Been seeing Frank Chimero all over the web, and man, the work is way impressive. His illustration stuff stands out the most, if you ask me. A big “Wow!” goes out from all of us on the DDC Factory Floor.

His states alone were enough to stop me in my tracks for a long, long time. Really nice.

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PRETTY MUCH REQUIRED VIEWING: A look inside the inner sanctum of CSA in Minneapolis.

I’ve got some amazing shots from my time there, but never really shared ‘em on here. I don’t know why, really? “Professional Courtesy,” maybe? Respecting the “Scanner’s Code?” Maybe. I scanned for Chuck for three months or something at the end of those hlaf-assed ’90s and try to stop in each time I’m through. Chuck is one hell of a guy. A graphic arts hero on the DDC Factory Floor.

Here’s why I went to Minneapolis for school, pretty much:

01. The mystery of the Charles S. Anderson Design Co.
02. Whatever ghosts of the ‘Mats that were still lingering around town.
03. Big timin’ it at Minneapolis College of Art + Design.

Pretty much in that order.

And basically, I was lucky enough to scan for Chuck, via brother P.J. “Hoss” Chmiel’s vouching for me. The Replacements, well, they were like a bad joke from long ago or something. I missed the boat by a good eight years. Like, you got the feeling it wasn’t cool to dig them. Still do. But fuck that. And finally, school was great and I learned a ton and met a mountain of good people, and still curse my monthly payment to that fuckin’ neverending school loan.

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Tom’s Monkey Jungle uses Futura Bold all over the place. Way gross. Way good.

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“Co- Signed” is a art deal some mysterious reader sent me. Thanks. Nevertheless, the stuff is pretty cool. Dig it.