The guide was created in 1982 to help ensure a consistent look for characters. For years fans have pushed for a way to buy this guide. MARTIN: OK, but why is that news? INSKEEP: Well, fans have wanted ...

DC fans can now rejoice as NY-based publisher Standards Manual duo Hamish Smyth and Jesse Reed, Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products announced the official and long-awaited reissue of the ...

In 1982, artist José Luis García-López was hired to spearhead an ambitious project: a standardization of DC Comics‘ look. The intent was to ensure that the packaging for all DC merchandise confirmed ...

Standards Manual is an independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reedand Hamish Smyth to archive and preserve artifacts of design history and make them available to future generations.