My friend Omar is a great photographer out of Florida and he recently shot some cool photos for us to use. You can check out his work—unruined with my photocopy grunge at: www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/1887144/viewall
You can use the promo code: FALL10 to get 25% off your order at printbrigade.bigcartel.com. I just posted a new zine and a preorder for a new shirt.
Those of you that follow me or “Like” me on Facebook have seen this—but here is the official sneak peak of the Print Brigade Summer line! The full line will be available in the next couple weeks so stay tuned. Currently the Caffeine shirt and Fulltime Hustler shirt are available on pre-order for a discounted price!
Yesterday I spent the day at Repeat Press in Somerville, MA. Michael Dacey—the man behind it all—printed the limited edition Major Taylor piece I have been talking about for a while. Each of these 2-color prints is 6″ x 9″ and signed/numbered.
Recap: Marshall “Major” Taylor (26 November 1878–21 June 1932) was an American cyclist who won the world one-mile track cycling championship in 1899 after setting numerous world records and overcoming racial discrimination. Renowned as The Fastest Bicycle Rider In The World in the early 1900’s, accredits his success as a world champion to the value of good habits and clean living.
Major Taylor was from Worcester, MA
Illustrated and printed by hand in Boston, MA
Letterpressing my Major Taylor prints from Chris Piascik on Vimeo.
View more photos here.
Given how fast the first edition of “Good Habits, Clean Living: A Tribute to Major Taylor” sold out it seemed only right to do a second edition (the many requests for another run helped as well!) This new zine features new colors to distinguish it from the first edition. There are 100 copies, each signed and numbered. In addition to the new zine, I am very excited to announce that a limited edition (100) letterpress prints will be available as well! These are being printed at Repeat Press in Somerville, MA early this week.
RECAP: Marshall Major Taylor (a velodrome world champion from Worcester, MA), renowned as The Fastest Bicycle Rider In The World in the early 1900’s, accredits his success as a world champion to the value of good habits and clean living.
His guidelines:
Don’t try to “gyp.”
Don’t be a pie biter.
Don’t keep late hours.
Don’t use intoxicants.
Don’t be a big bluffer.
Don’t eat cheap candies.
Don’t get a swelled head.
Don’t use tobacco in any form.
Don’t fail to live a clean life.
Don’t forget to play the game fair.
Don’t take in unfair advantage of an opponent.
Don’t forget the practice of good sportsmanship.
100 zines / 100 prints / signed + numbered
Letterpress print: 2 color / 6″ x 9 / Printed locally in MA (Will be available soon)
Purchase!
Read Clarence Smith Jr.’s post about this project!
It’s been a long time coming—but it’s finally here. This project was originally supposed to be a limited edition letterpress print set—but there ended up being some unforeseen issues that put the kabash on that plan. Since I had already prepared all of the illustrations I decided that I needed to do something with them. The final product is a color zine, featuring all 12 of Major Taylor’s good habits for clean living illustrated by yours truly. My good friend Clarence wrote an intro for the book as well! I was really hoping to release this in February, for Black History Month… but alas, things happen.
Marshall Major Taylor (a velodrome world champion from Worcester, MA), renowned as The Fastest Bicycle Rider In The World in the early 1900’s, accredits his success as a world champion to the value of good habits and clean living.
I love his list of rules:
Don’t try to “gyp.”
Don’t be a pie biter.
Don’t keep late hours.
Don’t use intoxicants.
Don’t be a big bluffer.
Don’t eat cheap candies.
Don’t get a swelled head.
Don’t use tobacco in any form.
Don’t fail to live a clean life.
Don’t forget to play the game fair.
Don’t take in unfair advantage of an opponent.
Don’t forget the practice of good sportsmanship.
Edition of 50. Each is signed and numbered.
Purchase the second addition [here].
