By D. Lynn Smith Earlier this year, my friend Lorraine Watson started a discussion on Facebook about dialog. Since it was very interesting, I thought I’d give a synopsis of that conversation here. Lorraine asked, “Do you know if word and/or bubble placement changes for comics written in languages … [Read more...]
A Glimpse Inside the Comic Book Production Office – Part 2
By Paul Daughetee Last week I went over the hardware a production office needs to put a comic book together. Today we'll be covering the software and processes involved in getting your comic ready to print or to submit to an online publisher. SOFTWARE Here at Kymera Press, we use Adobe products … [Read more...]
Letterer Jessica Jimerson Loves Working with an All-female Creative Team
By Autumn Daughetee Over the past weeks Kymera Press has explored the roles of the many members of the comic book creative team, including the writer, the penciller, the inker, the colorist and the letterer. This final entry is an interview with the extremely talented Jessica Jimerson, the letterer … [Read more...]
The Letterer
By D. Lynn Smith We already talked about the writer…the person who puts lots of words on the page that the reader never sees. What the reader does see is the work of the letterer. The letterer is responsible for every word and balloon you see on the page, whether it be a caption, a thought … [Read more...]