Nate Piekos of Blambot
@blambot.bsky.social
20+ years lettering for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image. Eisner nominee. Award-winning design & typography. Author of The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering.
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I walk away for 30 seconds…
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I walk away for 30 seconds…
I’m not sure why some writers feel the need to explain the mysteries they’ve created when the mystery is far more engaging than the explanation. Take Boba Fett; FAR more interesting before we got that horribly shitty back story. The allure WAS the mystery.
January 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I’m not sure why some writers feel the need to explain the mysteries they’ve created when the mystery is far more engaging than the explanation. Take Boba Fett; FAR more interesting before we got that horribly shitty back story. The allure WAS the mystery.
Ace in your face Friday
January 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Ace in your face Friday
Great way to kick off the year; listening to Samantha Fish. SO DAMN GOOD. youtu.be/SfrAVx-bQoY?...
Samantha Fish performs "Fortune Teller" shadowy brooding rocker captured @Barrymore Theatre 12/6/25
YouTube video by John “Bluesmusiclives” Richardson
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January 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Great way to kick off the year; listening to Samantha Fish. SO DAMN GOOD. youtu.be/SfrAVx-bQoY?...
Happy New Year! Just popping into the studio for an hour to close out my financial bookkeeping for 2025 and begin the records for 2026. It’s a winter wonderland outside!
January 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Happy New Year! Just popping into the studio for an hour to close out my financial bookkeeping for 2025 and begin the records for 2026. It’s a winter wonderland outside!
Happy New Years Eve! Relaxing at home with a glass of champagne. (My whole holiday vacation has been super chill so far.) Stay safe tonight. I’ll see you in n 2026! Thank you all for a wonderful year. I can’t do what I do without you folks.
January 1, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Happy New Years Eve! Relaxing at home with a glass of champagne. (My whole holiday vacation has been super chill so far.) Stay safe tonight. I’ll see you in n 2026! Thank you all for a wonderful year. I can’t do what I do without you folks.
Shout out to the FedEx driver who *called us* this morning—after last night’s snow storm—to tell us we had packages, but he couldn’t make it up the un-plowed driveway. He told us where he discreetly stashed the boxes so I could walk down and get them. Thank you!
December 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Shout out to the FedEx driver who *called us* this morning—after last night’s snow storm—to tell us we had packages, but he couldn’t make it up the un-plowed driveway. He told us where he discreetly stashed the boxes so I could walk down and get them. Thank you!
Letterer extraordinaire, Pat Brosseau is auctioning off some original hand lettering! Don’t miss out! ebay.us/m/h8cV0p
December 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Letterer extraordinaire, Pat Brosseau is auctioning off some original hand lettering! Don’t miss out! ebay.us/m/h8cV0p
Ace in your face Friday
December 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ace in your face Friday
Some traditional Christmas music for you.
Spinal Tap - Christmas with the devil (Return of Spinal Tap Movie version)
YouTube video by missangelkari
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December 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Some traditional Christmas music for you.
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Merry Christmas!
Starting to kick around ideas for the bold version of Project Sacramento.
December 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Starting to kick around ideas for the bold version of Project Sacramento.
Running out the clock today as I get ready for my vacation. It's pretty quiet, so I'm cleaning the studio and futzing around with smaller design projects. I'm ready for a break. Hope you folks have a good holiday. While I will check email occasionally, I won't officially be back to work until 1/5.
December 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Running out the clock today as I get ready for my vacation. It's pretty quiet, so I'm cleaning the studio and futzing around with smaller design projects. I'm ready for a break. Hope you folks have a good holiday. While I will check email occasionally, I won't officially be back to work until 1/5.
I discovered that to get the most accuracy out of Illustrator's autotrace, the smaller the file size of the raster image, the more accurate the vector will be. e.g. An 11x17" TIF at 600ppi, will vectorize like garbage. If you chop it into quarters, you'll get much better results.
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I discovered that to get the most accuracy out of Illustrator's autotrace, the smaller the file size of the raster image, the more accurate the vector will be. e.g. An 11x17" TIF at 600ppi, will vectorize like garbage. If you chop it into quarters, you'll get much better results.
Happy holidays! Save 10% off your order with code KRAMPUS at checkout from December 22nd to 25th 2025 at blambot.com. This includes fonts, brushes and even the Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering!
December 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy holidays! Save 10% off your order with code KRAMPUS at checkout from December 22nd to 25th 2025 at blambot.com. This includes fonts, brushes and even the Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering!
Anyone have any suggestions for auto-tracing raster images to vector with extreme accuracy/minimal clean up? I'm just about fed up with Illustrator's auto-trace. Thanks.
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Anyone have any suggestions for auto-tracing raster images to vector with extreme accuracy/minimal clean up? I'm just about fed up with Illustrator's auto-trace. Thanks.
Lovely day. I'm lettering and listening to Megadeth. Things are slowing down here in the studio as we head into my holiday break. Please note that while I will pop in to check email, I will be on vacation from Christmas Eve to just after New Year's. I'll be back on January 5th.
December 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Lovely day. I'm lettering and listening to Megadeth. Things are slowing down here in the studio as we head into my holiday break. Please note that while I will pop in to check email, I will be on vacation from Christmas Eve to just after New Year's. I'll be back on January 5th.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Time to sign more copies of The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering! Get yours! blambot.com/products/the...
Happy holidays! Save 10% off your order with code KRAMPUS at checkout from December 22nd to 25th 2025 at blambot.com. This includes fonts, brushes and even the Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering!
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Happy holidays! Save 10% off your order with code KRAMPUS at checkout from December 22nd to 25th 2025 at blambot.com. This includes fonts, brushes and even the Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering!
Today’s agenda:
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today’s agenda:
Ace in your face Friday
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ace in your face Friday
Update on Project Sacramento: I have a complete A-Z set that I'm reasonably happy with. Haven't decided yet if I should release the sentence-case version or the all caps version first.
December 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Update on Project Sacramento: I have a complete A-Z set that I'm reasonably happy with. Haven't decided yet if I should release the sentence-case version or the all caps version first.
Lovely day. So far, I've finished the first of a new set of custom fonts for a client and sent them proofs. Playing a ST:TNG marathon in the studio today (season 4).
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Lovely day. So far, I've finished the first of a new set of custom fonts for a client and sent them proofs. Playing a ST:TNG marathon in the studio today (season 4).
Progress on this black & gold “Fat Strat” build! Just electronics left to wire up! All Fender American parts except for the hand-made Fralin pickups!
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Progress on this black & gold “Fat Strat” build! Just electronics left to wire up! All Fender American parts except for the hand-made Fralin pickups!