Friday, January 31, 2014

Under Cover: Chinese MAD Magazine


Chinese-language MAD Magazine published in Taiwan.
This copy was a freebie at the San Diego Comic Con.
Below are selected pages from the first issue.




Poster

Envelope detail

Today is the Lunar New Year 4712, the Year of the Horse.


(Next post February 2: Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Year of the Horse Celebration)

Monday, January 27, 2014

Lettering: Marvel Super Heroes


Neal Adams’ Continuity Associates produced artwork for Colorforms. In 1983 a “Marvel Super-Heroes Adventure Set” was being prepared. Neal told me that the client wanted bold, sans serif lettering. Originally, there was a hyphen between “Super” and “Heroes”, and “Adventure Set” would have been used below Spider-Man, Hulk and Captain American. Photostats were made of the artwork and lettering, and delivered to Colorforms. I don’t know who did the production for the play set box and booklet. The hyphen was removed, and “Adventure Set” was replaced with “Colorforms Play Set” which was set in type.

Original art scanned and stitched together

Original art

On January 19, Heritage Auctions sold the mechanicals, with a color guide, and proofs, with corrections and changes, for the play set box and booklet.

Logo and heads for box top side panels


Proof with corrections and changes

Detail of printed box top; the box top dimensions are 8 inches wide, 11.375 inches long and 1 inch deep or 20.3 centimeters wide, 28.9 centimeters long, and 2.5 centimeters deep.

Booklet mechanical with color specifications

Proof


A look at “The New Superadventure Colorforms Set”, featuring Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin, is here.


(Updated August 11, 2022; next post: Chinese MAD Magazine)

Monday, January 20, 2014

Lettering: Lowercase g


The Printing Art
June 1912
Long

The Inland Printer
March 1896
Springfield


The American Stationer
October 1, 1921
Announcing

The Inland Printer
August 1909
printing, Chicago

The Printing Art
February 1913
highest, genuine, printing, Chicago

The International
April 1899
Lighted, Chicago

Printers’ Ink
January 23, 1919
Big

The Printing Art
August 1912
Adverlogic

The Printing Art
March 1921
Logical

Garment Manufacturers’ Index
June 1920
Trimmings, Fringes

The Inland Printer
September 1907
g

The Printing Art
July 1921
Advertising

The Inland Printer
March 1896
Engraving, High, Chicago

The Printing Art
December 1916
Cobbling

The Printing Art
June 1921
Printing

The American Printer
July 5, 1918
Printing

Printers’ Ink
January 23, 1919
Printing

The Printing Art
March 1921
Designs

The Pacific Printer
October 1920
striking Catalogue

The World To-Day
April 1906
eggs

The Literary Digest
June 3, 1911
go, going, again

St. Nicholas
March 1919
doggies, walking, looking, dogs, rough, greatly, agree,
long, wagging, doggie, sorrowing, dangerous, Though

The American Printer
January 1901
Designing, Making, Engraving, Chicago

The World To-Day
June 1906
Sign, Eating

Printers’ Ink
January 16, 1919
eight, Chicago

The Printing Art
March 1907
Designers, Engravers

The Green Book Magazine
March 1915
great, Virgin

Men’s Wear
April 24, 1907
Collegian

The Printing Art
August 1909
Heating, Cooking

The Printing Art
July 1907
Manufacturing, Washington

The Inland Printer
October 1894
Engravers, Chicago

The Printing Art
April 1921
Magnetic

The Graphic Arts
September 1914
grade, getting

The Printing Art
June 1921
Ledger

The Industrial Arts Magazine
1922
Sledge-Tested

The Inland Printer
October 1894
Engraving, Engravers

The Saturday Evening Post
March 25, 1916
Covering, Shingles


The Saturday Evening Post
April 1, 1916
signal

The Graphic Arts
August 1913
Together, Advertising, Paragraphic

The Pittsburg Index
December 19, 1903
Photo Engraving

Caricature
8th Edition, 1911
English

Everyday Engineering Magazine
November 1920
Bigger

Life
August 2, 1906
Remington, Autoloading Shotgun

The Furniture Journal
December 1904
gladde, thynges, singing, clinging, bringing, a-ringing

Men’s Wear
April 10, 1907
Prestige

The Printing Art
May 1921
gibz

The Inland Printer
October 1900
Chicago

The Inland Printer
October 1895
Engravers, drawings, Chicago

The Inland Printer
August 1901
August

The Inland Printer
December 1894
Binner Eng Co

The Saturday Evening Post
April 1, 1916
Light  Eight

The Saturday Evening Post
April 15, 1916
Housecleaning, Highest, Dangerous, Roughen

Photoplay
July 1920
Starring

The American Printer
March 20, 1918
Breaking

The Printing Art
April 1921
Printing

The Saturday Evening Post
March 25, 1916
gum


The Saturday Evening Post
April 14, 1916
Vogue

The American Stationer
October 15, 1921
Selling, Asking

The World To-Day
June 1906
Making

The Printing Art
August 1921
Printing

The American Printer
June 5, 1918
Publishing


The American Printer
October 20, 1921
Plugs

QST
September 1922
Organ

 The Printing Art
July 1921
Straight

The Saturday Evening Post
March 25, 1916
Springfield

QST
September 1922
Westinghouse

The American Stationer
September 3, 1921
Burroughs, Adding, Bookkeeping, Calculating

Garment Manufacturers’ Index
February 1920
Multigraphing

QST
October 1922
Broadcasting

The American Printer
November 20, 1921
Springs

The American Printer
December 20, 1921
Announcing, Investigate!, Printing

The American Printer
July 5, 1921
influencing, large

The American Printer
July 5, 1921
give, Advertising

Photoplay
September 1920
Riguad


The American Printer
July 5, 1921
Ledgers, Wedding, Rising


Advertising & Selling
January 6, 1932
Blottings

The American Printer
July 20, 1921
Packing

The Pacific Printer
September 1920
Serving Selling Saving Printing

The Pacific Printer
November 1920
rugged

Printers’ Ink
January 30, 1919
Juggling

Printers’ Ink
February 20, 1919
Separating

Proving
Printers’ Ink
March 20, 1919

QST
January 1923
Sterling

Moe Thompson’s Melody Shop
1921
Sighing

The Industrial Arts Magazine
1922
Prang, Sketching

The Printing Art
June 1921
Range

Lowercase g, Part 2
Lowercase g, Part 3
Lowercase g, Part 4

(Updated February 11, 2014; next post January 27: Marvel Super Heroes)