New Fun Comics #3
This rare book needed some extreme intervention to
restore. The book was held together by tape at the spine, as each
folio was split and extremely brittle. I treated the cover and interiors with solvents to remove
the tape and tape stains. Fortunately for me, I did not need to bleach
the tape stains out, as the solvent baths removed the staining as well as the
tape itself. After tape removal, I leaf-cast each folio and the cover
and then all areas were inpainted to recreate missing
artwork and graphics. Each folio was then refolded and the entire book
reassembled. |