We went this week to a museum exhibition of comic books. I was entranced by the original covers, the actual paste-up of the different parts like the title and the price, the light pencil lines to properly align the text.
I do miss paste-up and light boards. Used to do that with our journal covers way back when. The Exacto knife, the smell of the adhesive . . . ah, those were the days.
I do miss paste-up and light boards. Used to do that with our journal covers way back when. The Exacto knife, the smell of the adhesive . . . ah, those were the days.
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At Mon Nov 12, 06:58:00 PM,
Schizohedron said…
Ahhhhh ... the waning art of pasteup. I was describing to my mother this weekend how — to avoid ordering more repro for tables or other projects — I occasionally found myself performing transplant surgery on, say, a greater-than sign, or an italic letter, from a trove of scavenged copy. Then began the nerve-wracking job of pasting this tiny chip of repro onto the layout. No way in hell are my reflexes up to that these days. I blame age and caffeine.
As for the covers, one day I scaled off all of the layered volume/issue strips from PP, and having a flat cover board was like finding the Ark.
Knowing where I've been helps me appreciate a tool like InDesign or Quark all the more. But I do miss the focus on such a physical and judgment-governed task that pasteup represented.
At Mon Nov 19, 12:33:00 PM,
Amy said…
Ah, PP. That was the greatest. Really loved that journal. Yes, one visit to my cousin in OR I shipped back his light board because he didn't want it anymore, for shame. I'm sure UPS hated me for that. I smile thinking about the reflexes needed, trying to get the letter or symbol aligned just right!!
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