2002 Year in Review -- Silver Lining Still Tarnished

Better days, like Godot, never arrived.

To say 2003 cannot be any worse than 2002 is tantamount to whistling in the dark. The last nine quarters have been brutal, to put it nicely. To echo the oft-repeated phrase of the last two-plus years: it has been this bad for this long.

Unfortunately, when 2002 is viewed 20 years down the line, it will be remembered for more than red ink. What follows is a few of the more memorable events that shaped the commercial printing industry.