The official progress on my GL 1 restoration by Kenny thread

[PovertyRow]

BTW - that 'Tec looks amazing!

[Ze-man]

Not to be picky, but the green is originally out of registration and I would guess that the original top header that you traped so perfectly on the left edge would have had the green slightly outside the black line such as all the other letters in Detective Comics.

 

There is no "green" plate in four color printing. The black is what is out of registration.

 

Actually the cyan is out of register. You can see the cyan shifting in other areas as well. It is why there is green on top of the yellow. The out of register cyan is hitting the yellow and making green where it shouldn't be. If the cyan were pulled up and to the right it would snug up nicely.

 

The cyan over yellow(green) you speak of was supposed to be covered up by black. When you compare this book to other copies, the big letters in the main banner would not look right if you shifted the cyan(green color) over to the right. The Yellow area of the letters would be too fat, or the curve of the s's, c's and e's would be too long.

 

I looked, trust me.

 

That and other areas(magenta) of the cover clearly show an offset black line.

 

Or how the chair blacks are offset over magenta and, yellow. With his black hair and shirt (over solid yellow) not being offset because there was no solid secondary color to line up with.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ze-man]

BTW - that 'Tec looks amazing!

 

That's a lot better then what Scott said.

 

[PovertyRow]

I found a 3k x 4k scan of the cover and you're right. I noticed the tank in the lower right but put that off to just shoddy stripping. In the big scan that was properly registered the black is indeed aligned to the edge. (thumbs u

[TheShadowKnows]

wtf is this leaf casting I'm looking at?

 

Short answer?

 

Take a beat up comic cover.

 

Wash it.

 

Fill your leaf casting table (a big sink thingy with a vacuum) with distilled water.

 

Blend up assorted archival papers to match the missing areas of said beat up comic.

 

Place comic underwater in casting table.

 

Pour in blended pulp.

 

Draw out the water with suction.

 

Take out beat up comic that now has pulp where all the missing areas were.

 

Blot dry.

 

Poof.

 

You have 1 Leaf Casted, complete, supple comic cover.

 

Simple, eh?

 

Well, I might have left out a step or two. But that's basically the jist of it.

 

Kenny

 

You need to ask Matt for a raise (thumbs u

[FFB]

Kenny

 

You need to ask Matt for a raise (thumbs u

 

I suspect Matt is pretty good to Kenny on the rates charged already or Kenny wouldn't be working for him.

 

[TheShadowKnows]

Im sure youre right.

But when you see work like this.....

[faster friends]

Don't be haters. I think Kenny deserves a big raise.

[Ze-man]

Don't be haters. I think Kenny deserves a big raise.

 

Thanks, and I agree.

 

As it stands now Matt gives me 1/2 off Pizza Hut Coupons for every book I work on.

 

I should also get bread sticks, and a 2 liter too.

 

I have kids dammit.

 

 

 

 

[greggy]

Ellen needs a better bike, jerk.

[Ze-man]

Ellen needs a better bike, jerk.

 

She got one Friday actually.

 

Cashed in all my coupons.

 

 

[greggy]

[towards2112]

How old is Ellen now Kenny ?? Seems like we've watched her born and

grow up, on the web repectfully....

[Ze-man]

That All-American #16 is unbelievable. If you're able to post the "after" shots, you should.

 

You mean this? I posted this awhile ago, somewhere.

 

After old tape/resto removal

 

After leaf casting cover together.

 

After CT and spine folded.

 

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Before

 

Cover wet with solvent, showing where they CT'ed over the cello tape.

 

Photo taken in about as harsh a light possible of the spine after CT, and cover folded

 

[Ze-man]

How old is Ellen now Kenny ?? Seems like we've watched her born and

grow up, on the web repectfully....

 

She is 8 (and a half)..as she likes to say.

 

Time flies, eh?

[greggy]

She's still a dorkette.

[Ze-man]

She's still a dorkette.

 

She plays chess, Pokemon, and wants to be a Veterinarian.

 

Are Vets Dorks?

[Ze-man]

Tough crowd.

 

Let's try smaller in progress pics.

 

 

 

 

[buttock]

You missed a spot.

[Ze-man]

You missed a spot.

 

Everyone's a critic.