Blambot Comic Fonts and Lettering

Rules for speech bubbles. Who knew?! I was, rather wittily (I thought), going to make this review into a speech bubble, but I then realised that this endeavour would require me a) to understand and follow said rules, and b) to open (and remember how to use) photoshop. I also realised that said... more

Reviewed by CH Feb 09 2009, 07:24am ( 22 reviews ) • blambot.com

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Rated by milkfish on Oct 05, 10:45am

More expressive than you probably had realized
Rated by blanktarget on Oct 03, 12:12pm

Everything you ever wanted to know about word balloons.
Rated by br79 on Oct 02, 5:54am

great break down of comic lettering/talk balloon styles.
Rated by jamesbarratt on Oct 02, 2:58am

From the page: "Comic book lettering has some grammatical and aesthetic traditions that are unique."
Reviewed by mrkphotos on Apr 10 2009, 7:19pm

I love Blambot - brilliant site
Rated by ontic on Apr 08 2009, 7:41am

What a great site. Enjoyed it.
Rated by clairebear5000 on Apr 07 2009, 9:59am

really cool page on comic book dialogue
Rated by RubyDoomsday on Apr 05 2009, 5:39pm

Wow -- awesome article. Very helpful.
Rated by rmtoads on Mar 31 2009, 7:31am

Very useful to know if you make comics. I knew some of these "rules" already, but there were several I was unaware. Every indy and web comicker should read this.

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