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.
BETTER LETTERER batch 3! And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BETTER LETTERER batch 3! And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
Ace in your face Friday
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ace in your face Friday
Blambot's latest Indie font has arrived! PIXEL PANELS BB is a professionally pixelated comic book dialogue font that features Regular and Bold weights with barred-I correction and manga glyphs! Designed to look like vintage low-res game graphics! blambot.com/products/pix...
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Blambot's latest Indie font has arrived! PIXEL PANELS BB is a professionally pixelated comic book dialogue font that features Regular and Bold weights with barred-I correction and manga glyphs! Designed to look like vintage low-res game graphics! blambot.com/products/pix...
More BETTER LETTERER for you.
And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
More BETTER LETTERER for you.
And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
That's a wrap on Project Pixel Panels regular, which means both versions are now done. I need to come up with a permanent name and do some preview graphics before I can release it to you. Not sure how to do pixel art. Never done that before.
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
That's a wrap on Project Pixel Panels regular, which means both versions are now done. I need to come up with a permanent name and do some preview graphics before I can release it to you. Not sure how to do pixel art. Never done that before.
Some BETTER LETTERER for you. And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Some BETTER LETTERER for you. And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
First punch in the face of the day. Note that this SFX has a double offset black path. The thin one separates the letters, the beefier one is dropped behind everything to help differentiate it from a potentially busy background. (Ear Splitting BB font)
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
First punch in the face of the day. Note that this SFX has a double offset black path. The thin one separates the letters, the beefier one is dropped behind everything to help differentiate it from a potentially busy background. (Ear Splitting BB font)
FINAL DAY!! Blambot Halloween Sale! Save 10% at check out with code JACKOLANTERN from Oct. 31st to November 4th 2025! blambot.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
FINAL DAY!! Blambot Halloween Sale! Save 10% at check out with code JACKOLANTERN from Oct. 31st to November 4th 2025! blambot.com
Decided I need to make more time to read for pleasure again. Got myself a nice iced coffee and a cat on my lap. And horror recommendations for me? Mostly a horror guy.
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Decided I need to make more time to read for pleasure again. Got myself a nice iced coffee and a cat on my lap. And horror recommendations for me? Mostly a horror guy.
Blambot Halloween Sale! Save 10% at check out with code JACKOLANTERN from Oct. 31st to November 4th 2025! blambot.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Blambot Halloween Sale! Save 10% at check out with code JACKOLANTERN from Oct. 31st to November 4th 2025! blambot.com
Ace in your face Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ace in your face Halloween
Lovely day and Happy Halloween. Today marks 31 years ago that Concetta and I went on our first date (and yesterday was our 26th wedding anniversary)! I couldn't do it without her.
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Lovely day and Happy Halloween. Today marks 31 years ago that Concetta and I went on our first date (and yesterday was our 26th wedding anniversary)! I couldn't do it without her.
Project Pixel Panels regular has all its glyphs and has been default spaced. Next will be kerning.
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Project Pixel Panels regular has all its glyphs and has been default spaced. Next will be kerning.
Break time. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Break time. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
It's not "real" pixels. It's vector mimicry. You can't code fonts to actually pixelate. Fonts are not raster images.
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's not "real" pixels. It's vector mimicry. You can't code fonts to actually pixelate. Fonts are not raster images.
Project Pixel Panels bold is done! Time to port the regular version over to Fontlab and get cooking on that one.
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Project Pixel Panels bold is done! Time to port the regular version over to Fontlab and get cooking on that one.
...wiring harness, completely original, with the plastic still on it. It could only have come from a sibling of THIS model. What are the odds?! Even the shop sticker on the pickguard confirmed this. So I bought both the guitar and the electronics, and they're both on the way to me!
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
...wiring harness, completely original, with the plastic still on it. It could only have come from a sibling of THIS model. What are the odds?! Even the shop sticker on the pickguard confirmed this. So I bought both the guitar and the electronics, and they're both on the way to me!
...but the original owner gutted the electronics, installing my least favorite pickups, EVER (Noiseless). BLECH. The price was very reasonable, but unless I could rewire it back to original specs, I wasn't 100% interested. Then, totally accidentally, I found someone selling the EXACT...
October 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
...but the original owner gutted the electronics, installing my least favorite pickups, EVER (Noiseless). BLECH. The price was very reasonable, but unless I could rewire it back to original specs, I wasn't 100% interested. Then, totally accidentally, I found someone selling the EXACT...
I'm forever on the hunt for limited edition guitars, particularly when the price is right. A week ago, I spotted a 2023 Dealer Exclusive Fender American Professional II Strat with a 2-color ash body and a roasted maple neck. I called Fender and found out only 300+/- were made...
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm forever on the hunt for limited edition guitars, particularly when the price is right. A week ago, I spotted a 2023 Dealer Exclusive Fender American Professional II Strat with a 2-color ash body and a roasted maple neck. I called Fender and found out only 300+/- were made...
Happy black cat day! Black cats are still the least adopted cats due to persistent superstition, believe it or not. Ace was a year and a half old and had been sitting in a cage for nearly two months when we adopted him.
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Happy black cat day! Black cats are still the least adopted cats due to persistent superstition, believe it or not. Ace was a year and a half old and had been sitting in a cage for nearly two months when we adopted him.
A rainbow over Blambot headquarters! Great way to end the week.
October 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A rainbow over Blambot headquarters! Great way to end the week.
Ace in your face Friday
October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ace in your face Friday
Setting up Class kerning (left window) for Project Pixel Panels bold. This lets me kern one glyph, and link the kerning of any similarly-shaped glyphs. i.e., I kern the default E and the software will kern all other variations the same way instead of me kerning them all separately. Huge time saver!
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Setting up Class kerning (left window) for Project Pixel Panels bold. This lets me kern one glyph, and link the kerning of any similarly-shaped glyphs. i.e., I kern the default E and the software will kern all other variations the same way instead of me kerning them all separately. Huge time saver!
You may have seen the scroll captions boxes I created for the new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: The Fallbacks #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Here's how I made those in Illustrator!
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
You may have seen the scroll captions boxes I created for the new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: The Fallbacks #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Here's how I made those in Illustrator!
Few things frustrate me more than receiving a file from another designer whose work is so needlessly complex that it takes a degree in geometry to make the fucking thing actually usable. I was taught never to do in 10 steps what I could do in 2.
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Few things frustrate me more than receiving a file from another designer whose work is so needlessly complex that it takes a degree in geometry to make the fucking thing actually usable. I was taught never to do in 10 steps what I could do in 2.