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augiedb
07-31-2006, 09:05 AM
See here:

http://filingcabinetofthedamned.blogspot.com/2006/07/strippin.html

-Augie
Kep!
07-31-2006, 10:00 AM
I agree completely, that is by far the greatest panel ever! EXCELLENT!
eltonpruitt
07-31-2006, 12:11 PM
I am in shock that Mark Trail is still even around.

Maybe if they played up the talking crotches more, they'd be able to reach a whole new generation of readers!
steveo
07-31-2006, 12:22 PM
See here:

http://filingcabinetofthedamned.blogspot.com/2006/07/strippin.html

-Augie

In the curtis panel he mentions the LL Cool J stapler...but he forgot to mention that it's Curtis' mom's breast that's saying it...another balloon tail gone awry.

:)

SteveO
Deadfish07
07-31-2006, 04:49 PM
Well, Curtis is looking at his mom's breast, so maybe he thinks they're talking to him. Curtis is a weird comic, the kid is 13 or 14 and he's still sleeping in the same bed with his 8-10 year-old brother. There's definately a whole incest thing going on. I get that their poor, but there comes a point where I'd rather sleep on the floor.
augiedb
08-01-2006, 02:34 PM
Bob Layton needs some lettering tips, too:

http://www.boblayton.com/Archive/June%2006/june06colonyfeature.htm

Football balloons, crossbar-Is, white space issues, tails touching characters, iffy diamond stacking, and more!

-Augie
Jason Arthur
08-01-2006, 03:15 PM
wow...that's some of the worst lettering I've seen in a loooooong time.

-- J
JacoNB
08-02-2006, 12:04 PM
I actually kind of like the Bob Layton stuff... not so much the shape of the balloons or the placement of the tails... or his use of the crossbar I, but the hand lettering itself isn't bad. He's consistent enough... although it *could* possibly be a font... but it doesn't seem to be.

Hand lettering is really REALLY not easy to do, so I gotta give props to anyone that at least attempts it. lol.
Piekos
08-03-2006, 08:49 AM
The Layton lettering looks to be my font, Crime Fighter...

~N
Ron Phillips
08-03-2006, 10:24 AM
The Layton lettering looks to be my font, Crime Fighter...

~N

Well you'd know your own font. How's it feel to see it used like that?
Piekos
08-03-2006, 04:11 PM
Well...uh...the font looks good!

:)

~N
Kep!
08-03-2006, 04:17 PM
What's VERY funny about this to me is Bob and I got into a pretty heated discussion a few years back about computer lettering vs. hand lettering. At the time, he was so ademently against computerlettering he said he'd never let it be used in any of his books if he had the choice.

Guess times change.
JacoNB
08-03-2006, 06:12 PM
haha!

Well, in that case, I retract my statement. :D

I like the FONT. :D
omega sentry
08-04-2006, 11:54 AM
But salt man's tail is dead on though...right under that metal contraption ( what is it called? I forget...) where the salt comes out. I take it that would be his mouth, if ever there was a salt man.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a214/HarveyJerkwater/Salty_Kong.gif