D&D and The Art of the Letterer

Hey, a post I wrote last Friday that didn't actually get, you know, posted. ***************************** So I made it out to game last night. We've restarted the D&D game, and Lacklow Shadblade, eyestabber, is back in action. The GM had us each generate a series of plots that'll take place in the post-apocalyptic world the game is set in, phrasing them like TV Guide episode summaries. I have...

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Superman Special #1 and twenty-four hours with Gil Kane

... also wrong in the first panel on this page: http://unnecessaryg.com/lj/superspecial%20%282%29.jpg Those are all the mistakes I've found so far. :( I love this panel, though I think the letterer botched it. Baffling thing -- whose eyes are that in the top panel? Is that Supes or the original Ultimate Man or what? It was around here that I got tired and didn't care any more....

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Superman Special #1 and twenty-four hours with Gil Kane

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Comic book logo studies

Award-winning letterer Todd Klein has been doing a series of logo studies on his blog -- taking a character like Superman, Batman, et. al. and examining how their logos evolved over the decades. Fascinating stuff if you're a design/typography junkie like I am. In his latest post, I made a small contribution by supplying a scan of an obscure "Robin the Boy Wonder" logo: http://kleinletters.com/...

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... which at the time were probably as sophisticated as comics had ever got. Sim had his hobby horses (who doesn't?), but he was a very good writer, an even better artist, and probably the best letterer comics has ever seen. Nobody else can make dialogue ring true like Sim lettering can, which is why I'll try to keep direct quotes to a minimum here because without the lettering, they just look wrong....

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What's your opinion of the term 'Graphic Novel'?

... ALL BOUNDEN TOGETHER WITH A THICK SPINE or even A COLLEXION OF PAGES WITH PICTURES AND WORDS PRINTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT BOOKESHOPPES CAN SELL THEM TO THEIR PROFIT. Todd Klein , the world’s greatest letterer : I find it a useful term for book-size and book-length comics. I don't use it for collections of monthly comics in general, preferring to call those ‘collected editions.’ Some projects, ...

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Japan 2008: Kyoto Part D (08/20/08) and Osaka Part A (08/21/08)

...We headed back as it got dark and noticed this tower. It seemed incredibly familiar and suddenly... it hit me. I LETTERED THIS TOWER IN ULTIMATE MUSCLE. This horrible, horrible tower! I was but a wee letterer when I had to work with this! The tower itself is pretty cool, the lights on the top tell what type of weather to expect. The shopping area around the tower... I lettered this area too....

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The Interesting Life of a Letterer, part 9

I thought "OM NOM NOM" was the greatest sfx I ever got to put on a page, but there is a new champion. I get to the last panel of a page of the animanga I'm working on and look at the script and what does it say? ....... Fx: Pooing Seriously. That's what it says. In all honesty, I think it's supposed to be more of a "poing" sort of sound with a drawn out "O" sound because the character is ...

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Webcomics Nonillustrated, Part Eight: Love Hurts

... down with bactine as soon as I get back to the garage!' Mal: HAH-ha-ha-HA!! [note to letterer: The transliteration of laughs into print is, as you know, a treacherous science. One might say it's simpler ... a cloud of "HA"s in various sizes and call it good. Then again, I don't have a letterer, so I had to put something.] Panel 12: Marvin's attention is snagged by Dear, fully ...

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Professional Artist, Colourists, Pencillers, Inkers on DevianART + some Art Galleries & Art Blogs

...Immonen Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colourist, Letterer, Cover Artist stuartimmonen on deviantART...Jason Latour Writer, Penciller, Colourist, Letterer jasonlatour on deviantART - CBDB - LiveJournal...Parks Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colourist, Letterer, Cover Artist CBDB - Official Site...Stevens Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colourist, Letterer chriss2d on deviantART - CBDB - Cameron...

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