Recently, we were given a special invitation job for a young mans Bar Mitzvah. The comic explains to all of his peers that receive the invitation, how the process goes along. This type of invitation was something new for us, and our designer had never seen the idea in print before.
Bazooka Joe Young and Archie comics were old-time favorites for previous generations. The comic is loosely based on this idea and it worked pretty well. The comic ends by asking the receiver to complete the comic by filling in their acceptance to the Bar Mitzvah.
Do not believe that this idea is only good for a Bar or Bot Mitzvah because it can be used in anything. The comic book invitation was a short-run job printed on newsprint and completed in 1 day. The entire staff got a kick out of reading the comic, and so we decided to blog the job in hopes of sharing the idea with others.
Here are some photos of the completed job:
The Poster Printers are capable of doing high quality jobs within a short turn around time. This is just one of the many interesting and creative jobs that we have had the privileged to print.
Once upon a time, there lived a King and Queen named Ebook and Nook. They ruled all the land and believed in a paperless world. Ebook and Nook slowly took over lands beyond their kingdom and it looked as if paper would be forever extinct. It began with emails, text messages and AIM. Our society slowly turned away from paper and pen, in exchange for WiFi and high-speed. Now if this were true, The Printing Factory would be in a bit of trouble. There has always been the impending doom of a paperless world. Banks are now offering online billing and asking customers to go green and paperless. This is not a bad idea, but we cannot forget the existence of eco-friendly and recycled paper. All of our paper is made from 10% post consumer waste, which is a green alternative for printing materials. There is also a type of soy-based ink that is offered for Earth conscious clients.
The danger of a paperless world has not reached burdened us yet, and there is doubt in that ever being true. As people become dependent on something it does become increasingly difficult to part ways. Ancient civilizations took hundreds of years before coming up with a way to write down their history. Now the average person sends about 2,000 text messages a month.
It may seem totally irrelevant to most, but Comic Sans MS was a staple in the 90's. The type face was used to mimic the text used in comic books, and it has eventually become something of a joke. In 1990, a married couple decided to start a campaign to ban Comic Sans. They were not alone in their dislike for the font and quickly gained a following.
The maker of the typeface is a man named Vincent Connare. While working for Microsoft he designed the font and it took off. The relevance of this ban of Comic Sans to a print shop is in all the printing we have done with that type setting. Clients mix a high class design with Comic Sans typeface which spoils the look of the work all together. There are a plethora of fonts to choose from, but none have been as heavil discussed as Comic Sans. There is never a reason to talk about something unless it is important, and Americans have strong feelings about their font.
All in all The Printing Factory has no reservations. Everything that we print is without biased. A print design is personal, but no offense comic sans isn't popular.
check out the original story: Wall Street Journal
"Ban on Comic Sans"
