Guests: Matt Davis and George Wietor
Host: Christopher Kardambikis
Recorded on November 16th, 2019 at at the Chicago Art Book Fair.
Matt Davis is the founder and director of Perfectly Acceptable Press, a Risograph print studio and publishing house in Chicago. Besides doing contract printing for artists all over North America, Perfectly Acceptable publishes 8-10 titles per year spanning the genres of comics, artist books, and essay with an emphasis on narrative and craft.
Matt is the co-organizer of NARC along with George Wietor.
Perfectly Acceptable Press (Chicago, IL) publishes short-run narrative artist books with an emphasis on synergy between content, craft, and form. Our aim is to create an object that pushes the boundaries of a zine without sacrificing accessibility or content. In addition to our publishing practice, we also offer contract Risograph print services for artists across North America. We also host the North American Risograph Conference alongside Issue Press.
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Issue Press is an independent publisher of artist publications, multiples, and other printed matter based in Grand Rapids, MI and run by George Wietor. All of their work is produced with Risograph digital duplicators. It is run in Wietor's spare time and operates with an elastic publishing mandate, primarily concerned with works that trade in humor, history, and exploration of place.
In addition to Issue Press, George runs stencil.wiki, an open platform for sharing information about Risograph printing and is, along with Matt Davis, the co-organizer of NARC.
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The North American Risograph Conference (NARC)
NARC is a day of talks, panels, and workshops dedicated to strengthening the North American Risograph community.
The event is biennial, held in tandem with Chicago Art Book Fair. It is organized by Issue Press and Perfectly Acceptable Press.