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lifg posted:What does pitching to the team mean? Is there a group email where everyone talks about book? Sometimes, yes. On the indie books there are, they're more collaborative than the Marvel books. But I'll email the editor or the whole team (if I have all their emails) if I have an idea I want to try out. quote:Also, why would you turn down a job? 99% it's just a lack of time. I'm already on 20ish books. Other times it's politics, or knowing I'll hate working on the project.
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What do you think of Bob Lappan? He's the letterer I recognize the most, from the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League International/America/Europe run from 1987-92 -- some of my all-time favorite comics. His letters really stick out to me because they're tall and thin, often running together, and pretty obviously hand-written. I don't even know if he's still working, but it seems like his style would have fallen out of favor along the way.
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Aug 29, 2015 21:06
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Is there any risk of carpal tunnel syndrome or some other kind of RSI?
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MoS, I have a question for you that has been on my mind for a while. A looooonnnngggg time ago, there were comic books which were larger than the standard book. Almost the size of a newspaper but was bonded just like a comic book. These were typically science fiction adult theme (graphic and story line) booklets with plots you might see on a modern day 'Twilight Zone' kind of show. The graphics were all monochrome though with the stories only being about three to four pages long. Usually had about three to four stories in one book. I don't remember any of the names of the publications but I was wondering if you knew what type of comic book these were called. They came out around the mid 1970s.
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RazNation posted:MoS, I have a question for you that has been on my mind for a while. I don't know if he has an answer for that but it's not really a question about lettering. Here are two threads in BSS that might be better suited to your question General chat thread http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3691720 Q&A thread http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3611360
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RazNation posted:MoS, I have a question for you that has been on my mind for a while. I'm not sure but that sounds like the horror magazines Warren Publications put out, maybe Creepy or Eerie?
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:What do you think of Bob Lappan? He's the letterer I recognize the most, from the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League International/America/Europe run from 1987-92 -- some of my all-time favorite comics. His letters really stick out to me because they're tall and thin, often running together, and pretty obviously hand-written. Sadly, that seems to be the case. The last time I saw his lettering was on Formerly Known As The Justice League, and that was over a decade ago. Which is a shame, because he's drat good at packing in words. But maybe he just didn't want to go digital, or he found a better job somewhere else. I've always wanted to see his lettering in a horror comic, since his text is so thin and pointy. Minister of Sound fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Sep 2, 2015 |
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Grand Prize Winner posted:Is there any risk of carpal tunnel syndrome or some other kind of RSI? Probably, since I am at a keyboard all day, but I don't know any letterers who have it. I've been using a Wacom tablet instead of a mouse for everything, and that's been a great way to avoid wrist strain.
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(whoops, double-post, please disregard)
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How long does it usually take finding the right onomatopoeia to use at a given time?
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Senor Candle posted:I don't know if he has an answer for that but it's not really a question about lettering. ok, thanks, I will ask over there.
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Minister of Sound posted:I'm not sure but that sounds like the horror magazines Warren Publications put out, maybe Creepy or Eerie? Well, they were along those lines but it was strictly SF material.
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Pixeltendo posted:How long does it usually take finding the right onomatopoeia to use at a given time? It takes me maybe 1-5 minutes to figure out the shape and color. But for the word itself, the writers or editors usually cook it up themselves. I used to do it myself if they couldn't think of anything, but they'd always change it on me and I'd have to start all over again. So now when a script says "SFX AS APPROPRIATE" or some such, I drop a huge "SFX AS APPROPRIATE" across the panel until they think of something better.
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Minister of Sound posted:It takes me maybe 1-5 minutes to figure out the shape and color. But for the word itself, the writers or editors usually cook it up themselves. I used to do it myself if they couldn't think of anything, but they'd always change it on me and I'd have to start all over again. So now when a script says "SFX AS APPROPRIATE" or some such, I drop a huge "SFX AS APPROPRIATE" across the panel until they think of something better. What are your favorite onomatopoeiae?
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What do you mean when you mention a 'unique voice' or 'custom voice'? What sort of things would be involved in creating a custom voice?
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Do different characters have particular cursive fonts that are supposed to represent their unique handwriting whenever it appears in a comic? And is there any continuity? Like do you go back and look at what cursive font Peter Parker used to write in his Spider-Journal in the 1980's? I ask because I hate Batman's handwriting. And I always have.
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Sep 5, 2015 11:26
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zoux posted:What are your favorite onomatopoeiae? My favorites are the ones that make no effort whatsoever to look like a sound, such as these two from The Incredible Hercules. 
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Sep 8, 2015 22:24
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How long between your contributions and the issue hitting the comic book stores? Months? Weeks? And how much time are you given to letter an individual book?
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Sep 9, 2015 11:40
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Minister of Sound posted:My favorites are the ones that make no effort whatsoever to look like a sound, such as these two from The Incredible Hercules. I see you lettered Siege #3, was SOUNDOFREALITYBEINGTORNAPART your idea?
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Habitual Quitter posted:What do you mean when you mention a 'unique voice' or 'custom voice'? Just any time a character speaks in a lettering style that differs from everyone else in the book. Like Venom's white text over black balloons or Deadpool's yellow balloons. They're usually requested by the writer or editor in the script, ex. "Give Lizard a monstery font" or something. I try to reflect the character's personality and appearance when cooking up a custom voice, like giving a green character a green balloon, or giving an aquatic character a bubbly balloon. With comics being as visual as they are, it's a great way to create atmosphere. Plus it makes a character easy to identify if they're speaking off-panel. But it also adds to the amount of work you have to do later, so I don't do it too often.
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FabioClone posted:Do different characters have particular cursive fonts that are supposed to represent their unique handwriting whenever it appears in a comic? And is there any continuity? Like do you go back and look at what cursive font Peter Parker used to write in his Spider-Journal in the 1980's? Not that I know of. If I can remember a character's handwriting from something else I read, I'll try to copy it, but I haven't heard of anyone keeping track of it. That sounds like a daunting task.
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LordPants posted:How long between your contributions and the issue hitting the comic book stores? Months? Weeks? I send my stuff to press about three weeks before it hits the shelves. Usually I get a week or two to do an issue, but sometimes it's two days or less. Or two months or more. It varies a bit.
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zoux posted:I see you lettered Siege #3, was SOUNDOFREALITYBEINGTORNAPART your idea? I wish. That was all Kieron.
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