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Thunder Punch Daily 131 – Other Lives

Today I give a sort of book review of a comic I finished recently–Peter Bagge’s excellent Other Lives, published by DC’s Vertigo imprint. I break it down by plot and theme, but as you might have guessed, I also talk about how this book demonstrates the things that only comics can do.

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Thunder Punch Daily 117 – The Art of Conversation

Today I share an exercise I’ve used in my classrooms to teach some vital comics storytelling skills. By drawing a conversation sequence, we explore moment choices, scenery, emotional context, acting moments, and best of all, word balloon placement!

Also mentioned some great lettering tutorials over at Balloon Tales.

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Thunder Punch Daily 30 – Word Balloon Tips

Today I blast through a few go-to checkpoints I use when creating word balloons on my pages.

The Checkpoints Mentioned:

 

  • Placement
  • Tails
  • Properly centering the text
  • Checking with others to see about placement
  • Irregular shapes
  • Fonts

 

I referred to Art & Story episodes 95 and 79 in this episode, if you want to hear more extensive talk on lettering. I also talked about an Adobe Illustrator video tutorial I posted some time ago, as well as Comicraft and Blambot.

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Thunder Punch Daily 15 – Drawlin’ Mah Letters

Today I leap off of something Kim Holm mentioned about lettering on a recent A&S Extreme!! I talk about how the principles of line value in illustration are exactly analogous to the way I like to think about lettering. I talk a little inside baseball at the top of this one, discussing how I use Hindenburg Mobile to record the show.

I referred to Art & Story episodes 95 and 79 in this episode, if you want to hear more extensive talk on lettering.

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