Comments on: Graphix discontinues Duoshade, Unishade

By: Don Swartzentruber

Don Swartzentruber — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:21:20 +0000

I still have some Duo Shade illustration board left.
The chemicals have dried up.
Anyone know of any alternative liquids that will pull the different patterns up?
I’d like to buy some more of this stuff if possible.

By: Stephen Ittner

Stephen Ittner — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:24:56 +0000

I don’t think they promoted their product very well. They never offered Duo-Shade in pad form or in any other size other than the huge sheet they produced. I don’t think they ever thought about comic book artists as being end consumers, just Newspaper Strip artists. If you go to just about any art store you can find blue line bristol marketed for comic artists, or anyone who wants to draw comics.

By: Nelson Dewey

Nelson Dewey — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:56:58 +0000

Wasn’t there a brand of chemical-shading paper before Grafix?

Craftint — with even stinkier chemicals?
Hmmm… Singletone and duotone…

Next thing, they’ll be doing away with hand waxers.

By: Jerry Dowling

Jerry Dowling — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:58:46 +0000

I meant Grafix. Sorry.

By: Jerry Dowling

Jerry Dowling — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:57:25 +0000

As a former sports cartoonist, I used Graphic screens for years and made veloxes once I realized the original Graphic tone blended together or fade over time, especially when stacked.
I actually covered an entire wall with veloxes thirty years ago and they still look as good as ever, because I washed all the chemicals off.

By: Wiley Miller

Wiley Miller — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:30:07 +0000

I mean, Frank… I’m old, too.

By: Wiley Miller

Wiley Miller — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:29:44 +0000

I heard you the first time, Paul! Geez, you ARE getting old…

By: Frank Pauer

Frank Pauer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:14:29 +0000

Wiley, you are, of course, entirely correct.

And I know one cartoonist — some of you may know him, too — who still uses amberlith. Wouldn’t surprise me, though, that after he sends the art in, they simply tear away the overlays, scan the thing and add the color in Photoshop.

By: Frank Pauer

Frank Pauer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:11:18 +0000

Wiley, you are, of course, entirely correct.

And I do know one cartoonist — some of you may know him, too — who still uses amberlith. Wouldn’t surprise me, though, that once he sends the art in they simply tear away those overlays, scan the thing and add the color in Photoshop.

By: Sean Phillips

Sean Phillips — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:48:58 +0000

That should have been…

http://surebeatsworking.blogspot.com/2009/09/killer-elite.html