{"id":346,"date":"2014-06-14T15:11:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T15:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexander-miles.com\/?p=346"},"modified":"2014-08-15T23:07:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T23:07:44","slug":"binding-black-widow-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexander-miles.com\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Binding: Black Widow 1-5"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a recent trip to Berkeley I helped\u00a0my girlfriend learn to bind books, starting with a few comics she had on hand. Given that single comic books are essentially built like the signatures of a larger book, this turned out to be fairly easy. The\u00a0method for binding is available in many books and on many other websites , so I'll spare the details and get to the photos. The cover was printed at a FedEx location using their color plotter for a few dollars, but the paper does seem to attract fingerprints and smudges. The biggest difference between the result and a commercial trade hardcover, aside from the whole custom aspect, are the advertisements, which are fairly irritating.<\/p>\n

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For the cover we chose the minimalist poster done by Olly Moss for Mondo Posters. You can find more of her work here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We cut a frame into the front flyleaf to not only frame the cover of the first issue but also to obscure excess information. Unfortunately the glue adds too much stiffness to the thin pages, and we'll likely stick with the normal method on later comic-bindings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The book lays fairly flat and has a crimson bookmark ribbon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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