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Report from IlluXcon 2024


Lauren Panepinto

Happy Halloween! Thanks for bearing with me last month when I was on sabbatical and talking about John Singer Sargent's watercolors (because JSS's Venice watercolors are amazing). I got home a few days before New York Comic Con, which is always a hectic time for a SFF publisher based in New York.I didn't have a lot of official duties, but we had a lot of authors come thru and visit the offices, and I tried…

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Float Frames for Double-Sided Art


Winona Nelson

October 21, 2024 - I've got a bunch of comic panel drawings with their underdrawings still attached to the backs, and wanted to find a way to display them where the underdrawings could still be seen. A couple of months ago I was on the hunt for realistic fake roses for table decor at an event, and after buying some at Michael's I ventured into Hobby Lobby looking for more variety. It turned out they were having a half-price sale on frames, and when checking out the options I found float frames (in which you place art layered between two layers of glass). Perfect! They're not quite as ready-to-go as some frames, since there are pieces of tape and glue on the back piece of glass that require some cleanup. Nail polish remover worked well for that (buy this…

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