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I think what I'm enjoying the most about Jason Aaron's Avengers is that each issue feels really meaty. Like, I don't feel like I'm wasting money on single issues for once because it feels like a lot happens in each issue. Well, that, and this vampire war arc is pretty sick.
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It's good, but not "Dracula shooting vampires from the moon" good, as far as Marvel vampire stories go.
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Mar 11, 2019 01:22
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Hey MoS, i saw your name in the credits while i was reading some ultimate comics last night and i was curious as to whether, as a professional letterer, you have any preference towards the all uppercase of comics at large or the upper-lower case used by the ultimate line (like, if one looks better to your eye or something)
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Mar 11, 2019 19:40
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site posted:Hey MoS, i saw your name in the credits while i was reading some ultimate comics last night and i was curious as to whether, as a professional letterer, you have any preference towards the all uppercase of comics at large or the upper-lower case used by the ultimate line Mixed-case books are a lot harder. There are more case-based typos to look out for (a lot of writers don't know how casing works, go figure), and if they write out their bold/italicized text in all-caps in the script, it's a lot more work for us to reformat. Additionally, the text has to be sized bigger, both for legibility's sake, and to keep ascenders and descenders from touching. But I heard recently that mixed-case lettering is much easier on readers with dyslexia, so I'm more open to biting that particular bullet now. I guess I like both, for different reasons.
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Mar 11, 2019 19:52
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 thanks for the response, I hadn't even considered the technical side. Doh!
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Similarly, as a prolific letterer, are there things that writers do that make your job more difficult or certain tics that you wish they would avoid? I've been gradually getting my head around what to do and not do, but it would be interesting to hear it from your perspective.
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Mar 12, 2019 12:26
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Minister of Sound posted:Mixed-case books are a lot harder. There are more case-based typos to look out for (a lot of writers don't know how casing works, go figure), and if they write out their bold/italicized text in all-caps in the script, it's a lot more work for us to reformat. Additionally, the text has to be sized bigger, both for legibility's sake, and to keep ascenders and descenders from touching. As a librarian working in a field where comics are making a difference in helping literacy, you're a fuckin hero.
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Mar 12, 2019 16:25
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Synthbuttrange posted:Immortal Hulk is also the scene of Tony's worst crime yet. (*Depends based on era.) Minister of Sound posted:Mixed-case books are a lot harder. There are more case-based typos to look out for (a lot of writers don't know how casing works, go figure), and if they write out their bold/italicized text in all-caps in the script, it's a lot more work for us to reformat. Additionally, the text has to be sized bigger, both for legibility's sake, and to keep ascenders and descenders from touching. Didn't mean to comment on your specific exercise of the craft, just a memory that came to mind.
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Mar 12, 2019 16:50
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Okay so as I was reading some books last night one thing that I found myself thinking about was thisMinister of Sound posted:if they write out their bold/italicized text in all-caps in the script, it's a lot more work for us to reformat. I guess I had just assumed that letterers would just read from the script page but manually add everything so I'm curious as to what the actual process is, do you in actuality normally just c/p from the script onto the page and you reformat from there or what do you mean?
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Admiralty Flag posted:I thought Starkscream was, "Jarvis, I'm home, where's my loving [dinner/booze and call girls]*??!!!" Simon Spurrier has done something similar in his last three books (Spire, Godshaper, Coda), where if a character whispers or talks under their breath. The font size will shrink down, or the color of the font will go grey. It can be a little distracting at first, IMO. 
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Mar 12, 2019 21:03
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Just gonna leave this here...
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IUG posted:Simon Spurrier has done something similar in his last three books (Spire, Godshaper, Coda), where if a character whispers or talks under their breath. The font size will shrink down, or the color of the font will go grey. It can be a little distracting at first, IMO. it would probably be much harder to implement in western comics due the generally more detailed art and color, but i've kinda taken to the manga style of having, i dunno what you'd call it, softer dialogue maybe, just in the panel without being inside narration boxes or word balloons 
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Mar 12, 2019 21:41
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Inkspot posted:Just gonna leave this here... I swear Grant Morrison emphasis is never on the word I expect and it really bothers me.
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Mar 12, 2019 22:19
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A mistake I see in a lot of indie books (and have definitely been guilty of myself) is trying to emphasize "important" words to allow for... I dunno... speed reading?
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Mar 12, 2019 22:57
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Similarly, as a prolific letterer, are there things that writers do that make your job more difficult or certain tics that you wish they would avoid? I've been gradually getting my head around what to do and not do, but it would be interesting to hear it from your perspective. Aside from rewriting half their scripts after we've already lettered them (most writers don't do this), it's just nitpicky grammatical stuff, most of which is just part of the job to me. But I remember you being really easy to work with, and I can't come up with anything I'd recommend to you specifically. Could we continue this chat via email or DMs? And should the lettering talk be moved to a different thread? I'm happy to chat about things, but don't want to derail the Marvel thread too much.
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Inkspot posted:Just gonna leave this here... You could do the same thing in prose with italicization, though?
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Wanderer posted:You could do the same thing in prose with italicization, though? Font gimmicks in prose wear thin pretty quickly.
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Mar 13, 2019 01:19
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What are you talking about? Reading an entire book like this wouldn't get tiring --or even annoying for that matter-- at all!
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Mar 13, 2019 02:49
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apparently this teaser is running in every Marvel book this week https://twitter.com/OliverSava/status/1105835447731843072
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Mar 13, 2019 17:31
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Miyazawa is such a good fit for Spider-Gwen. I'm really enjoying this current arc.
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FoneBone posted:apparently this teaser is running in every Marvel book this week Finally getting those Eternals rolling
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Mar 13, 2019 18:08
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FoneBone posted:apparently this teaser is running in every Marvel book this week and Donny Cates has been talking about doing a comic book event, and the teaser kinda sounds like it's about symbiotes it's a Venom event
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Mar 13, 2019 18:12
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I’m glad we’re getting another Dr. Doom event.
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ElNarez posted:and Donny Cates has been talking about doing a comic book event, and the teaser kinda sounds like it's about symbiotes In other Spider-related news: I'm liking Hunted so far. It was a bold move of Spencer to ask people to read Kraven's Last Hunt first (then again, comparions were going to be made regardless), but still, Hunted is a pretty drat good story. I'm worried about what happened/will hapen to Mary Jane, though. 
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Mar 13, 2019 18:32
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They already released this, so I dunno why they're pretending it's a mystery in that ad.
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Teenage Fansub posted:They already released this, so I dunno why they're pretending it's a mystery in that ad. Land was a...poor choice for the art on this, I think.
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Which porno is caps face fromFoneBone posted:apparently this teaser is running in every Marvel book this week Please Hickman, come back to me
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I don't think that ad is for the Venom thing. Hickman on X-Men please~~~
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looking forward to seeing this imprinted on someones face in a future issue
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Little Mac posted:I don't think that ad is for the Venom thing. yeah, no idea if that's actually teasing a Hickman project, but the tones of those teasers seem so far apart that i can't imagine they'd be teasing the same book
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If they’re already doing ads for the Venom thing, there’s no point in being cryptic in another ad. There’s no way it’s not for the Eternals. The stars are aligning for that franchise to come back in a big way.
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I don't know if it's Hickman, but either way he's playing the game and has mentioned wanting to write The Eternals when left after Secret Wars. https://twitter.com/JHickman/status/1105883705296515078
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Can't wait for all the claims Marvel is trying to replace the X-men again...
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I think you're safe from that. They got the movie rights back.
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Why is Marvel so obsessed with Venom lately?
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Gaunab posted:Why is Marvel so obsessed with Venom lately? that movie did really, really well
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venom got over, baby
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nancy and doreen are gay
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site posted:nancy and doreen are gay Haven't gotten the chance to read yet, are you shipping or did North finally pull the trigger and make it explicitly stated?
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it's not explicit explicit but this is the second or third time theyve held hands walking into the future together lately and shown that they're living together well into old age so like it's pretty queer coded
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