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Comics: Reading Steranko
2013 New York Comic ConJim Steranko was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on November 5, 1938. His name appeared, many times, in the local newspaper, Reading Eagle.December 21, 1947“Glenside Cubs Attend...
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Street Scene: Mt. Desert Is. Ice Cream
• BAR HARBOR•325 Main Street (link)(Next Monday, the raised fist, without the spoon, appears in the Hammer of God.)
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Anatomy of a Logo: Hammer of God
In the second week of November 1992, Dark Horse editor, Anina Bennett, called and offered two logos to me: Hammer of God and Mezz. My first job for them. (They were followed by Will to Power and Barb...
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Anatomy of a Logo: Mezz Galactic Tour 2493
In the second week of November 1992, Dark Horse editor, Anina Bennett, called and offered two logos to me: Hammer of God (shown last week) and Mezz. (They were followed by Will to Power and Barb Wire.)...
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Street Scene: Transportation Building
•NEWYORKCITY•225 Broadway, Manhattan(New post on Monday: Frederick W. Tamblyn)
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Lettering: Frederick W. Tamblyn
Born January 4, 1870, near Gardner, Kansas1885 Kansas State Census“Freddie” Tamblyn, 15, lived in Sugar Creek, Miami County, Kansas. His parents were William, 46, and Emily, 43. His father was a...
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Lettering: 100 Ampersands, Part 3
101. Meyer Both & Co.Advertising ExperienceMarch 1902102. Blomgren Bros. & Co.The Inland PrinterMarch 1891103. Blomgren Bros. & Co.The Inland PrinterJanuary 1896104. Blomgren Bros. &...
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Lettering: Lowercase g
The Printing ArtJune 1912LongThe Inland PrinterMarch 1896SpringfieldThe American StationerOctober 1, 1921AnnouncingThe Inland PrinterAugust 1909printing, ChicagoThe Printing ArtFebruary 1913highest,...
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Creator: Neal Adams’ Ring of the Nibelung
Advertisement in Vanity Fair, June 1990Anatomy of a Logo: The Ring of the Nibelung, Part 1Anatomy of a Logo: The Ring of the Nibelung, Part 2Street Scene: The Metropolitan Opera’s Ring Cycle...
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Creator: Herb Lubalin, Part 9
PrintSeptember-October 1974Redesigning Cooper Unionpage 88 detailCooper Union Alumni Newsletter LogoThe Cooper Union Alumni Calendar 1978Communication ArtsNovember/December 197919851987Writing and...
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Creator: Gustav Jensen
Gustav Boerge Jensenborn April 8 or 18, 1898, Copenhagen, DenmarkGustav Boerge Jensen was a designer who appreciated letterforms and did his own lettering, which appeared on printed matter and...
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Lettering: Here Comes the Sun
Keep CoolThe Inland PrinterAugust 1897EclipseThe American PrinterAugust 190020th CenturyThe American PrinterJanuary 1901Illinois Central RailroadThe PhilharmonicOctober 1901Butler Brand...
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Anatomy of a Logo: X-Factor
On April 25, 1986, Walter Simonson called and said he would be drawing X-Factor. He asked me if I would be interested in reworking the logo. I accepted. We met for lunch on April 29. Walter liked the...
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May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, which was established 35 years ago as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week.Links to Cartoonists and Comic Book ArtistsJack ChenJack Chen in Life...
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Calligraphy: Alice in U&lc
Volume 11, Number 4, February 1985Calligraphy by Alice Koeth(Next post on Monday: Only in New York)
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Typography: Only in New York, March 1990
Only in New YorkThe Newsletter of the New York CityTransit AuthorityMarch 1990Six postcards in an accordion fold,free for the asking at token boothsFrontBackNew York City Subway Maps(Next post on...
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Creator: Michael Bartalos
Rubber StampsThe 5 & Dimeand Michael Bartalos8-page catalog from the late-1980s or early 1990s6.3125 x 10 inches16 x 25.4 centimetersBusiness Card225 East 10th StreetNew York City(Next post on...
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Lettering: J.L. Fraazier
Julius Leroy FrazierSeptember 26, 1885 – February 1966The Inland PrinterApril 1914The Inland PrinterMay 1914The Inland PrinterJune 1914 The Inland PrinterJuly 1914The Inland PrinterAugust 1914The...
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School Days: Burne Hogarth
Cartoonist Burne Hogarth, who was born Spinoza Bernard Ginsburg according to a family tree at Ancestry.com, said he founded a number of art schools. In Something About the Author, Volume 63 (1991), his...
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