By analogic age, I mean before computers became widespread.
I want to have something more visual than just the description of the processes involved, especially how a finished B&W art was made into something that could be printed several times
I recommend a movie called American Splendor
This one is pretty good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epHCMiCtt3M
“YOUR MOTHER’S A TRACER!!”
I guess Tracer really is carrying Overwatch on her
bareback
So like the reason you see the term micorfilm or microfiche is they made big things smaller on film. There are anolog things like that. I think it might have been the photostat. Anyway they draw it on a big drafting board to add all sorts of detail then it gets shrunk to comic panel size.
Photostat machines, never heard of them before, seems like a good lead, thanks!
Long story short, the biggest differences between now and then are the coloring, printing, and paper.
Pencils and inks are still pencils and inks, but the color process was vastly different then because of the four color printing process.
You also had to take into account ink bleed because of the cheap paper being used.
As of 1983, comics could be printed in 124 colors, prior to that, the max was 63 colors.
https://www.wowcool.com/blogs/blog/cmy-ok-eclipse-comics-color-chart-1983
And having a different person for Story, Outline, Colour, and Lettering.
This is something @GuidoKuehn@mastodon.social propably could answer perfectly.
