n an effort to give a helping hand to other comic creators, I've written these articles to cover comic creation topics and tips that are useful, hard to find elsewhere, or have simply never appeared anywhere else.

The Black Beetle: Anatomy of a Font - A Lettering Feature by Nate Piekos
An inside look at how I created the style guide for Dark Horse's Black Beetle. (Links to the Dark Horse Blog)

Comic Book Grammar & Tradition
A sample by sample look at the grammatical and stylistic world of comic lettering.

How do I Install These Fonts?
You've downloaded 'em now what? Instructions for Mac and PC in Opentype, Windows Truetype, Mac Postscript and Mac Truetype formated fonts.

Successful Logo Design
Need to design a logo for your comic (or any other project)? Read this checklist of things to keep in mind.

How to Hand Letter a Comic
You're a letterer and you don't know what an Ames Guide is? For shame...

Correct Dimensions for Original Art Pages
Basic measurements and explanation for marking the guides on your comic book and comic strip original art.

Free Chart of International Characters
Download Adobe Acrobat files that list Mac and PC keystrokes for all those snazzy international characters.

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