Tag: Lettering
Interview: Kirk Benshoff walks us through FIRST SECOND’s design process
The Beat caught up with First Second Creative Director Kirk Benshoff to find out what goes into his work designing graphic novels. Read our interview!
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 6/28/21: Why have there been no great women letterers?*
* Actually there have been plenty.
NATE PIEKOS bestows THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO COMIC BOOK LETTERING this October
A how-to of the invisible art that helps our comics flow
INTERVIEW: Ram V on GRAFITY’S WALL and the weight of circumstance
Grafity's Wall writer Ram V dives into the origins of his intimate Mumbai-set comic book.
SHUT IN THEATER: Check out this transfer lettering catalog from 1984!
Back in the Twentieth Century, we did graphic design by hand (and we loved it)!
Making Comics: The role of the letterer and responsibilities of their collaborators
Even though the role of a letterer is often underappreciated, subpar lettering ruins the work of even comics' best writers and artists. A common sign of a good letterer is that their work doesn’t...
Matt Chats: Chris Eliopoulos on the kids comics market and his new PBS series...
Chris Eliopoulos chats about lettering at Marvel and finding success as a cartoonist through the children's book market and on PBS.
Matt Chats: Marshall Dillon on Favorite Lettering Assignments, Branching Out, and Learning to Write...
The best lettering is often so subtle you don’t even notice it. Marshall Dillon certainly blends his lettering with the page to make one indistinguishable from the other, but he first caught my eye...
LETTERERS SPEAK! Pros talk craft and what it means to letter comics
"You need lettering to do a comic. You can do a black and white book and it is just as good as a color book. But you can’t read a book when there are no balloons."
INTERVIEW: One-on-One with Letterer Marshall Dillon
by Deanna Destito
Letterer Marshall Dillon (Vampirella, Hack/Slash, Beyonders) has been working in comics since the ‘90s, having been an editor and manager along with learning how to add the all-important words to each page....
RIP Gaspar Saladino, lettering legend
Gaspar Saladino, one of the greatest comic book letterers of all time, died yesterday at age 89, a few days short of his 90th birthday. Saladino was a mainstay of the Silver Age at...
SDCC ’16: Comic Book Women Discuss Their Roles as Letterers and Colorists
By: Nicholas Eskey
Often in the comic book industry we focus our admiration on the artist, shortly followed by the writer. But what about those unsung individuals that separate comic books from just fancy drawings?...
