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Nate Piekos of Blambot

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20+ years lettering for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image. Eisner nominee. Award-winning design & typography. Author of The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · Mar 18

Do you have the most comprehensive guide to modern comic lettering ever written? It's just $13.34 on Amazon, and it's still got 4.8 stars! 256 pages, full color! Written by Nate Piekos, Introduction by Tom Orzechowski, and published by Image!

AMAZON: buff.ly/3SJCQjy

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 16h

Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins 2 comes to its conclusion this week with issue #4! Details: https://bit.ly/4ghEmTK

By Derek Fridolfs, @vinartwork.bsky.social, @blambot.bsky.social. With covers from Diego Galindo, @kylelambertartist.bsky.social

Base cover of Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins 2 issue #4, illustrated by Diego Galindo

Variant cover of Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins 2 issue #4, illustrated by Kyle Lambert

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 16h

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 19h

Lovely day. Full speed ahead. I've already done correx on two issues, designed a logo, and now I'm lettering some pages of an unannounced project...later I'll be back working on Project PixelPanel. Listening to The Black Crowes in the studio. (The new album--Happiness Bastards--is REALLY good.)

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Graphic Policy @graphicpolicy.com · 2d

American Caper #1 Delivers an Extreme and Absurd Look at Today's America. Catch our early review! #comics #comicbooks @darkhorse.com @absurdventures.com @davidlapham.bsky.social @chrisacomics.bsky.social @blambot.bsky.social

Early Review: American Caper #1 Delivers an Extreme and Absurd Look at Today’s America

American Caper #1 delivers a debut that offends everyone with a take on the state of the country that takes everything to 11.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely day. Lettering two projects today that are unannounced, so I can't really elaborate. Listening to Megadeth in the studio.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 3d

The Umbrella Academy: Plan B continues with issue #3, now available in comic shops! Details: https://bit.ly/4nKK8zQ

With the Sparrows running the show, everyone is seeking help to cope with their new reality...

By Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart, @blambot.bsky.social

Double page spread from The Umbrella Academy: Plan B issue #3

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · Aug 26

Uncanny X-Men #178: Cyclops mails Xavier a post-coital honeymoon photo like it's the most normal thing in the world.

Professor X holding up a photo of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor in a heart shaped honeymoon suite bed.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 3d

I believe you’re correct, but I’m not a comics historian—I usually defer to Todd on that stuff.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 5d

ICYMI: The Umbrella Academy: Plan B continues this week with issue #3, now available: https://bit.ly/4nKK8zQ

Between visions from the past and plans for the future, a mother just wants to see her children together again...

By Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart and @blambot.bsky.social

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Haley Rose-Lyon @haleyroselyon.com · 5d

It's wild that we still don't have a commonly accepted comic script format. Basically every script I get is different from the next, with varying levels of technical or layout issues. (But hey, we're all out here doing our best.)

Keep your letterer happy with these tips from @blambot.bsky.social 🥰

Tips from comic book letterer Nate Piekos about how to prepare a script for lettering use. These include writing in sentence case and sending the script in Word or other text-based format.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 4d

ICYMI: Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive issue #1 is now available wherever you get your comics! Details: https://bit.ly/46mcM4x

Frankie Follis has resurfaced!

By @pattonoswalt.bsky.social, @blumjordan.bsky.social, Scott Hepburn, @blambot.bsky.social. With @minorthreats.bsky.social

Page from Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive issue #1

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 4d

Great video about the nuances of logo design! A deep dive on the HBO logo! youtube.com/shorts/SbSao...

“Who cares?”

YouTube video by James Barnard

youtube.com

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 5d

There’s a large part of the creative process that involves hours or days of experimentation. Unfortunately, when experimentation leads nowhere, it feels like you wasted a lot of time. The hard part is reminding yourself that you learned what DIDN’T work, and that’s very important.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 5d

Ace in your face Friday

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 5d

Eh...now I don't know if I'm in agreement. I think I like the Revised version best. You gotta go down these roads to see if they lead anywhere. Maybe this one didn't.

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 5d

I've heard you and I'm in agreement, I think: If you've been following along, you've seen my progress on Project Pixel Panel. Most of you liked the low-res 8-bit look of the original. Some of you liked the added style of the Revised--so I've tried creating a hybrid...

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 5d

Lovely day and happy Friday. I'm Johnny-on-the-spot today; jumping back and forth between three different projects today. Listening to the velvet tones of the legendary Lou Rawls in the studio.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 6d

I was digging through an old notebook today, and I found my progress chart when I was writing The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering. As I hit each new goal, I checked it off…Until I was done two years later!

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 6d

::sigh::

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 6d

My wife surprised me yesterday with a signed copy of Elvira’s new cookbook! (I’ve had a crush on Cassandra Peterson since I was a kid)

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 7d

The #UmbrellaAcademy: Plan B continues this week with issue #3, now available in comic shops! Details: https://bit.ly/4mKWmIq

By Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart, and @blambot.bsky.social. With covers from Bá, @matiasbergara.bsky.social

Base cover of The Umbrella Academy: Plan B issue #3, illustrated by Gabriel Bá

Variant cover of The Umbrella Academy: Plan B issue #3, illustrated by Matias Bergara

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · May 20

Can we talk about your tails? Here are just 4 suggestions that are standard practice in professional comic book lettering. #comicbook #lettering #blambot

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 7d

Lovely day. Lettering the back half of D'ORC #3 and listening to the new Public Enemy album.

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 9d

I wasn't happy with the Regular weight of Project Pixel Panels, so I took some time today to start redesigning it. Here's the before and after. I think that's looking better.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 10d

My mother’s cat, Oreo, has a very distinguished mustache.

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