A “Flong” is a printer’s term for a paper mold made from a comic strip, image or set type. It was used for rotary presses in the 19th and 20th centuries. Glen Fleishman has photos on his blog and his amazing book HOW THE COMICS WERE MADE is on Kickstarter. He offers actual flongs from PEANUTS and ZIPPY THE PINHEAD as rewards (and they are not cheap!) I had no idea that printing was once so elaborate, and I had an uncle who was a printer!
A “Flong” is a printer’s term for a paper mold made from a comic strip, image or set type. It was used for rotary presses in the 19th and 20th centuries. Glen Fleishman has photos on his blog and his amazing book HOW THE COMICS WERE MADE is on Kickstarter. He offers actual flongs from PEANUTS and ZIPPY THE PINHEAD as rewards (and they are not cheap!) I had no idea that printing was once so elaborate, and I had an uncle who was a printer!