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Simon Bowland
@simonbowland.bsky.social
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Voted BEST LETTERER in the 2024 Tripwire Awards!
Letterer on 2000AD, BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT, ARCADIA, THE BAT-MAN: SECOND KNIGHT, THE LIQUIDATOR, THE EXPANSE, and more.
Contact: simon@simonbowland.co.uk
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Simon Bowland @simonbowland.bsky.social · Oct 23
First time in my 21 year career that I only have enough lettering work to keep me at my desk part-time. So if you're starting up a project and you need a letterer, please consider hiring me or recommending me to your editor/publisher! It was nice being part-time for a week, but now it's terrifying.
Samples of Simon Bowland's comic book lettering. Samples of Simon Bowland's comic book lettering. Samples of Simon Bowland's comic book lettering. Samples of Simon Bowland's comic book lettering.
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gabrielhardman.bsky.social
Tomorrow (Monday 11/3) is the last day to preorder my Black Label comic BATMAN/GREEN ARROW/THE QUESTION: ARCADIA #1. If you want a copy tell your comics shop. Colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and letters by @simonbowland.bsky.social!
November 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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gabrielhardman.bsky.social
The final order cutoff for my Black Label comic BATMAN/GREEN ARROW/THE QUESTION: ARCADIA #1 is this Monday 11/3. If you want a copy tell your comics shop to preorder. Colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettering by @simonbowland.bsky.social!
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
simonbowland.bsky.social
What @conroyforreal.bsky.social said. I've lettered the first issue, and it's the best work I've ever seen from @gabrielhardman.bsky.social. This is going to be something very special. And Rom's colours are perfecto. You'll kick yourself if you don't pre-order this beauty! @dc.com
conroyforreal.bsky.social Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social · 16d
This Monday is final order cut-off for BATMAN/GREEN ARROW/THE QUESTION: ARCADIA #1. @gabrielhardman.bsky.social is in peak form here, you will not want to miss it! (And check out those gorgeous Kevin Nowlan and Cowan/Sienkiewicz variants -- the latter is also available in foil!)
October 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
simonbowland.bsky.social
These pages are beautiful!
marclaming.bsky.social Marc Laming all singing, all dancing comics guy. @marclaming.bsky.social · 26d
Advance preview pages from @dstlry.bsky.social's
Endeavour #2 by @stephsmash.bsky.social @tenapolitano.bsky.social Lee Loughridge and me FINAL ORDER CUT OFF 27/10/25
October 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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2000ad.bsky.social
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October 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
simonbowland.bsky.social
What a prat.
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social
I have NO insider info on this yet but enough ppl have been hitting me up about it that I figure it's easier to just give my read on the situation in 1 go:

Humanoids has a Paris branch & a Los Angeles branch. The LA branch is closing, but Paris (while also in a French version of Ch.11) is staying.
October 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
simonbowland.bsky.social
For me, a dialogue balloon isn't tangible - the characters in the panel can't see it, so it can't have a reflection. More to the point, it doesn't NEED to have a reflection. And in lettering, if I don't need to do something, I won't. Keep it simple, keep it clean.
October 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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gabrielhardman.bsky.social
The Ed Asner Family Center auction is live. Here’s my contribution for this year. I’m always happy to help. Please bid! comics.ha.com/itm/original...
Drawing of Spider-Man by Gabriel Hardman
October 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
simonbowland.bsky.social
Pleased with how this balloon came out. Taken from pt5 of the current BRASS SUN saga in @2000ad.bsky.social. Written by Ian Edginton, drawn and coloured by the brilliant @injculbard.bsky.social, lettered by me.
Comic book lettering, showcasing a character vomiting.
October 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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2000ad.bsky.social
2000 AD Prog 2452 is out on 1st October - featuring BRASS SUN: PAVANE, Part Three by:

📝 Script: Ian Edginton
✏️ Art: @injculbard.bsky.social
💬 Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social

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Brass Sun: Pavane, by Ian Edginton, INJ Culbard and Simon Bowland
September 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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ryankelly.bsky.social
Honestly, I could use a few $50 sketch orders this week. 8x10 inch, gray, any character you want. I’ll put a lot of love into it. $50+$10 shipping paypal: funrama@gmail.com
8x10 Gray ink sketch of Apocalypse from x-men
September 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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robwilliams71.bsky.social
Shared in the interview we did with @thecomicon.bsky.social here’s pages from ep.1 of today’s RED DRAGON. Art by Steve Yeowell & @dylanteague.bsky.social and @paddyg.bsky.social Letters @simonbowland.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
simonbowland.bsky.social
Let's get @richstarkings.bsky.social a Ringo Award for Best Letterer!
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#RingoAwards #BestLetterer #Comics
Ringo Awards – The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards
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September 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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2000ad.bsky.social
2000 AD Prog 2450 is out on 17th September - featuring BRASS SUN: PAVANE, Part One by:

📝 Script: Ian Edginton
✏️ Art: @injculbard.bsky.social
💬 Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social

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Brass Sun: Pavane, by Ian Edginton, INJ Culbard and Simon Bowland
September 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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2000ad.bsky.social
Ahead of Brass Sun's long-awaited return next week, @johnfreeman.bsky.social has an EXCLUSIVE preview of next week's opening story from Ian Edginton and @injculbard.bsky.social!

Check it out here: downthetubes.net/2000ad-jump-...
2000AD Jump On Board Exclusive Preview: Brass Sun
All-new thrill! Read an exclusive excerpt!
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September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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robwilliams71.bsky.social
RED DRAGON starts in @2000ad.bsky.social in a couple of weeks. Got the first episode PDF through and it's some killer work by Steve Yeowell, @paddyg.bsky.social @dylanteague.bsky.social and @simonbowland.bsky.social

Steve drawing Cloud 9 again...
September 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
simonbowland.bsky.social
@jordanthomas.bsky.social Hi Jordan! What's the best way to get in contact with you... DM on here?
August 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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gabrielhardman.bsky.social
I’m writing and drawing Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: ARCADIA for DC Comics’ Black Label. 4 issues, 32 pages each. Colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr., letters by @simonbowland.bsky.social. Issue 1 ships in November. You can find more information here:
DC Black Label Presents: 'Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia' | DC
DC today announced Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia, a bold, character-driven new comic book series by acclaimed storyteller Gabriel Hardman, launching November 26, 2025, and publishing monthl...
www.dc.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
simonbowland.bsky.social
I'm lettering pages for this RIGHT NOW and it's definitely Ibrahim's finest work to date. And Brad's colours are absolutely perfect. It will be well worth signing up for this Kickstarter, it's going to be a special one!
ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · Aug 8
HALFBLOOD is definitely the coolest book I've ever made from a vibes perspective, lol.

Colors by @20eyesbrad.bsky.social

Please head over to the kickstarter pre-launch page & click "Notify me on launch" to help us secure priority campaign launch placement!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...
August 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
simonbowland.bsky.social
Here's another new project which I'll be lettering... and ANOTHER new project on which I'll be working with the incredibly talented @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social (as well as the amazing @mattkindt.bsky.social and the awesome @20eyesbrad.bsky.social)!
darkhorse.com Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · Jul 25
The World of John Le Carré expands in the new spy fiction comic series, John Le Carré: The Circus—Losing Control, written by Harvey Award-winning author @mattkindt.bsky.social and illustrated by Eisner Award-nominated artist @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social. Details: bit.ly/4kZCM9z

Coming in November!
July 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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simonbowland.bsky.social
I'm lettering this... and it's an AMAZING project. Ibrahim's work is better than ever, which is a high bar, and Brad's colours are just perfect.
ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · Jul 23
🚨ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨

VERY excited to share w/ you all the title & synopsis of my next OGN coming from Humanoids:

HALFBLOOD
Story/art by me, colors by @20eyesbrad.bsky.social

Launching soon via kickstarter-- click the link below to be notified when it goes live!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...
“Do you believe in fate?” asks Senjuro, The Black Demon, to all those who cross his path. Victim or guide. A masterless, mixed-race samurai, Senjuro skulks through the shadows of an evolving feudal Japan, seeking to serve...but the age of the Samurai flickers on the winds of modernization, and any work to be had is less than honorable. That is until Claire, a wealthy British explorer and anthropologist, swings through the tavern doors seeking aid from the man whose reputation precedes him; the one they call The Black Demon. Her family has just been monstrously slain and exsanguinated, and signs point to perpetrators beyond human. Along with Claire and her Sikh companion Jangveer, Senjuro the Black Demon must face hell on earth to deliver their reckoning, and in the process, find the honor he so desperately seeks. From the singular mind of Ibrahim Moustafa, who turned time inside out in RETROACTIVE, reimagined The Count of Monte Cristo as a sci-fi epic in COUNT, and put the Western back in Space Western with CYN, comes a thriller that combines worlds have been long-destined to meet, but will collide for the first time within these pages. Accompanied by an image of our samurai, Claire, and Jangveer in Sikh armor standing at a portcullis with fang-like spikes, dripping with blood.
July 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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pippabowland.bsky.social
New DREDD, coloured by me. Out today!
2000ad.bsky.social 2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · Jul 9
The 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2025 is out on the 16th July! Featuring JUDGE DREDD: COSTAFERATU by:

📝 Script: @alewingpromotes.bsky.social
✏️ Art: Dan Cornwell
🎨 Colours: @pippabowland.bsky.social
💬 Letters: Annie Parkhouse

Order now from the 2000 AD Webshop! ➡️ bit.ly/4dBPE3Y
Judge Dredd: Costaferatu, by Al Ewing, Dan Cornwell, Pippa Bowland and Annie Parkhouse
July 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
simonbowland.bsky.social
I'm lettering this... and it's an AMAZING project. Ibrahim's work is better than ever, which is a high bar, and Brad's colours are just perfect.
ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · Jul 23
🚨ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨

VERY excited to share w/ you all the title & synopsis of my next OGN coming from Humanoids:

HALFBLOOD
Story/art by me, colors by @20eyesbrad.bsky.social

Launching soon via kickstarter-- click the link below to be notified when it goes live!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...
“Do you believe in fate?” asks Senjuro, The Black Demon, to all those who cross his path. Victim or guide. A masterless, mixed-race samurai, Senjuro skulks through the shadows of an evolving feudal Japan, seeking to serve...but the age of the Samurai flickers on the winds of modernization, and any work to be had is less than honorable. That is until Claire, a wealthy British explorer and anthropologist, swings through the tavern doors seeking aid from the man whose reputation precedes him; the one they call The Black Demon. Her family has just been monstrously slain and exsanguinated, and signs point to perpetrators beyond human. Along with Claire and her Sikh companion Jangveer, Senjuro the Black Demon must face hell on earth to deliver their reckoning, and in the process, find the honor he so desperately seeks. From the singular mind of Ibrahim Moustafa, who turned time inside out in RETROACTIVE, reimagined The Count of Monte Cristo as a sci-fi epic in COUNT, and put the Western back in Space Western with CYN, comes a thriller that combines worlds have been long-destined to meet, but will collide for the first time within these pages. Accompanied by an image of our samurai, Claire, and Jangveer in Sikh armor standing at a portcullis with fang-like spikes, dripping with blood.
July 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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2000ad.bsky.social
2000 AD Prog 2442 is out on 23rd July - featuring JUDGE DREDD: TUNNELS, Part Four by:
📝 Script: @robwilliams71.bsky.social
✏️ Art: RM Guera
🎨 Colours: Giulia Brusco
💬 Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social

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July 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM