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Rekrab
Usually wrong.
Years ago I heard they are still making obsolete makes of American cars in Mexico -- was it Keisers and Studebakers? -- so mimeo stencils make sense. This news makes me want to pick up an old mimeo machine (and bring back the 60s in all its glory)
isn't it a scurf?
mjp
Founding member
I beg to differ. I think it offers up as much insight into the writer (Jordan) as it does to Serafini, and that makes it a must-read in my book.
Knowing what drives a man to write such an exhaustive opus on a book hardly anyone has heard of tells you a lot about him.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
jordan
lothario speedwagon
we're pretty surprised how well this is selling - a lot of people have either bought copies on ebay or found us by searching out the codex and bought copies subsequently. when we made it, it was more of an experiment - just a book to keep us busy while we waited on stuff from steve or emily robinson for our other two projects. we thought we'd sell 5-10 and leave the rest in bookstores in the zine section on consignment, so we're pretty happy that it looks like both editions will sell out at some point in the near future.
Yeah, what Johannes said. A very well-treated subject that would have otherwise passed by my brain if you hadn't injected it into it. In other words, thanks.
I'm halfway through the Serafini chap. nicely done. it's great that a book done by a still living author and in several different editions creates such passion in people. I looked up some of the images from the Codex online. very interesting.
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I read the Serafini chap on the plane and thought that it was great. Very interesting.
Bill
Bill
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
That is thoughtful Jordan.
Put me down for Hooch's chapbook.
Rekrab
Usually wrong.
Got my copy of the Serafini chapbook last night and wanted badly to read it but had to fill out insurance papers (never any fun and when it's over 100 degrees...). Nice cover. The color bleed of a little black into the green ink just adds to the hand-made look and isn't a detraction. I love the miniscule writing of the limitation number in green ink. Charlotte Bronte couldn't have done it any smaller. Written by a fly using a single hair?
mjp
Founding member
When I glanced at the limitation page I thought I'd received a blank. I should know by now to get out the loupe for CP stuff. ;)
Wait until he gets his hands on a 0.13 Rapidograph. Then it's all over.
jordan
lothario speedwagon
that's actually what i've been using lately... the problem is that if the page has any texture at all, the nib is so small that it just gets clogged up with fibers from the paper. so i've had to write a little bit bigger in the serafini and hines books than i could if we used smoother paper.
jordan
lothario speedwagon
so, there are still two of these left, DESPITE the fact that the website says they're sold out. we got a batch back from a store where they were on consignment, and we've sold through a couple of them, but they're not completely sold out... yet.
the trick will be to get the last one - as the person who bought the last common thread will tell you, there is a secret benefit to being the one responsible for one of our projects selling out entirely.
the trick will be to get the last one - as the person who bought the last common thread will tell you, there is a secret benefit to being the one responsible for one of our projects selling out entirely.
jordan
lothario speedwagon
THE THREAD THAT WON'T DIE! THE BOOK THAT WON'T STAY SOLD OUT!
so, this book has become somewhat of a calling card for us outside the traditional small press circles, and the first printing was too small for us to be able to distribute more copies as the years wear on. THUS, there will be a second edition released shortly in smart looking covers, and it will be 95 copies large, which should last us until we can't stand the sight of this book anymore.
20 of those copies will comprise our first ever hardcover release, which is exciting. teaser shots below - we will offer them for sale in about a month, when they are all done.
so, this book has become somewhat of a calling card for us outside the traditional small press circles, and the first printing was too small for us to be able to distribute more copies as the years wear on. THUS, there will be a second edition released shortly in smart looking covers, and it will be 95 copies large, which should last us until we can't stand the sight of this book anymore.
20 of those copies will comprise our first ever hardcover release, which is exciting. teaser shots below - we will offer them for sale in about a month, when they are all done.
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
beautiful! Please reserve one for me!
Bill
Bill
god i hated those things. we used them in high school art class and
called them "technical pens". always clogging and the line stopping.
i think r crumb used them in the movie. i remember seeing him do
the "technical pen shake" to get it to work.
mjp
Founding member
The wrong paper and ink can make working with those a nightmare. But with the right paper and ink, there is nothing else that comes close. There is definitely a technique to using them. You need a different touch. But once you get in the groove...watch out!
i guess i knife-stabbed them into the table in frustration before i got in the groove.
i like the micron 005 -
http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Archival
i like the micron 005 -
http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Archival
jordan
lothario speedwagon
thanks bill - of course due credit goes to you, since i was sitting there with a copy of "HER" trying to get my version to look right.
RE: rapidographs, i still haven't tried a koh-i-noor, which uses an ink reservoir. mine is a rotring, which uses a pressurized ink cartridge instead, making it much more user friendly. you don't need to clean it out as much, and as long as you do a little writing once a week, it doesn't clog. and the smallest size will probably be on one ink cartridge for ten years.
i want to try some other sizes, but i can't draw for shit, so there's really no reason for me to own them except to do tiny lettering.
"a common thread" was numbered with a micron 005, but that was because mjp hadn't opened my eyes yet to the wonder of rapidographs. you can do SO MUCH MORE with a .013 than an 005.
RE: rapidographs, i still haven't tried a koh-i-noor, which uses an ink reservoir. mine is a rotring, which uses a pressurized ink cartridge instead, making it much more user friendly. you don't need to clean it out as much, and as long as you do a little writing once a week, it doesn't clog. and the smallest size will probably be on one ink cartridge for ten years.
i want to try some other sizes, but i can't draw for shit, so there's really no reason for me to own them except to do tiny lettering.
"a common thread" was numbered with a micron 005, but that was because mjp hadn't opened my eyes yet to the wonder of rapidographs. you can do SO MUCH MORE with a .013 than an 005.
you mean so much less :D
i only use them for drawing but i'm gonna check them out
next time i'm at the art store.