Looking for something to take the edge off the slow Labor Day weekend, I delved into the archives and came across this pressman hard at work. The design is by Vojtěch Preissig discovered on the cover of the September 1927 issue of The American Printer.

Oo-oo-oo what a lil spot color will do for you! Again I think the heavy lines and two-color work harkens to some of the simpler graphic work of some of my favorite contemporary illustrators: Art Spiegelman & Joost Swarte. I think the pressman’s face gives me a little Istvan Banyai vibe too.

Here is a cover design for The American Printer by Vojtěch Preissig.

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