Printmakers Gifts

N.Y. Counterfeit Press.

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

Copycats

Where Indian ink came from.

STRIP Hambone: Paper work

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

"Oh great, the printer is down."

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

The First Printed Bible

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

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

Free Printer with Purchase of Ink

'My teacher said my penmanship has really improved since I started doing my homework on an inkjet printer.'

'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 benefit of an old-fashioned newspaper.

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

Printers

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

'Yes, we can get all this into your ad, but we'll have to set the copy in 0.00005 point type.'

David Hockney

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

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

Alberto Giacometti.

"The Brother printer is out of ink."

"Well, no wonder you can't think! There's your brain over there on the floor!"

"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!"

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