i have just seen on twitter via down the tubes that the entire saga of Nipper Lawrence has been collected in Croatia in 6 lovely looking hardback books. 2000ad/Rebellion you need to get on this for us as i've always liked nipper since i read it in Tiger then Roy of the rovers reprints.
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Nipper collected
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Has someone had to re letter every word balloon?
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Totally agree Nipper is a great strip, the early ones with Tully and Solano are particularly special.
Let's be having them Rebellion
Let's be having them Rebellion
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That's usually the case. Same applies to our UK editions of Asterix, Tintin, and Nemi. It wouldn't take too long these days using computer fonts.stevezodiac wrote:Has someone had to re letter every word balloon?
I'll add my vote for a Rebellion Nipper collection of the early material too!
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I always wondered why I preferred fleetway picture libraries to Commando and then, many years later, realised it was because they were hand lettered. Hand lettering gives a warmth to the strips.
I remember in my youth having a trial as a letterer for Fleetway. They said they'd call me but never did.
I remember in my youth having a trial as a letterer for Fleetway. They said they'd call me but never did.
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Agreed. I hand letter my strips for The Dandy Annual and Doctor Who Magazine, directly onto the artwork.stevezodiac wrote:I always wondered why I preferred fleetway picture libraries to Commando and then, many years later, realised it was because they were hand lettered. Hand lettering gives a warmth to the strips.
I remember in my youth having a trial as a letterer for Fleetway. They said they'd call me but never did.
Plus although my strips for Toxic, Beano, and Epic are lettered with fonts by the staff I still letter the sound effects. Always enjoyed doing those.
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Yes a lot of my doodles used to be sound effects.