Comments on: Campbell on lettering http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:17:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Darren J. Gendron http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14962 Darren J. Gendron Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:24:24 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14962 Since I do all the prepress stuff on my books and strips, I'll often kick dialogue around and change it from what I scripted so that it flows better and allows for more organic art. With the digital tools in our hands, it's sad to see hand lettering go. But it's like missing putting together the dies on a Guttenberg press versus getting a newspaper laid out with Quark. It's a dying art, yes, but the final product is benefiting from the technology. Since I do all the prepress stuff on my books and strips, I’ll often kick dialogue around and change it from what I scripted so that it flows better and allows for more organic art. With the digital tools in our hands, it’s sad to see hand lettering go. But it’s like missing putting together the dies on a Guttenberg press versus getting a newspaper laid out with Quark. It’s a dying art, yes, but the final product is benefiting from the technology.

]]> By: cary coatney http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14961 cary coatney Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:04:20 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14961 It sure beats cutting out your balloon captions out of construction paper and then lettering and then pasting them on the artwork with rubber cement - like my stupid editor did on my very first book. Then he has the audacityl to call me to tell me to write shorter dialogue balloons because he's getting too much of a head rush gluing them on. ~ Coat It sure beats cutting out your balloon captions out of construction paper and then lettering and then pasting them on the artwork with rubber cement – like my stupid editor did on my very first book.

Then he has the audacityl to call me to tell me to write shorter dialogue balloons because he’s getting too much of a head rush gluing them on.

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Coat

]]> By: Scott Bieser http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14960 Scott Bieser Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:02:27 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14960 Even though I do all my art digitally, including the lettering, I still have to incorporate the lettering, in some fashion, at the layout stage. If the balloons are clearly going to cover less than 10-15 percent of a panels' space, it's usually sufficient to just leave a space in the art for the balloon. But much more than that, and I find it prudent to "pre-letter" the panel at that point before going to finishes. Even though I do all my art digitally, including the lettering, I still have to incorporate the lettering, in some fashion, at the layout stage. If the balloons are clearly going to cover less than 10-15 percent of a panels’ space, it’s usually sufficient to just leave a space in the art for the balloon. But much more than that, and I find it prudent to “pre-letter” the panel at that point before going to finishes.

]]> By: Torsten Adair http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14959 Torsten Adair Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:07:58 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14959 That's the first thing a WRITER should do: thumbnail the script to check for balloon size, sentence length, and other problems. Then have someone proofreed the result before revision. That’s the first thing a WRITER should do: thumbnail the script to check for balloon size, sentence length, and other problems. Then have someone proofreed the result before revision.

]]> By: Scott Chantler http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14958 Scott Chantler Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:30:19 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/04/campbell-on-lettering/#comment-14958 I can't believe that everyone *doesn't* do this. As you say, it just seems such an intuitive thing. I can’t believe that everyone *doesn’t* do this. As you say, it just seems such an intuitive thing.

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