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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 Lettering: Thought Balloons

April 15, 2008

How to create thought balloons in Illustrator.

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icon Lettering: Opentype Ligatures

August 7, 2007

How to enable custom ligatures that automatically substitute any two letters in a row, or disable them if you prefer.

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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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Secret Invasion

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

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GØDLAND: Celestial Edition

Concept and design for the Eisner-nominated GØDLAND hardcover book.

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Image Comics

Design for the comic book publisher.

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Astro City: The Dark Age vol.2

Lettering and design for the latest Astro City story arc.

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Circus Posters

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

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