comics a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...

, the term two-ply refers to pre-bordered boards of 11 inches by 17 inches, commonly used by a comic book

penciller A penciller (or penciler) is an artist who works on the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and similar visual art forms, with a focus on the initial pencil illustrations. In the American comic book industry, the penciller is the first step ...

in the creating of the individual pages for comic books. They often have a marked off art area which is 10 inches by 15 inches, which is the actual size of original comic book art. This format is larger than a printed comic page, and will get scaled down before it sees publication in a comic book. The term 'ply' comes from the fact that the drawing board consists of two interwoven layers, resulting in a thickness made up of two layers or strands. It is sometimes referred to as a

Bristol board Bristol board (also referred to as Bristol paper or super white paper) is an Woodfree uncoated paper, uncoated, machine-finished paperboard. History It is not named after the city of Bristol in the southwest of England but rather after Frede ...

or as Bristol paper.

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