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Each month, we answer a lettering question, or provide a tip or trick
via our Balloon Tales website and newsletter. Here's the latest entries:



icon Tutorial: Font Creation

July 1, 2010

Moment-by-moment creation of our upcoming fonts SHIVER and SHAKE

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icon Has the rise of technology ruined the craft of typography?

March 10, 2010

Graphic design student Sean Knowles recently interviewed Comicraft's JG Roshell for his dissertation on this subject.

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icon Interview with R. Sikoryak

November 16, 2009

JG interviews artist extraordinaire (and Comicraft font afficionado) R. Sikoryak

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icon Tutorial: Creating the Moritat font

July 1, 2009

The creation of Moritat's lettering font for Elephantmen War Toys: Yvette. A day's work compressed into three minutes...

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icon Text and the City: Route 66

April , 2009

For spring break this year, I drove the family through SoCal and Arizona in an RV. The Grand Canyon was jaw-droppingly awesome, but the highlight of the trip for me was cruising Route 66 and looking for old road and motel signs. The family thinks I'm weird, but too bad -- I'm driving!

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icon Production: Aged Comic Cover

July 1, 2008

How to create an aged, crusty old-looking comic cover.

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icon Lettering: Thought Balloons

April 15, 2008

How to create thought balloons in Illustrator.

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blog

Genius re-release posters, inspired by Saul Bass

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logos

Secret Invasion

Logo for the Marvel Comics mega-massive-monstrous crossover event

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print

Astro City: Astra #1 cover design

Cover layout for Astro City: Astra character special, art by Alex Ross.

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web

Elephantmen & Hip Flask

Site for our comic book titles, chronicling the adventures of human-animal hybrids in the year 2259.

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lettering

Astro City: The Dark Age vol.2

Lettering and design for the latest Astro City story arc.

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inspiration

Circus Posters

Victorian posters and packaging provide inspiration for Generation X #17.

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