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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 Production: Printing Files & Formats

November 16, 2007

Advice for outputting comics on a home printer.

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icon Text and the City: San Francisco

June 1, 2007

San Francisco is just full of cool old metal signage. Here's some we found in and around Fisherman's Wharf and Chinatown.

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icon Heroes Comics

May 1, 2007

Fabrice Sapolsky interviews John Roshell about his work on the Heroes website and webcomics for the French magazine Comic Box.

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icon Publishing: Getting Started in the Industry

March 1, 2007

Advice on getting started, or breaking into, the comics industry. Whatever it takes.

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icon Lettering: Gradients in Illustrator

January 1, 2007

How to fill objects with gradient fills.

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icon Establishing a Career in Comics

November 1, 2006

Richard Starkings replies to University design student Ryan Scales' questions on breaking into the field, establishing a personal style and more.

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icon Lettering: Bouncy Text

October 11, 2006

Here's a technique that works great for indicating baby talk, singing, drunkenness or any other time you want text to appear warbly, bouncy or sing-songy.

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Chasing the Dead

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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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