The Surprising Origins of Vintage Comics' Four-Color Look
The Origins of Vintage Comics Part 1
Comics historian Guy Lawley traces the printing technology behind the classic vintage comic aesthetic—from the rotary presses and newsprint of the newspaper industry to the CMYK color system. Part one of a two-part series reveals how the iconic dot patterns and misregistered colors of Golden and Silver Age comics were born, and why 'four-color' is a misleading term for the look.
The techniques used from the 1930s to the 1980s are disappearing into a realm of myth and legend, shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding.