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comic framing

Comic book lettering has some grammatical and aesthetic traditions that are unique. What follows is a list that every letterer eventually commits to his/her own mental reference file. The majority of these points are established tradition, sprinkled with modern trends and a bit of my own opinion having lettered profess

As you can see, we weren't set on one of the first four thumbnails. Rachel took a second shot at two of them (B and D) but we also had the idea for an image of the boys at the Student Union Coffee bar (E and F). We're getting so close to the final choice.

Artist Rachel Wells's thumbnail for what would eventually become the cover for Issue #23. Family Affair is scheduled to be released on December 4.

The cover is important becuase it's supposed to make the reader want to read the book. Here are the four thumbnails our artist Rachel Wells came up with from which the final cover was chosen. But which one?