Printmaker Prints

"Obviously your cane is too long."

Alberto Giacometti.

David Hockney

Where Indian ink came from.

David Hockney

James Gillray

'My penmanship has really improved since I got a laser printer.'

Copycats

STRIP Hambone: Paper work

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

"Oh great, the printer is down."

The First Printed Bible

"This is a hell of a way to start a magazine."

"Nice, but as long as there are readers there will be scrolls."

Phil would get giddy after a large print run, but the company was saving a fortune.

"Well..I think the old Thermograph machine I rescued from work goes a treat with our kitchen units."

Free Printer with Purchase of Ink

'Read ALL about IT! While we're STILL in Circulation!'

David Hockney

"Yes, we still love print, don't we?"

RBG, RGB, CMYK

'Our expenses have decreased 20 per cent since we started refilling our own ink jet cartridges.'

'Ah, Gutenberg, I'm just writing an article about your silly bookpress.'

'Yes, the colours are wonderful. But he only does five pages per month, and he doesn't support PostScript.'

'The Ailing Matisse tries cutting out meat and dairy products.'

Printers

The benefit of an old-fashioned newspaper.

'...and what's more, they're all first editions.'

"In this series, the artist is in dialogue with her printer."

"Have you figured out our New Year's resolution?"

"The Brother printer is out of ink."

'As a cost-cutting measure, from now on we're going to print the stimulus money on recycled paper.'

"These printers can be pretty self-righteous when they present their bills."

Johannes Gutenberg

"I wouldn't mind, but I only topped the bloomin' thing up last week!"