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THE MAGIC OF BEFORE-AND-AFTER
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How a handpulled screenprint is made - layering the ink one by one, with an example from the Comic Art Website stable, the Scottish icon Oor Wullie, showing the red layer and then the black on top of it.
New: Order a custom-made print
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NEW! Order a custom-made print. Perhaps a favourite comic panel or a photo of a family member. Send me the image and I'll get back to you with options.
WINNER OF PICK-A-PORTRAIT COMPETITION
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... was And Withers of Aldridge West Midlands, who chose the print of Popeye and had this to say: "Blow me down, that’s one fine portrait Mr Reynolds, AAAHuuUUH GUhGuhGuhGuh” – Thank you so much, John this is one super picture which will brighten my day!" See the rest of Popeye and Olive Oyl screenprints here.
Focus on Oor Wullie - Scotland's favourite son
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Oor Wullie is a great subject to screenprint. The original draughtsman, Dudley D Watkins, was also the first to draw Desperate Dan in the Dandy and Lord Snooty in The Beano. Panels have great composition, so it's relatively easy to pick some to stand alone as screenprints.
Focus on Dennis the Menace, comic icon
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Dennis the Menace, icon of The Beano and hero to thousands of children, makes for some dramatic screenprints. Printer John Patrick Reynolds focuses on the character and the prints he has made using the images, all approve by Dundee publisher DC Thomson.