Comic Book Lettering Tips by Patrick Brosseau

For some reason last night I was thinking about how much work it used to be to letter a comic book by hand and all the tools one would need...so I made this to convey just that! 

My thoughts and process on creating cover blurbs.

Here’s a quick video of myself lettering a panel of Manifest Destiny and how I do things.

A variety of  hand drawn sound effects by me, all done using the brushes and/or markers in Manga Studio and then imported into Illustrator. See my video also on this page on how to create these. SFX appeared in Manifest Destiny, Green Valley, and Birthright from Skybound Publishing.

A variety of  hand drawn sound effects by me, all done using the brushes and/or markers in Manga Studio and then imported into Illustrator. See my video also on this page on how to create these. SFX appeared in Six Pack & Dogwelder, Aquaman, and Suicide Squad all from DC Comics.

Here’s another quick video of myself creating a sound effect in Manga Studio and finishing it up in Illustrator for the comic book Birthright.

When I worked on staff at Marvel the Letterers were given a book of old cover copies and logos to use as springboards and to kind of emulate the style of...here's a pic of a batch of what was in the book...some really beautiful work too!

Here’s what the sanded down nib looks like up close and an example of hand lettering that I did with the nib...

And here’s a short video of myself lettering with the sanded down 107 nib...

Here’s a quick video of myself sanding down a Hunt 107 nib on some sandpaper to do some hand lettering. This is how I was taught to letter and was the preferred method of lettering by most letterers at Marvel.

Here’s a quick video of me hand drawing a sound effect with one of the brushes in Manga Studio and importing it into Illustrator for a project I was working on...