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07 Jan 2011, 12:01 am

It consists of lines of varying thicknesses to portray brightness and darkness.

One of the first times I encountered it was in 3rd grade, I read Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/01/jim-woodring/


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07 Jan 2011, 12:19 am

It's Pen and Ink, but done to imitate lithography. Is that what you're asking for?



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07 Jan 2011, 12:24 am

I guess.


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07 Jan 2011, 6:20 am

His style reminds me very much of Robert Crumb.


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