Beano comic

Artist: Beano comic
Medium: Numbered Limited edition Screenprint on Hand-made Paper
Size: 18" x 15" (450mm x 380mm)
Signature: Signed by Printmaker
Limited Edition of 40 Screenprints signed and numbered by the printmaker, John Patrick Reynolds.

This is a Signed Limited edition print.

It's the way that comic life and real life combine - Dennis is drawing the reader's attention to the fact that he is a work of fiction - which attracted me to this panel. It's what you might call a post-modern joke. The print has a 70th anniversary stamp on the back, to mark the fact that it was produced for the comic's birthday.

The print in the photograph is framed so that it is raised from the background, so you can see the slightly rough edges of the handmade paper. Bringing it forward, instead of putting it behind a matting board, makes the print throw a slight shadow, giving it a three-dimensional feel. I also like the way that panel is completely filled by the elements of the panel: the pile of dog food, Gnasher, Dennis and his speech bubble. Screenprint on handmade, acid-free Somerset paper.