Printer Humor
Printers are notoriously cantankerous types. And in the old days, before inkjet and laser printers, they were the only ones (as Rick is fond of saying) who truly had freedom of the press.
Any time we visit an old print shop, like the one from which we just purchased our Kluge, we find these little letterpress-printed gems with which some ink-smudged wretch, slaving over a hot press, vented his frustration. They are wonderful! I have a whole collection that I thought I’d start sharing with you.
These first two I just found today, tucked into an old drawer at the soon to be-no-more Quickprint in Superior Wisconsin. Fantastic!
Here is one from the legendary Dave Churchman whose shop was located in Indiana. He had a sense of humor that was a bit more refined, but equally biting.
So biting, in fact, was his socially inappropriate sense of humor that he began printing newly manufactured historic oddities and selling them on eBay to letterpress lovers. This magnificent little baby is as big as a postage stamp, printed on old vellum and then packaged on a piece of black card stock in a tiny glassine envelope.
He did quite well selling these things, from what I understand.
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