comic book typography to be exact.
I love comic books, a lot, i love the artwork, the subject matter, the imagery everything.
all the way up the chain from the pencilers to the inkers to the colorists
writers, producers and the ARTISTS!!!!!!!
however there has always been a dark spot in comic books and thats the typography. As i have learned the past few months typography is a weapon not to be thrown around lightly. When used properly it can kill (and i mean that in a good way) but when tacked on all shotty and half-fast it can get messy.
The years have been ever UN-changing for comic book art and its very sad. Sad enough to break an image or tae away from a beautiful composition.
ComicCraft.com and Blambot.com are two of the major contributors to comic book fonts on the web, but the fonts they offer are all the same. Curvy child-like bubbly font, they all seem to be a variation of "Comic Sans". Its terrible.
but there are those in the midst that break the stride and offer a new perspective on the type used in comic books.
Punks (an online comic book series)
I noticed three different font styles (albeit i dont know what they are)
and theres also the Nightly News (a comic book series featured on ComicBookResources.com)
this is more gritty yet sophisticated right?
these two break the average routine of the overused comic book type and herken in a new format for lettering a comic book
Bravo!!
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