Today’s show has two of the best letterers in comics on for a two-part chat about their craft: Multiversity Comics’s 2021 Favorite Letterer winner Aditya Bidikar and legendary letterer/cartoonist John Workman!
The generation gap evaporates immediately as the two fellows start talking about digital vs analog approaches, collaboration amongst a creative team, visible vs invisible lettering, being the responsible one in the group, artist integration, and much more!
[This episode is a remastered version of number 775 in a series.]
CHAPTERS
03:44 – Learning the Craft
05:47 – Breaking Panel Borders
12:12 – Digital vs Analog
15:28 – Balloon Shapes Simplified
19:26 – Sound Effects Secrets
26:51 – Hybrid Workflow Talk
34:31 – Gaspar Saladino and Logo Tales
37:42 – Finding Your Own Style
40:18 – Precision vs Personality
42:44 – Organic Letterforms
44:32 – Analog Imperfection
45:42 – Blue and Green Workflow
48:59 – iPad Hand Lettering
52:47 – Color and Production
57:16 – Print Quality Pitfalls
58:33 – Lettering Pet Peeves
01:01:54 – Remembering John Paul Leon
01:06:59 – Sound Effects as Art
01:12:12 – Cover Logos in Motion
01:15:01 – Career Balance Advice
01:18:07 – Learn Every Craft
01:20:51 – Reader First Revisions
01:21:20 – Working with Demanding Writers
01:28:42 – Outro