tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post5960216450703177880..comments2024-03-27T20:08:08.593-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Beat the Hsiffies, buy bonds!A Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-39540452634741436802016-09-08T12:49:06.865-05:002016-09-08T12:49:06.865-05:00Hi Margaret! I'm guessing from the page 28 ou...Hi Margaret! I'm guessing from the page 28 outline lettering with a cityscape sketched into the first two letters that I was contemplating a Jim Steranko homage (after Jack Kirby, his was the defining CAPTAIN AMERICA for my generation and that's what I was parodying): specifically an homage to his use of outline vertical block lettering for splash page story titles. I was always looking for a Letraset font that would look the way that his lettering did: severely compressed horizontally and unnaturally tall vertically. With a wide enough outline to be readable but not to interfere with the drawing inside it. <br /><br />Of course Jim Steranko was a genius and did all of that by hand. I would usually get this far in the notebook sketch, remember how DIFFICULT drawing a story title that way by hand was...and opt for Plan B.<br /><br />You'll notice I couldn't even get all the letters on one line in the SKETCH. Mmm. Plan B. Definitely. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.com