Two basic rules of comic lettering:
Left to right, top to bottom.
One action per panel.
Es Kay explains why lettering is part of storytelling, not just words in balloons.
🎙️ Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmF...
#ComicBookLettering #USDNPodcast
Left to right, top to bottom.
One action per panel.
Es Kay explains why lettering is part of storytelling, not just words in balloons.
🎙️ Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmF...
#ComicBookLettering #USDNPodcast
September 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Two basic rules of comic lettering:
Left to right, top to bottom.
One action per panel.
Es Kay explains why lettering is part of storytelling, not just words in balloons.
🎙️ Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmF...
#ComicBookLettering #USDNPodcast
Left to right, top to bottom.
One action per panel.
Es Kay explains why lettering is part of storytelling, not just words in balloons.
🎙️ Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmF...
#ComicBookLettering #USDNPodcast
Happy Letterer Appreciation Day 2026
Each September 1st, on Gaspar Saladino's birthday, we celebrate the vital contributions letterers make to the comic book industry!
#lettererappreciationday #lettererappreciationday2026 #comicbooklettering #gaspar
Each September 1st, on Gaspar Saladino's birthday, we celebrate the vital contributions letterers make to the comic book industry!
#lettererappreciationday #lettererappreciationday2026 #comicbooklettering #gaspar
September 1, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Happy Letterer Appreciation Day 2026
Each September 1st, on Gaspar Saladino's birthday, we celebrate the vital contributions letterers make to the comic book industry!
#lettererappreciationday #lettererappreciationday2026 #comicbooklettering #gaspar
Each September 1st, on Gaspar Saladino's birthday, we celebrate the vital contributions letterers make to the comic book industry!
#lettererappreciationday #lettererappreciationday2026 #comicbooklettering #gaspar
Samples of my hand lettering practice
#handlettering #handletteringpractice #amesletteringguide #hunt107 #magnificent107s #speedballb6 #speedballnibs #calligraphynibs #comicbooklettering
#handlettering #handletteringpractice #amesletteringguide #hunt107 #magnificent107s #speedballb6 #speedballnibs #calligraphynibs #comicbooklettering
September 1, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Samples of my hand lettering practice
#handlettering #handletteringpractice #amesletteringguide #hunt107 #magnificent107s #speedballb6 #speedballnibs #calligraphynibs #comicbooklettering
#handlettering #handletteringpractice #amesletteringguide #hunt107 #magnificent107s #speedballb6 #speedballnibs #calligraphynibs #comicbooklettering
Some recent hand drawn SFX by me for your lettering enjoyment. #Comicbooklettering
August 19, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Some recent hand drawn SFX by me for your lettering enjoyment. #Comicbooklettering
August 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Look at Rafael and Marcelo's double page spread here! And it's only two balloons, but it's one of my fave interventions in the whole Fury of Firestorm series. I drew some extra bits of the exploding design to make it fuse into that Firestorm balloon :) #comicbooklettering
The Fury of Firestorm #5 by @jefflemire171.bsky.social Rafael De Latorre @letteringbear.bsky.social Marcelo Maiolo @marquisdraper.bsky.social @msbrittanyjean.bsky.social & @amarino2814.bsky.social is not talked about enough! It is an amazing deep read of the character with spectacular art! Read it!
August 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at Rafael and Marcelo's double page spread here! And it's only two balloons, but it's one of my fave interventions in the whole Fury of Firestorm series. I drew some extra bits of the exploding design to make it fuse into that Firestorm balloon :) #comicbooklettering
The stacks are back! These are four random issues from my Catwoman run--I lettered 17 issues between #46 and #65 of the current volume.
One of my peak feats was designing the "logo" for Gatúbela, which is how Catwoman is known in Latin America. 😻 #comicbooklettering
One of my peak feats was designing the "logo" for Gatúbela, which is how Catwoman is known in Latin America. 😻 #comicbooklettering
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The stacks are back! These are four random issues from my Catwoman run--I lettered 17 issues between #46 and #65 of the current volume.
One of my peak feats was designing the "logo" for Gatúbela, which is how Catwoman is known in Latin America. 😻 #comicbooklettering
One of my peak feats was designing the "logo" for Gatúbela, which is how Catwoman is known in Latin America. 😻 #comicbooklettering
This clipping mask is happening
#comicbooklettering
#comicbooklettering
November 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This clipping mask is happening
#comicbooklettering
#comicbooklettering
May 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm not sure I want to spoil it directly--but this review did, so you can check it here: kpbcomics.com/absolute-gre...
#comicbooklettering
#comicbooklettering
‘Absolute Green Lantern’ #2: New Powers, More Questions as Abin Sur Arrives - Kapow! Pow! Boom!
Explore the cosmic journey of Absolute Green Lantern, a fresh take on a classic hero without his Corps or power ring.
kpbcomics.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm not sure I want to spoil it directly--but this review did, so you can check it here: kpbcomics.com/absolute-gre...
#comicbooklettering
#comicbooklettering
The feeling when you get the hc comps of the DC Pride from 2024, just as you're working on that same special for this year! #DCPride #comicbooklettering
April 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The feeling when you get the hc comps of the DC Pride from 2024, just as you're working on that same special for this year! #DCPride #comicbooklettering
Once again, it's not #PortfolioDay but I managed to update mine today! You're cordially invited to check it out, I'm open to letter a couple of books more in the upcoming months. #ComicBookLettering
>>> bit.ly/Lettering.Bear
>>> bit.ly/Lettering.Bear
March 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Once again, it's not #PortfolioDay but I managed to update mine today! You're cordially invited to check it out, I'm open to letter a couple of books more in the upcoming months. #ComicBookLettering
>>> bit.ly/Lettering.Bear
>>> bit.ly/Lettering.Bear
If you're gonna cross them tails, make it matter!
From "Teleportation and Other Luxuries", GN by @babywrist.bsky.social & @sobcomix.bsky.social from @madcavestudios.com #ComicBookLettering
From "Teleportation and Other Luxuries", GN by @babywrist.bsky.social & @sobcomix.bsky.social from @madcavestudios.com #ComicBookLettering
March 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you're gonna cross them tails, make it matter!
From "Teleportation and Other Luxuries", GN by @babywrist.bsky.social & @sobcomix.bsky.social from @madcavestudios.com #ComicBookLettering
From "Teleportation and Other Luxuries", GN by @babywrist.bsky.social & @sobcomix.bsky.social from @madcavestudios.com #ComicBookLettering
A couple of inconspicuous BOOMS! Nothing like some complex clipping masks to sharpen one's eye. #comicbooklettering
February 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A couple of inconspicuous BOOMS! Nothing like some complex clipping masks to sharpen one's eye. #comicbooklettering
Just the vectors of an SFX no one will recognize once it makes it to the colored, lettered, printed page #comicbooklettering
January 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just the vectors of an SFX no one will recognize once it makes it to the colored, lettered, printed page #comicbooklettering
For the Monday crowd...this happened and I can't be prouder to be named next to one of the best letterers ever. 2024 is rounding up to be an amazing year! #comicbooklettering
For best letterer, we pick Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Lucas Gattoni (@letteringbear.bsky.social).
#comicbooks #comics #letterer
You gotta see their letters!
aipt-comics.simplecast.com/episodes/bes...
#comicbooks #comics #letterer
You gotta see their letters!
aipt-comics.simplecast.com/episodes/bes...
Best of 2024: Comics, creators, and more | AIPT Comics
This week, we forego the usual news recaps to give you our best comic books of 2023 lists. We unpack the best writers, artists, series, anthologies, and so much more! That includes silly categories li...
aipt-comics.simplecast.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:01 PM
For the Monday crowd...this happened and I can't be prouder to be named next to one of the best letterers ever. 2024 is rounding up to be an amazing year! #comicbooklettering
They say you're not a fully-fledged letterer until you had to letter a fart sound effect. Well, I've been lettering farts for two days now…where do I get my official title!? #comicbooklettering
December 14, 2024 at 5:27 PM
They say you're not a fully-fledged letterer until you had to letter a fart sound effect. Well, I've been lettering farts for two days now…where do I get my official title!? #comicbooklettering
What a way to start closing 2024...nominated to a Cheersie for BEST LETTERER! And along some of the best letterers in the biz. Truly amazed! Go vote everyone! #comicbooklettering
November 20, 2024 at 6:48 PM
What a way to start closing 2024...nominated to a Cheersie for BEST LETTERER! And along some of the best letterers in the biz. Truly amazed! Go vote everyone! #comicbooklettering
Now lettering! It's a Holiday down here, but that just means more hours to work on what I love #comicbooklettering #DCComics
November 18, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Now lettering! It's a Holiday down here, but that just means more hours to work on what I love #comicbooklettering #DCComics
This KRAK had to be cut, but I liked it enough to share here! #comicbooklettering #SFX
November 11, 2024 at 9:48 PM
This KRAK had to be cut, but I liked it enough to share here! #comicbooklettering #SFX
And one of my favorite gigs ever, where I created a very unique and intricate style inspired by the gorgeous Art-Nouveau-esque artwork:
- Down by the Water, by @mollymendoza.bsky.social
#comicbooklettering
- Down by the Water, by @mollymendoza.bsky.social
#comicbooklettering
November 1, 2024 at 10:56 PM
And one of my favorite gigs ever, where I created a very unique and intricate style inspired by the gorgeous Art-Nouveau-esque artwork:
- Down by the Water, by @mollymendoza.bsky.social
#comicbooklettering
- Down by the Water, by @mollymendoza.bsky.social
#comicbooklettering
Happy Halloween everybody! KA-CHOOM!!! #comicbooklettering
November 1, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Happy Halloween everybody! KA-CHOOM!!! #comicbooklettering
Happy #BatmanDay2024 everyone! I'm celebrating by preparing the styles for a new Batman book I'll be lettering soon ^_^ (image below from the Michael Cho/Falcone/Stewart story I lettered for Batman: Urban Legends! #comicbooklettering
September 21, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Happy #BatmanDay2024 everyone! I'm celebrating by preparing the styles for a new Batman book I'll be lettering soon ^_^ (image below from the Michael Cho/Falcone/Stewart story I lettered for Batman: Urban Legends! #comicbooklettering
August 27, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Come check the amazingly fun interview I did for @derbycomics.bsky.social (thanks Patrick!) for their Pride Month Creator Spotlight, and find out what would be my drag name! 🏳️🌈💅🐻#comicbooklettering derbycomics.com/blogs/pride-...
Pride Month Creator Spotlight: Lucas Gattoni — Derby Comics
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June 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Come check the amazingly fun interview I did for @derbycomics.bsky.social (thanks Patrick!) for their Pride Month Creator Spotlight, and find out what would be my drag name! 🏳️🌈💅🐻#comicbooklettering derbycomics.com/blogs/pride-...