Hey, everybody! I just found this nifty article about how to letter comics, written by a professional letterer. I thought some of the dio-authors around here might be interested, as I think this guy makes a lot of good points:

http://blambot.com/grammar.shtml

I am in special agreement with his note about balloon tails! I can't begin to mention how often you see, in both dios and fan-made comics, a word balloon's tail stretching aaalllll the way to the speakers lips. It's not necessary and it's kind of distracting!

(As a side note, and not to sound like I'm bragging or anything, but I was pleased to notice that in my dio-stories, I instinctively followed pretty much every single one of these rules without even knowing about them! I guess a lifetime of reading, studying, breathing, and living comic books paid off in some small way...!)

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