A couple of years ago while trolling the streets of Cleveland with my buddy Jacob Edwards, co-founder/co-owner of Jakprints, we came across a typical-to-Cleveland brick building with a giant sign reading “Daffy Dan’s Custom Screenprinting” complete with a badass cutout caricature of Dan himself! “What’s that???” I said aloud. “Oh, that’s Daffy Dan, he’s been around forever, he used to own the market here. I’m not sure he likes us much” says Jacob. “Awesome” says I.
Everything about Daffy Dan’s branding and image screams vintage screen-printing. I like to joke about this industry being formed by hippies printing in the garage. Well, it’s true. And though myself and many young and/or serious printers have to fight that stigma, there’s something nostalgic about it all.
Please do take a chance to visit Daffy Dan’s website which itself has a vintage 1990’s web appeal. The use of Comic Sans on the site is a bit of a middle finger to the modern world. I love it!
DD’s website no longer exists. Looks like he sold out to a large company.
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A hippie sell out? You have to pay for your patchouli oil somehow. Don’t know the details but I hope it worked out for everyone.
It’s a post from 2014. Things change and if business owners are lucky, they can sell their business and retire. I hope Daffy Dan is enjoying a great retirement!