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10:37 am Fri
Apr 26, 2019
Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg have long mentioned wanting to get their hands on a nice collection of Jamie Hewlett's Fireball comics from Deadline Magazine, so Jim decided to make one on his own. In fact, he hand bound three books before this recording.
BOOK BINDING TUTORIALS:
Sewing Printed Signatures - Part 1. This video gives a clear demo of how to kettle-stitch signatures
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