Last of the Red Hot Poppas
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Designed June 2006, Released September 1st, 2006 Author: Jason Berry http://chinmusicpress.com/books/poppas/ Chin Music Press' third release. News and updates on the book and sales can be found at the CMP blog in the Poppas category. |
Production Details: Poppas was printed in Japan, at Yushin printing. In terms of costs of production relative to production quality, this Japanese printer, introduced through a friend, had surprisingly high-quality without much of a premium. Inspired by the Chris Ware issue of McSweeney's (#13), we worked an A2 sized poster of a commissioned painting by Leslie Staub into the dust-jacket. Through careful folding we managed to accomplish two things: 1) Provide all pertinent commercial details about the book (price, blurbs, title, etc) while 2) keeping all the details *off* the artwork. What the buyer is left with is a "pure" piece of art to enjoy in an of itself. Between the dust-jacket/poster, case-papers, end-papers, tobira (Japanese style single page "opening" insert) and text papers, Poppas utilizes 5 high-quality paper types. |
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