Glenn FleishmanFeb 27, 2024

Fascinated by how comics pass from an artist’s hand through to the printed page—or a display? I’ve spent years researching, interviewing, and developing *How Comics Were Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page*.

If you’d like to a rich history of 130 years of newspaper cartooning told with original art, printing artifacts, and much more, pre-order now for delivery later this year: https://howcomicsweremade.ink/order

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Show threadGlenn FleishmanFeb 27, 2024

If you’re a “Zippy the Pinhead” or “Peanuts” fan (or both), I have two very exciting higher-tier rewards that are absolutely unique.

Bill Griffith has authorized me to produce a 1991 strip about the horrors of digital scanning as a re-creation of flong and a letterpress print. That’s right: ARE WE HAVING FLONG YET? We are, indeed. This is a $500 tier due to the cost of production, licensing, and special nature of the thing.

Read more at the campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/how-comics-were-made/rewards#reward-UmV3YXJkLVVtVjNZWEprTFRrM01EWTBPRFk9

Show threadGlenn FleishmanFeb 27, 2024
Flongs (or mats) of comics haven’t been made since probably the 1980s. Working with letterpress printer, artist, and educator Jessica Spring, we’ll be using a lush handmade paper to produce a print that has both the mold re-creation and the letterpress print in a very limited quantity. The image is a preview; the final print will include a metal typeset label and be on a single sheet, suitable for framing. Behold the rich depth!
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For Peanuts fans, you can get an absolutely wild thing: a four-piece set of color separations in mat or “flong” format for a Peanuts Sunday comic in the 1970s. I have 25 sets available; I’m not sure any complete sets exist in the world (even single sheets are rare). At that tier, in addition, you get two copies of the print and ebook, two book plates, and you are DRAWN INTO THE BOOK! (or someone you love and obtain a model release from) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/how-comics-were-made/rewards#reward-UmV3YXJkLVVtVjNZWEprTFRrMk9EZ3hNakU9
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Show threadGlenn FleishmanFeb 27, 2024
If you are curious which Peanuts flongs are available, I made a spreadsheet with the date, a brief description, and a link to the (black-only) GoComics archived version for the date: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RzJitzDobVafslL8VY0t6Iy419JjGgmxQoG_BHeQcBc/edit?usp=sharing
Peanuts four-color flongs, full sets - Google Drive

Show threadoisinFeb 27, 2024
@glennf Ah the Flong, inhabitants of the island of San Serriffe