Comments on: Lettering Thinkkering http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/ This is the website of cartoonist David King, author of the weekly comic strip, Laugh Menu. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:22:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Her Dylan Williams http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Her Dylan Williams Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:42:08 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-203 Oops, not attribution. http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interviews/beck/home.asp Oops, not attribution.

http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interviews/beck/home.asp

]]> By: Dylan Von Williams http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Dylan Von Williams Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:41:08 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-202 This is one reason why I love C.C. Beck so much: "Beck: I finished school before the stock-market crash and the Great Depression, so work wasn’t so scarce as it would be soon. I got some work because of my lettering abilities—I’ve always worked hard at lettering, and I’m proud of it. People who know me know that I’ve always said that the lettering is more important than the art. If the lettering is illegible, what good is it? The drawings support the words in the balloons, not the other way around." He was a sign painter and it shows. Like Roy Crane his comics hold some kind of mysterious perfect formula for making comics. This is one reason why I love C.C. Beck so much:

“Beck: I finished school before the stock-market crash and the Great Depression, so work wasn’t so scarce as it would be soon. I got some work because of my lettering abilities—I’ve always worked hard at lettering, and I’m proud of it. People who know me know that I’ve always said that the lettering is more important than the art. If the lettering is illegible, what good is it? The drawings support the words in the balloons, not the other way around.”

He was a sign painter and it shows. Like Roy Crane his comics hold some kind of mysterious perfect formula for making comics.

]]> By: laura Park http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-192 laura Park Sat, 29 May 2010 01:18:24 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-192 Good Post David! Italics is easier than 'regular' lettering, you'll be a champ! Good Post David! Italics is easier than ‘regular’ lettering, you’ll be a champ!

]]> By: Tim Hensley http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Tim Hensley Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:05:53 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-181 Hey, David, That thing is from this: http://comicrazys.com/2009/12/01/famous-artists-cartoon-course-lesson-18-lettering/ (Though the version there must be from a different year or something.) There's also other lessons: http://comicrazys.com/category/famous-artists-cartoon-course/ (Not too bad a source for rules...) Hey, David,
That thing is from this:
http://comicrazys.com/2009/12/01/famous-artists-cartoon-course-lesson-18-lettering/
(Though the version there must be from a different year or something.) There’s also other lessons:
http://comicrazys.com/category/famous-artists-cartoon-course/
(Not too bad a source for rules…)

]]> By: Quick Links 4/27/10 | Modern Ideas http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Quick Links 4/27/10 | Modern Ideas Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:57:41 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-180 [...] gears, a few links related to comics. First, some interesting thoughts on lettering from David King. Second, enjoy the clever design on the cover of Daredevil #506 from Marvel Comics. [...] [...] gears, a few links related to comics. First, some interesting thoughts on lettering from David King. Second, enjoy the clever design on the cover of Daredevil #506 from Marvel Comics. [...]

]]> By: David King http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-178 David King Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:46:42 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-178 I'm not sure I understand what you mean, re balloons as punctuation, please elaborate. But if you can make it work, fuck the rules per John's instructions above. That guy's flickr set has a page that shows the directions of the strokes for making letters, which I love. Tim Hensley gave me a thing a couple years ago that had that and it helped a lot...I'll try to find it again and scan it. It might have been a copy from that Speedball book, not sure. I’m not sure I understand what you mean, re balloons as punctuation, please elaborate. But if you can make it work, fuck the rules per John’s instructions above.

That guy’s flickr set has a page that shows the directions of the strokes for making letters, which I love. Tim Hensley gave me a thing a couple years ago that had that and it helped a lot…I’ll try to find it again and scan it. It might have been a copy from that Speedball book, not sure.

]]> By: Josh Kramer http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Josh Kramer Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:44:34 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-177 Also, check it out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessohackberry/sets/72157623413677073/ great minds think alike? Either way, old sign-painting books are the best! Also, check it out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessohackberry/sets/72157623413677073/

great minds think alike? Either way, old sign-painting books are the best!

]]> By: Josh Kramer http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Josh Kramer Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:42:43 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-176 Say, what do you think about the balloon being the punctuation? Periods? Em-dashes? Elipses? Say, what do you think about the balloon being the punctuation? Periods? Em-dashes? Elipses?

]]> By: Tim Hensley http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Tim Hensley Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:47:53 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-172 Just tried in vain to Google an example! Oh, well... Just tried in vain to Google an example! Oh, well…

]]> By: Tim Hensley http://www.reliablecomics.com/2010/04/lettering-thinkkering/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Tim Hensley Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:33:56 +0000 http://www.reliablecomics.com/?p=933#comment-171 Ha, I like your lettering better than mine. The baseline thing is actually very slight; I think it makes the characters seem more like they have separate thoughts instead of locked together if you squint. Ha, I like your lettering better than mine. The baseline thing is actually very slight; I think it makes the characters seem more like they have separate thoughts instead of locked together if you squint.

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