I find these old zipatone patterns thrilling on an almost sexual level
www.peculiarmanicule.com/zipatone
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August 23, 2024 at 2:11 PM
I find these old zipatone patterns thrilling on an almost sexual level
www.peculiarmanicule.com/zipatone
www.peculiarmanicule.com/zipatone
Succulent Succubus
Pencil drawing from 2009, shaded using zipatone style, 2021.
Pencil drawing from 2009, shaded using zipatone style, 2021.
September 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Succulent Succubus
Pencil drawing from 2009, shaded using zipatone style, 2021.
Pencil drawing from 2009, shaded using zipatone style, 2021.
Element Lad! Pen and ink with tones.
November 26, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Element Lad! Pen and ink with tones.
Dee generously gifted me the original art from this strip! Be advised you are looking at hand lettering AND hand-cut zipatone here
August 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Dee generously gifted me the original art from this strip! Be advised you are looking at hand lettering AND hand-cut zipatone here
I just finished reading the first arc of FML by @kellysue.bsky.social, @davidlopez.me, Cris Peter &
@claytoncowles.bsky.social. God I love this comic. Had to draw some fan art!
@claytoncowles.bsky.social. God I love this comic. Had to draw some fan art!
July 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I just finished reading the first arc of FML by @kellysue.bsky.social, @davidlopez.me, Cris Peter &
@claytoncowles.bsky.social. God I love this comic. Had to draw some fan art!
@claytoncowles.bsky.social. God I love this comic. Had to draw some fan art!
Mmm, love those yellowed zipatone cutouts.
We are still busy installing our next exhibition, "Peanuts Paperbacks," at the Schulz Museum, opening this weekend and running into September!
Detail, original art for Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published June 20, 1991.
Detail, original art for Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published June 20, 1991.
March 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Mmm, love those yellowed zipatone cutouts.
I’m proud to note that the bootleg zipatone I made on a photocopier at Kinkos was still on the paper securely and hasn’t yellowed one bit in 28 years!
September 18, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I’m proud to note that the bootleg zipatone I made on a photocopier at Kinkos was still on the paper securely and hasn’t yellowed one bit in 28 years!
There's a generation of furs (mine) for whom Terrie Smith's art is pure, liquid eroticism (also, a little zipatone instantly classes up any comic).
September 12, 2023 at 8:02 PM
There's a generation of furs (mine) for whom Terrie Smith's art is pure, liquid eroticism (also, a little zipatone instantly classes up any comic).
Made it to the Klaus Janson exhibit at the Philippe Labaune Gallery today. So fun seeing his original art in person. For me the highlight was seeing several of his Daredevil pages.
April 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Made it to the Klaus Janson exhibit at the Philippe Labaune Gallery today. So fun seeing his original art in person. For me the highlight was seeing several of his Daredevil pages.
Has anyone ever designed fabric based on vintage screen tone patterns? www.peculiarmanicule.com/zipatone
1974 Zipatone Catalog — The Peculiar Manicule
Cover and swatches from a 1974 Zipatone catalog. Shading films were not unique to Zipatone, but as the leaders in the field, their catchy name has become synonymous with these types of pressure-sensit...
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April 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Has anyone ever designed fabric based on vintage screen tone patterns? www.peculiarmanicule.com/zipatone
" Personal Demons " drawn on 7x10 watercolor paper, zipatone done in ProCreate 💀
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
" Personal Demons " drawn on 7x10 watercolor paper, zipatone done in ProCreate 💀
Years ago I was mad keen on 16:9 ratio paper for sketch a day stories. Not really ideal for printing, also was using a lot of zipatone but who would do that now in this economy.
May 25, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Years ago I was mad keen on 16:9 ratio paper for sketch a day stories. Not really ideal for printing, also was using a lot of zipatone but who would do that now in this economy.
I found an old page from the Road to Perdition sequel I illustrated. Rough guys in a work gang passing their escape plans down the line. Brush, ink, goauche, and hand-cut zipatone. It may still be up for sale in my studio’s etsy shop!
helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/1666...
helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/1666...
February 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
I found an old page from the Road to Perdition sequel I illustrated. Rough guys in a work gang passing their escape plans down the line. Brush, ink, goauche, and hand-cut zipatone. It may still be up for sale in my studio’s etsy shop!
helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/1666...
helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/1666...
I’m all set up at Granite State Comic Con and now I’m saying goodbye to a page of original art from Whiteout. Carrie Stetko doing the job at McMurdo base in Antarctica! Written by @gregrucka.com, drawn and hand lettered by me a million years ago.
September 18, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I’m all set up at Granite State Comic Con and now I’m saying goodbye to a page of original art from Whiteout. Carrie Stetko doing the job at McMurdo base in Antarctica! Written by @gregrucka.com, drawn and hand lettered by me a million years ago.
SUAREZ (1985) page by Maestro GUSTAVO TRIGO, everyone! Look at those inks and use of zipatone.
December 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
SUAREZ (1985) page by Maestro GUSTAVO TRIGO, everyone! Look at those inks and use of zipatone.
I live traced some Zipatone in Illustrator and made my own swatches so that comic I'm attempting to make look a little more hand-drawn looks, well, a little more hand-drawn.
September 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I live traced some Zipatone in Illustrator and made my own swatches so that comic I'm attempting to make look a little more hand-drawn looks, well, a little more hand-drawn.
Brush, ink, Zipatone.
Drawn for a gaming book/client (Palladium Books?) back in the 1980s, damned if I can recall who or what this morning. Someone out there knows!
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Artwork ©1982, 2025 Stephen R. Bissette
Drawn for a gaming book/client (Palladium Books?) back in the 1980s, damned if I can recall who or what this morning. Someone out there knows!
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Artwork ©1982, 2025 Stephen R. Bissette
April 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Brush, ink, Zipatone.
Drawn for a gaming book/client (Palladium Books?) back in the 1980s, damned if I can recall who or what this morning. Someone out there knows!
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Artwork ©1982, 2025 Stephen R. Bissette
Drawn for a gaming book/client (Palladium Books?) back in the 1980s, damned if I can recall who or what this morning. Someone out there knows!
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Artwork ©1982, 2025 Stephen R. Bissette
Just found the original art to my first-ever published comic, ABYSS #1 (1976). Astonished to find it's held up (drawn with finepoint and broad markers on typing paper/photocopy paper); paper still white, linework hasn't bled, zipatone and pasteups intact. Incredible.
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Just found the original art to my first-ever published comic, ABYSS #1 (1976). Astonished to find it's held up (drawn with finepoint and broad markers on typing paper/photocopy paper); paper still white, linework hasn't bled, zipatone and pasteups intact. Incredible.
If there was ever a media property suited to be spun off as a mid-century comic, It's Mad Men. It'd be a blast to draw those characters in my best pastiche of Stan Drake or Leonard Starr.
October 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
If there was ever a media property suited to be spun off as a mid-century comic, It's Mad Men. It'd be a blast to draw those characters in my best pastiche of Stan Drake or Leonard Starr.
A touching tribute to the King.
April 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM
A touching tribute to the King.
Here, I added zipatone.
December 15, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Here, I added zipatone.
Looking through some old folders and found this cover I did for Chip Kidd a few years ago. Hand made zipatone on a blank cover...
April 5, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Looking through some old folders and found this cover I did for Chip Kidd a few years ago. Hand made zipatone on a blank cover...
After reading Giffen's 5YL Legion for the first time, I started to go back to the beginning of LOSH. Currently, I'm in the midst of EarthWar, by Levitz and James Sherman (and Joe Staton). I hadn't heard of Sherman until recently, and wow, was I missing out. The zipatone master!
April 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
After reading Giffen's 5YL Legion for the first time, I started to go back to the beginning of LOSH. Currently, I'm in the midst of EarthWar, by Levitz and James Sherman (and Joe Staton). I hadn't heard of Sherman until recently, and wow, was I missing out. The zipatone master!