Funny Papers

Comic books aren’t just an American thing. Japanese, French, and Italian artists make amazing comics. And the comics they make are all different! Vintage Japanese Manga are more like phonebooks, thick and cheaply printed on colorful paper. French Bandes Dessinées — called BD for short — comic albums are big and hardbound. Small Italian comic books are called fumetto — literally, puffs of smoke — a reference to word balloons! 

Here's what you get:

• 25 International Comic Textures. Textures from vintage manga, French bandes dessinées, and Italian fumetti—each with its own unique texture and paper feel.
• Curated and Scanned by a Comics Scholar. Created by Christopher Sperandio, a professor, artist, and comics authority who's exhibited at MoMA/PS1 and worked with DC Comics.
• High-Resolution Power. Every scan is a crisp 600 DPI—perfect for print or zoomed-in digital detail.
• Drag, Drop, Done. Just place in your file, set to Multiply, and you’re instantly transported to another era.
• Real Dimensions, Real Texture. Textures retain the exact size, tone, and imperfections of the source material, no fakes here.

With the curated paper textures in this bundle, you can give your work an international buzz — whether you aspire to be a mangaka — a manga artist — or simply want to give your drawings a little je ne sais quoi, or some non so cosa. The papers in this pack are easy to use — and provide immediate distinction! 

Each set of papers is authentic in their height, width and tone. They are generously sized at 600dpi to provide the most flexibility. The easiest way to use them in Photoshop is to set the layers above the paper to “multiply” in order to let the paper color and texture show through.

Journey to the wider possibility of comics and, along the way, discover thousands of new comics and ways of making comics. This paper bundle is your ticket. Add some authentic brushes, comics fonts — try TOOM and the new COMIQUE — and embark on a voyage of vintage comics discovery — and production! See you in the Funny Papers!

• Resolution: 600 DPI

• Format: High-res JPEGs

• Compatibility: Works with all major design software (just drop and set blend mode)