Art of the Comic Book

12/01/2017

Online color flatting class, $12.

Learn how to flat pages properly like a pro flatter! (Entry level comic book coloring work) - Free Course

10/19/2017

This nibs and holders guide isn't complete, but an very nice start.

The JetPens Blog provides pen and paper reviews, artist interviews, and helpful tips and guides on how to get the most of your writing instruments.

10/19/2017

A clever idea for managing texture when scanning thick watercolor paper. This has eluded me for decades.

If you're facebook friends with me (that is, one of my friends or family members), you may have heard me going on (and on) about how overjoyed I was that I finally discovered a good way to scan cold pressed (textured) watercolor paper! I really love painting on the tooth. I like how quickly

09/26/2017

The second volume of Comics Interview: The Complete Collection reprints interviews with women in comics that were originally published in 1984 and 1985. Contributors include Flo Steinberg, Maggie Thompson, Carol Kalish, Colleen Doran, Karen Berger, Jo Duffy, Cat Yronwode, Mary Bierbaum, and American Flagg colorist Leslie Zahle. Nice work, Gerry Giovinco!

It is amazing to see the number of women that attend comic conventions these days. Maybe their inclusion is more pronounced to those of us that were attending comic cons thirty years ago when seeing a woman at a comic con was akin to spotting a Yeti on the beach.

09/20/2017

Todd Klein's tips for comics writers, from a letterer’s point of view.

Image © Marvel. This morning a writer I’m working with asked me if I had any tips for comics writers from a letterer’s point of view. This is something I’m rarely asked, but of co…

09/18/2017

Sam Rosen, Marvelmania Monthly Magazine #1, April 1970: "The pens I use are either B-6 or A-5 speedballs, bit are modified by guiding down and shaping on carborundum stone. Guide-lines are about 3/16 of an inch apart, separated about 1/16 from from another. For heavy lettering, I use A-6 of B-5, once again ground down until it feels right to me. As for the ink, I generally use Higgins black."

Joseph Walter “Joe” Rosen was born in New York City on December 25, 1920. The birth date is from the Social Security Death Index , and the ...

09/14/2017

Dorothy Woolfolk became editor of DC's entire romance line (Falling in Love, Girls’ Love Stories, Girls’ Romances, Heart Throbs, Secret Hearts, Young Love, Young Romance), and the Lois Lane book in 1972. Under her leadership, the stories explored feminist themes, featuring protagonists who didn't settle for boys who didn’t treat them well. She abruptly left the Lois Lane book after only seven issues.

In the 1970s, the reporter best-known as Superman’s love interest got a new female editor—and branched out as a hero in her own right.

09/01/2017

1954 from 2012.

08/25/2017

Lettering tips by Nate Piekos, originally posted separately on social media, collected here on a single page.

Comic Book Fonts and Custom Design by Blambot.com

08/14/2017

World of Cartoons #3 (1967): This might be the only account of how these cartoons were produced.
http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/marvel-super-heroes-1966/

08/09/2017

"Spider-'Nam," a Spider-Man in Vietnam fan comic by James Stokoe, from 2011. These four in-process pages include lettering and pencil progress.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/5809737/what-if-spider-man-fought-in-vietnam

Orc Stain and Wonton Soup creator James Stokoe turns his incredibly detailed eye on everyone's favorite wallcrawler, placing him far from the supervillain-filled streets of New York, and casting him as a masked soldier in the short comic "Spider 'Nam."