It is largely agreed that comic book lettering is an art form that is often under appreciated. Professional comics are a team affair… this includes, but it not limited to: writers, artists, colourists, letterers, editors, flatters and inkers, to name a few. At the highest level, every part of the process is split. This ensures the highest quality throughout, and allows regular releases of multiple titles. Just like with artists and writers, the history of comics is full of great letterers. For instance, the first comic book letterer I heard of was Ben Oda, but it doesn’t does take much digging around to find out about the likes of Ira Schnapp and the late, great, Gaspar Saladino. Modern comics has its own heroes too, the likes of Todd Klein, Tom Orzechowski, and Nate Piekos/Blambot are on a bunch of your favourite comics.
