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"Well-crafted comic book lettering is the visual soundtrack that guides a reader's eye along the page with emotive dialogue, intuitively placed balloons, and dynamic sound effects...but these elements are just the beginning for the professional letterer. In this book, you'll also learn the unique grammatical traditions of mainstream comics, the graphic design skills involved in crafting memorable logos, the process of creating your own professional lettering templates, tips on establishing a career in the comics industry...and much more."--Back cover.
About the author
Nate Piekos graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic design from Rhode Island College in 1998. His font and logo designs can be seen worldwide, and he's the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2010 Rhode Island College Alumni Honor Roll Award for Success in the Field of Design.
In 2021, Nate authored
The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering; the most comprehensive book ever written on the subject of lettering. In 2023, he was also nominated for the Eisner Award for Lettering, the comics industry's highest honor. Nate continues to work on some of the most high-profile projects for virtually every major publisher in the comic book industry, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, and Boom! Studios.
Outside the studio, Nate cooks, is a guitarist, plays RPGs, and loves a good horror novel. He’s married to his college sweetheart, and together they live in the backwoods of Rhode Island with their faithful companion, Ace the Wonder Cat.
Thomas Paul Orzechowski is an American comic book letterer, primarily known for his work on
Uncanny X-Men. Over the course of Orzechowski's career, he has lettered something on the order of 6,000 pages of long-time
X-Men writer Chris Claremont's scripts.
Summary
Award-winning comic book letterer, and founder of
Blambot.com, NATE PIEKOS, provides you with the most in-depth tips and
techniques ever published on the subject of digital comic book lettering . . .
from creating your own lettering templates, emotive dialogue, and dynamic sound
effects . . . to developing design skills and building a lettering career in the
comic industry.
