Cincinnati & Justin Green

Sam & I just spent a very productive two days in Cincinnati this past weekend gathering some amazing footage. Friday was spent at the American Sign Museum with founder and director Tod Swormstedt. I had met and blogged about Tod this past December and was really excited to get back there to film with Sam. His knowledge of the sign industry is staggering since his family has been in the business 3 generations and he spent 20 years as the editor at Sign of the Times Magazine. We could have spent all weekend in his way- instead we got a good 6 hours talking, exploring his collections and hanging out talking shop. 


Downtown Cincinnati, OH: Justin Green in front of an abandon sign painting shop, 2011

When we left on Thursday, Saturday was still up in the air, but we had our fingers crossed that we would get to interview Justin Green. Thankfully, synchronicity was on our side and Justin met us downtown to start off what ended up being an amazing few hours of sharing his thoughts and expertise on camera.

Those of you in the industry may know Justin as a fellow sign painter and as the hand behind The Sign Game, a comic strip that ran in Sign of the Times magazine. You can also find Justin Green's Sign Game published as a collection in a book, I'd get a copy while you still can if I was you. Some of you may also recognize Justin's name from his work as an underground comic artist. Green seems to have few limits with his creative talents and I am endlessly grateful to of had the opportunity to meet him and get an interview for our film.


Justin discussing painting & movement with a maulstick




Demonstration on folding a disposable paper cup for paint on the fly