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How I Fulfill Your Order
Here at Attempted Not Known, we pride ourselves on personally crafting quality comic/objects. But what actually happens when your order reaches our massive business campus?
A mega-corporation I ain’t. Everything I make is by hand, and it’s complicated.
The Comics Cube, for example, starts as a cube with stickers already on it. I buy a bunch of them whenever I run out. You didn’t think I had my own injection molding machines on the factory floor, did you?
I use a complicated, specialized procedure to remove the old stickers. Then I hand-cut and hand-apply my own stickers. It’s very difficult to cut through the top layer without cutting through the backing paper, so I end up with a whole bunch of tiny squares. For each one, I have to find a way to get a knife blade between the sticker and the backing paper. It’s very time-consuming.
All the while, I need to make sure I get the stickers placed properly. Each side represents a color (through images or dialog) and the stickers on each side must be placed in the correct order.
Finally, once the cube has been fully dressed, it goes in the packaging. Each cardboard backing is individually printed, laminated, and cut by hand. The cube is placed, and then I glue the plastic bubble to the cardboard in a process I can only describe as “difficult, messy, and not very good.” If it stays stuck until it arrives at your door, then you got a good one.
The Cigarette Comic contains 20 individual comic booklets with covers that look like cigarettes in a pack. At one time I did source a few cellophane wrappers from real packs of cigarettes, so that I could take a photo or two of the Cigarette Comic dressed up with a tax stamp and everything. But when you order this product, you’ll get one without the plastic wrapping. It’s…
