bag puppets at the office last year, and I had trouble finding the lunch bags, too. IIRC they didn't have them at the grocery store, but did have them at a drug store. Go figure.

[xChri5x]

Is slipcase another wording for dust jacket, or am I clueless on what exactly a slipcase for a book is. When I hear slipcase I think of it in the DVD sense.

[Jai]

Yeah, you've got it.

Personally, I love hardcover books simply because I can take those things off and have a really nice-looking book.

[RobD]

Hurrah! It's looking superb! :D

Edit:- Is that the new Season 2 cover I see hiding there?
http://files.telltalegames.com/blogs/surfinhardcover3.jpg

[meelWORM]

Is slipcase another wording for dust jacket, or am I clueless on what exactly a slipcase for a book is. When I hear slipcase I think of it in the DVD sense.

No, slipcase is not the same as a dust jacket. I think Jake mentioned awhile back that the StH hardcover was never intended to have a dust jacket. A slipcase is a hard outer case, which the entire book slides into. example (http://www.academylooseleaf.com/photos/sample014.jpg)

[Emily]

Edit:- Is that the new Season 2 cover I see hiding there?
http://files.telltalegames.com/blogs/surfinhardcover3.jpg

Huh? What? You saw nothing.

[Harley Quinn]

We made paper bag puppets at the office last year, and I had trouble finding the lunch bags, too. IIRC they didn't have them at the grocery store, but did have them at a drug store. Go figure.


Yeah shops don't do them anymore here, I think I MAY be able to get one next time I go to the pharmacy... I think we got one last time so all I can do is pray cos I want a puppet!

[patters]

Huh? What? You saw nothing.

he got you. i think

[Harley Quinn]

Is that the telltale copy or is someone gonna get number 79?

[Harley Quinn]

he got you. i think

Nothing gets past an obsessed fan.

[Harley Quinn]

IF I GET INTO DEBT I AM SOOO BLAMING YOU GUYS.


Yes I just gave in and placed my order.

I am weak.

[Emily]

Someone will get 79 eventually (but it probably won't be anyone who ordered through the store already). There were a few book plates that went missing while the printer was assembling them, so rather than hold up shipping the rest of them to the warehouse, the printer is sending us the blank books. Steve redid the missing book plates and we'll put those last ones in by hand. (So 79 will be extra special, because it'll have my fingerprints all over it!)

Also, Steve posted a nice close-up of the book plate and some info about the process of signing them up on his blog (http://spudvisionblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/sam-max.html), should you want to learn more about this bizarre process...

[Harley Quinn]

Wow so whoever gets 79 will be able to replicate your fingerprints?

[Yit]

Wow so whoever gets 79 will be able to replicate your fingerprints?

Watch out! He might attempt to clone you from the oils on your finger!

[wisp]

A slipcase is a hard outer case, which the entire book slides into.

slipcase?? damn, i though it was supposed to have a slipgate...

[Jake]

Watch out! He might attempt to clone you from the oils on your finger!

Weird I think we made that joke yesterday when talking about them.

[xChri5x]

Hurrah! It's looking superb! :D

Edit:- Is that the new Season 2 cover I see hiding there?
http://files.telltalegames.com/blogs/surfinhardcover3.jpg

I totally missed that!

Please post some pictures telltale!

[Jake]

I don't see anything.

Enhance...

Enhance...

Enhance...

Nope, still nothing :( Usually saying 'enhance' and pausing dramatically for a few seconds works pretty well.

[Emily]

You've been playing too much CSI.

[Harley Quinn]

Watch out! He might attempt to clone you from the oils on your finger!

Maybe if we clone the team we could get all the clones to work on season 3 so we can get it quicker!

[wisp]

...but if you start with emily you will probably just have it promoted twice as good.

[Harley Quinn]

Stop finding holes in my plan!

[wisp]

this isn't necessarily a hole, since two emilys would probably convince us to wait patiently until early 2009....with ease.

[Emily]

No, one Emily would do that, while the other one took a nice long, relaxing vacation. :p

[dg10050]

I'm expecting an email when these things ship. :)

[Emily]

You'll get a shipping notification when your order goes out.

[Harley Quinn]

Within the next week yee thinks?

[tabacco]

Probably.

[Harley Quinn]

Eeeee.

[Emily]

I got confirmation this morning that the books have arrived at the warehouse. Some orders may ship today but I think most will go out next week.

[Toast60]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I came home from dropping off a job application, only to find a pristine, plastic-wrapped copy of Surfin' The Highway on my desk. ^_^ It looks absolutely amazing, Telltale, and #625 is a lot lower than I thought I would be!

Edit: However, on a quick check through my e-mail, I got no shipping confirmation. Y'all are some sneaky, book-delivering masterminds! :O

[dg10050]

Wow, 2 hour shipping! Not bad Telltale, not bad. ;)

[xChri5x]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I came home from dropping off a job application, only to find a pristine, plastic-wrapped copy of Surfin' The Highway on my desk. ^_^ It looks absolutely amazing, Telltale, and #625 is a lot lower than I thought I would be!

Edit: However, on a quick check through my e-mail, I got no shipping confirmation. Y'all are some sneaky, book-delivering masterminds! :O

Yikes, you must live next door to the warehouse.

[dg10050]

Ugh, I think I had mine shipped via USPS, which sucks. Now I'm gonna have to wait an extra week. :\
Is there any way I can check the shipping method that I used when I placed my order? The Invoice section of my Account page doesn't seem to show it.

[purple_monkfish]

got my confirmation, i'm SO HAPPY! sooon sooooooooon. The next two weeks are gonna be hell, waiting for international shipping to arrive.

[MeaningOfLife]

Oh snap, I can feel the FW Effect coming in for this limited edition book.

Then we'll see a bunch on eBay for the triple of the price.

[Mister Flibble]

Came back from drama feeling like "guff", since I hate being there really but I go to this group every week because I'm a moron, but I digress. Saw "You have recieved an email from yada yada yada" and I was like what the hell is a digital river, and then AHH... I can't wait 10-14 days but sometimes up to several weeks!


And worse yet my mailman is a dumbass and looks at things that say "Fragile, handle with care" and think it's code for "Try and fold it and cram it into the letterbox", so I'm expecting it to be sawn into pieces and fed through there. Jerk. I'll kill him if my precious StH is damaged

[Emily]

I just got two shipping confirmations. Apparently I forgot to cancel some test orders. Oops. :o

dg10050, you used UPS.

[Harley Quinn]

Got an e-mail saying mine's still unavailable for shipping yet. Grr gonna be ages then cos I'm also international!! :'(

[xChri5x]

Got my confirmation!

[Emily]

200 books that were supposed to go to the warehouse were accidentally sent to us, so the most recent orders will have to wait a few additional days until we 1) get the shipment, and 2) send those 200 books back to the warehouse (which is, incidentally, only a few hundred miles away from the printer, as opposed to us, who are about 1500 miles away). Sorry Harley. :(

[Link281]

Got my confirmation when I got home from work. Brightened up my day..er, night:p

[Quuux]

I just hope I don't get a higher numbered one because I had to reorder (stupid bank gave me a new visa number)

[dg10050]

dg10050, you used UPS.

Thanks. I just got the confirmation email and I noticed the familiar 1Z beginning of the tracking number. ;)
Estimated arrival date is Tuesday, which means I should be getting it Monday. :D

(I propose that we all put our StH numbers as our custom forum titles/signatures, at least for a while.)

[jfreez1313]

If UPS loses my package...well, I hate to think of the consequences. Thankfully, they haven't lost any of my packages yet. But now that I think about it, it IS Friday the 13th today.

[wisp]

i just received my shipping confirmation...and i am absolutely sure nothing bad will happen...it will arrive here in perfect condition. it's a long way to europe, but it will be fine, as long as it stays away from any customs officers.

[Harley Quinn]

Why am I the only one getting an e-mail saying mine is unavailable to be shipped?

[wisp]

...because you just ordered recently and, as emily explained, the last box of book isn't at the warehouse yet.

[Yit]

Finally. It shipped. Only 4 months and 6 days after my order...

Man, that's a long time to "process" my order!

[morrigan]

Yay got my shipping confirmation email!! Weeeeeeee!

[Zeek]

I got my shipping confirmation as well!! And I forgot that it was being shipped to the PO BOX. :o Here's hoping they put it on a shelf like they do with all the other packages I order.

[purple_monkfish]

How long do you think it'll take to get to the uk? i'm thinking 2 weeks though you never know... I might be pleasently surprised. Hopefully all three of my books will survive (STH hadcover, softcover and Efigy mound.. yeesh)
The art of S&M has some slight scuffing but it's mostly ok.

Our post guy is ok usually, if it's in a box he knocks on the door.. if it's slightly bendable he crams it into our smaller than average mail slot, gets it stuck, THEN knocks.. bah.. BAH.

[Harley Quinn]

...because you just ordered recently and, as emily explained, the last box of book isn't at the warehouse yet.

Thanks, I was worried then I had ordered too late.

[TrogLlama]

Finally. It shipped. Only 4 months and 6 days after my order...

Man, that's a long time to "process" my order!
Well, it did say that they weren't ready to be shipped yet...

[Linque]

You know what's weird? In the shipping confirmation my details are listed as follows:

Shipped to:
Eero Kuusi
Urheilukatu 24 A 19

Helsinki 00250
0405724xxx <-- my phone number


Hopefully they're not going to send it to the country '04057...', and know to actually send it to Finland.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I'm just hoping that my book gets to me in one piece. I'd hate to have to go through the whole process of exchanging a limited edition item...

[Freelance Poster]

I'm hoping two things. One, I get the UPS guy that hasn't screwed up my address three times now (thank you honest neighbors!), and two, I'm hoping to get a low number ;)

[xChri5x]

It's monday! Isn't that great? That means the mail resumes today bringing my book one day closer!

[wisp]

i envy you united statians...us europe-guys won't receive these books before next month...probably.

[patters]

i envy you united statians...us europe-guys won't receive these books before next month...probably.

yep but at least we can buy HTR easily

[xChri5x]

yep but at least we can buy HTR easily

Yeah, how much is the DVD cased version in stores over there?

[wisp]

around 10 bucks...euro not uk bucks.

[Harley Quinn]

yep but at least we can buy HTR easily

We deserve one good thing seeing as you get everything decent and I have to spend a fortune ordering everything from the US!

[Badwolf]

Yeah, how much is the DVD cased version in stores over there?

£2. With Day of the Tentacle bundled in.


Granted, that was in a charity shop, but I've seen it going for similar prices at a few different ones.

[Harley Quinn]

I'm seen it for £7 onlinw and 10 in store for just HTR

[dg10050]

Well, my StH didn't arrive like I had expected. Oh well, it'll be here tomorrow. :)

[Freelance Poster]

My copy just came! #374 and very nice I might add :D

[Harley Quinn]

Well the money's gone from my account but still no e-mail saying it's been sent, so can just hope it has!

[oldbushie]

I got my book! :D It smells minty fresh. I lub it. <3

I'm just disappointed that the animated series has no subtitles at all, seeing as I'm half deaf. Oh well. *turns the volume to Max*

[meelWORM]

Received my hardcover today! It looks amazing, well done!

Although, I am slightly disappointed that numbers are being sent out seemingly randomly. Considering that I placed my order within hours of the preorder going live, I thought for sure I would have gotten a smaller number than 457.

[Jake]

Yeah,we had hoped that wouldn't be the case, but given that the people who ship things out of the warehouse can rarely get the size of the box right, it was probably too much to expect. :( Fortunately the books are cool!

[MeaningOfLife]

I didn't get anything today. :(

[xChri5x]

I really don't see it an issue about the numbers. It's not like lower numbered books are better than higher numbered ones. Maybe people think they'll have a higher resell value, but I'm sure none of you are planning on doing that now...

[Zeek]

Or ever, as is my case. That's what I get for being a pack rat. My stuff won't ever go on sale again until I'm dead and my next-of-kin needs some extra cash for their questionable misdeeds.

[Freelance Poster]

I dunno, I've always tried to get the lowest number possible on my numbered goods, though I've never sold any of them. I guess somewhere in the back of my mind it just feels even more valuable when you get a lower number. My order was very early on as well and I'm not the least bit disappointed in getting 374.

On a side note, is it just me or does Mr. Purcell have a sort of Judge Doom thing going in that old timey picture in the back? :D

[MaxFan]

I confess, some of us did buy two just to have one to sell. I feel bad now :p

[xChri5x]

I confess, some of us did buy two just to have one to sell. I feel bad now :p

You scumm!

[wisp]

Or ever, as is my case. That's what I get for being a pack rat. My stuff won't ever go on sale again until I'm dead and my next-of-kin needs some extra cash for their questionable misdeeds.
..but in that case it will probably just be thrown out with the rest of your stuff, because it's "just a comicbook". that's the worst part about collecting.

I confess, some of us did buy two just to have one to sell. I feel bad now :p
what happened to the one-per-customer policy?:rolleyes:

[Harley Quinn]

People always go to me when I get a new collectable 'think of how much you could sell that for n a few years' but 'm like why would I want to sell it!?!?!

[Laserschwert]

I've ordered two as well... one for me, one for my brother (his birthday is in August, so here's hoping for a "fast" shipping... not that I expect it).

Regarding numbers, I feel it's better to have bigger number on it, so that you can say, you've got more of Steve Purcell's ink on it ;) I guess it should contain a lot of 8s, as it probably has the longest stroke of all numerals. So, 1888 for me please!

[xChri5x]

I wonder if he messed any up. After signing do many, I'm sure there is a slip up or two.
Personally I think it would be awesome if there was a coffee ring stain on the inside, lol.

[Laserschwert]

Personally I think it would be awesome if there was a coffee ring stain on the inside, lol. I'm sure you manage to do that yourself... ;)

[xChri5x]

It'll up the value ten fold!

[Zeek]

..but in that case it will probably just be thrown out with the rest of your stuff, because it's "just a comicbook". that's the worst part about collecting. Not in my family. Hell, we own the original vynal record of Disney's Snow White soundtrack from the 1940s, as well as an EP vynal record titled The Best of The Doors. Both are still in playable condition despite the fact the record player broke down on us 14 years ago when we moved. :( Those machines really don't like travelling cross country after 50+ years of use.

[wisp]

Both are still in playable condition despite the fact the record player broke down on us 14 years ago when we moved.
despite? more probably "because"...not being played most likely saved those things.
...like with the htr hardcover. it's just for display and feeling good, 'cause you have one. the softcover is for reading.

[Harley Quinn]

Not in my family. Hell, we own the original vynal record of Disney's Snow White soundtrack from the 1940s,


So want.

As for the coffee stain, I'm hopinig for bits of corn dog in mine. In case I get hungry when readng my book of course.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

*taps feet here in jolly old England*