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Video of the Uncommon Press in action, with narration explaining how it works.

Field trip to document and measure the Louis C. Roy Press at the Mackenzie Printery and Newspaper Museum in Queenston, ON, Canada.

The team traveled to purchase white oak from New England Naval Timbers, in Cornwall, CT.

A glimpse into one of the buildings full of wood at Irion Lumber, in Wellsboro, PA. One of the boards in this view eventually became the press's platen.

The spindle, commonly referred to as the 'heart of the press' was the most difficult part to machine within the capabilities of the RIT shop. The 3 start, 2 inch pitch threat at the top of the spindle challenged the specialist at the shop. In order…

Team member Ferris Nicolais, with the finished mahogany platen.

An image of an Adams style Acorn press.

Photo used as the signature image for the Edges of Books Exhibition.

These two pie charts represent the contemporary availability of series and issues from the 1956 Stephen Cooper Comic Book Collection in 2019. The first pie chart represents the availability of series: 46 series were available (23%) and 123 series…

Cover of a Popeye comic used to demonstrate an approach to color remastering, in which IDW likely used digital tools such as Photoshop to clean up and regrade a scan of the original comic. While this technique produces a more pleasing result for the…