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The London Print Studio has closed down, a victim of the pandemic, half a century after it was founded.The studio, at 425 Harrow Road, west London, was one of a handful of top-quality artists' print facilities in London.Its closure will be a blow to artists throughout west London, many of whom relied on its equipment to function.It was where I learned to print, some 25 years ago, and for many years where I produced my prints.I have now developed ways of making screens and printing in my own home-studio, after the spring lockdown made it impossible for me to operate...

How a handpulled screenprint is made - layering the ink one by one, with an example from the Comic Art Website stable, the Scottish icon Oor Wullie, showing the red layer and then the black on top of it.

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... was And Withers of Aldridge West Midlands, who chose the print of Popeye and had this to say: "Blow me down, that’s one fine portrait Mr Reynolds, AAAHuuUUH GUhGuhGuhGuh” – Thank you so much, John this is one super picture which will brighten my day!" See the rest of Popeye and Olive Oyl screenprints here.

Oor Wullie is a great subject to screenprint. The original draughtsman, Dudley D Watkins, was also the first to draw Desperate Dan in the Dandy and Lord Snooty in The Beano. Panels have great composition, so it's relatively easy to pick some to stand alone as screenprints.