True or false: out of all the people who work on comic books, the least important is the letterer. True! Okay, class, that was some good learning. See you tomorr– what's that? Letterers aren't just a ...

Since pioneering Digital Comic Book Lettering in the early 90's, we've fielded a lot of font requests. Usually they're along the lines of "Can you make a Will Eisner font?" (that came from Will Eisner ...

Phil Edwards was a senior producer for the Vox video team. Comic book culture is mass culture — even lacrosse moms and field hockey dads who’ve never been in a comic book store can recognize the ...

Comics conjecture tends to revolve around story and illustration, with journalists and fans giving borderline-exclusive attention to those two trades while neglecting the more subtle elements of the ...

Ever wondered why comic books needed someone just to do the lettering? Well, it turns out it’s a lot more complicated than you might think. The lettering in comic books can add a surprising amount of ...

Richard Starkings has seen and experienced a lot in comic books. Over the past four decades, the writer/editor/letterer has worked for virtually every major comic book company, and as part of his ...

The DC Comics jobs are lining up like planes over La Guardia now. Up at the Time Warner career page is a post noting that DC is looking for a staff Letterer for their Lettering Department. Lettering ...

Usually, when comic books are discussed, the focus is on the muscular, super-powered folks who generally inhabit them. They’re the ones, after all, who get the merchandising deals and the movie ...

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[Editor’s Note: This article is originally from New Year’s Eve 2009. Add a penny and the rest still applies for New Year’s Day 2011.] It’s easy to complain about the soul-eroding tyranny of ...