IDW Publishing has announced that the first 7,500 copies of the 30 Days of Night trade paperback will come with a tipped-in plate featuring the signatures of creators Steve Niles (writer) and Ben Templesmith (artist).  Since this 'signed edition' actually represents an overprint, retailers can still place advance reorders and receive the signed editions.  The book will remain in print after these copies are gone, but only the first 7,500 copies will include the tipped-in plates.

 

The trade paperback edition of the surprise hit horror comic also includes eight new pages of story that have not appeared in any of the 30 Days of Night comics, and, as a special bonus, Steve Niles' 24-page script for the first issue of the comic series.  The trade paperback edition will now contain 104 pages, but the price will remain the same as when it was solicited, $17.99.

 

30 Days of Night is a high concept comic -- vampires taking advantage of Alaska's month-long winter darkness -- that was sold to Hollywood before the first issue had even appeared.  Even though the film version of 30 Days of Night is still in the planning and production phase, the comic series has done very well on its own, and the trade paperback edition was Diamond's #1 selling graphic novel for the month of January.