I've always liked the look of hand drawn word balloons. I'd hand letter as well if time allowed. Before digital lettering, I used to hand letter the Flash Gordon comic strip. Wrote, drew and colored it as well - a one person operation!
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Here's how to ink panel borders and word balloons WITHOUT smearing ink...
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Just to give you an idea of the kind of robe NOT to wear while inking...

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A list of local comic book shops - provided by the Minnesota Comic Book Association.
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Same! If interested, here's a free Patreon post I did spotlighting Herb Trimpe and his work on Godzilla.
www.patreon.com/posts/127333...

Good eye! It takes inspiration from Herb Trimpe BIG time. The behind the scene link I posted talks all about it. Notice the name on the bag in the last panel of that Sunday strip

And Kudos to @fmarciuliano.bsky.social for throwing Kaiju monsters into a nice family strip featuring a working mother. One of the selling points when it premiered in the 1980s - working mother that is, not Kaiju monsters.

Logging under "Why we can't have nice things." 😕

Remmick.
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