COMICS CREATION

A Chris Ware Page Examined

A FABLES Page from Pencils to Print

Abe Kanegson – Will Eisner Letterer

Al Feldstein – EC Comics Logo Designer

A Stanley Kaye Superman Painting Mystery Part 1  Part 2  More about Kaye

Artie Simek (and Sol Brodsky) at Marvel Comics Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Basil Wolverton and Harvey Kurtzman – Letterers

Ben Oda – Prolific Letterer

Carl (and Garé) Barks – Letterers

Carla Speed McNeil’s Lettering Process

Charles Biro – Letterer

Charles F. Armstrong — Hal Foster’s Letterer

Charles Schulz – Letterer

Coloring Comics, Old School Part 1  Part 2

Comic Sans Font Examined

Comic Sans Reactions

Danny Crespi – Letterer

The Danny Crespi Files Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  Part 5  Part 6  Part 7  Part 8  Part 9  Part 10  Part 11  Part 12   Part 13   Part 14   Part 15   Part 16   Part 17   Part 18    Part 19    Part 20 (final)

The DC Comics Offices, 1930s – 1950s Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  Part 5  More on Zena Brody,  Bernard and George Kashdan

DC Comics’ 1945 Christmas Party Photo     Update

DC Staff in 1957 photo

DC Comics’ Production Dept. 1979 Part 1 Part 2

DC Comics 1982 Staff Photo

The DC Comics Offices 1982-1991 Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  Part 5   Part 6

A 1984 Promotional Video from the DC Offices

Designing with Kevin O’Neill

Drawing and Inking Like Will Eisner

Early Batman Letterers

Ed Hamilton – Letterer Part 1 Part 2

Four George Kleins

Frank Engli – Milton Caniff’s Letterer

Frank Shuster, Superman Letterer Part 1 Part 2

Gaspar Saladino 1927-2016

Gaspar Saladino’s Comics Career by the Numbers, a summary of all the posts about him.

Gaspar Saladino’s Newspaper Strip Lettering Two more unpublished ones

Gaspar Saladino Cover Lettering Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Gaspar Saladino’s First Lettering for DC Comics Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Gaspar Confirms

Gaspar Saladino at NYCC in 2014

Gaspar Saladino, DC Comics Fashion Artist

Gaspar Saladino – Letterer

Gaspar Saladino at DC: ACTION COMICS ADVENTURE COMICS ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE ADVENTURES OF JERRY LEWIS ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN ALL-AMERICAN MEN OF WAR ALL-AMERICAN WESTERN ALL DC TABLOID COMICS ALL-OUT WAR ALL-STAR COMICS ALL-STAR SQUADRON & AMERICA VS. THE JUSTICE SOCIETY ALL-STAR WESTERN AMBUSH BUG AMETHYST ANGEL & THE APE and ANTHRO AQUAMAN ARAK THE ATOM OTHER A TITLES BAT LASH BATMAN OTHER BATMAN TITLES BEST OF DC BEWARE THE CREEPER and BOOSTER GOLD BLACK CONDOR and BLACK LIGHTNING BLACKHAWK BLUE BEETLE and BLUE DEVIL BOMBA and BOOK OF FATE THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD OTHER B TITLES CAPTAIN ACTION and CAPTAIN ATOM CAPTAIN CARROT CAPT. STORM CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN CHECKMATE CLAW and COPS OTHER C TITLES DANGER TRAIL DARING NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL DATE WITH DEBBI & DEBBI’S DATES DC COMICS PRESENTS DC SPECIAL DC SPECIAL BLUE RIBBON DIGEST DC SPECIAL SERIES THE DEMON DETECTIVE COMICS DOOM PATROL OTHER D TITLES ECLIPSO OTHER E TITLES FALLING IN LOVE FIRESTORM THE FLASH (1959) THE FLASH (1987) THE FOREVER PEOPLE FROM BEYOND THE UNKNOWN OTHER F TITLES GHOSTS G.I. COMBAT GIRLS’ LOVE STORIES GIRLS’ ROMANCES GREEN LANTERN OTHER G TITLES THE HAWK AND THE DOVE HAWKMAN HEART THROBS HELLBLAZER HOPALONG CASSIDY HOUSE OF MYSTERY HOUSE OF SECRETS OTHER H TITLES INFERIOR FIVE INFINITY INC. OTHER I TITLES JIMMY OLSEN JIMMY WAKELY JONAH HEX JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA OTHER JUSTICE LEAGUE TITLES OTHER J TITLES KAMANDI OTHER K TITLES LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (1980) LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (1984) OTHER LEGION TITLES L.E.G.I.O.N. LOIS LANE OTHER L TITLES MAD MANHUNTER & MEN OF WAR METAL MEN MISTER MIRACLE MYSTERY IN SPACE OTHER M TITLES NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY NEW GODS NEW TEEN TITANS (1980) NEW TEEN TITANS (1984) OTHER N TITLES OMAC OMEGA MEN OUR ARMY AT WAR OUR FIGHTING FORCES OTHER O TITLES PHANTOM STRANGER OTHER P TITLES THE QUESTION R.E.B.E.L.S. REX THE WONDER DOG ROBIN HOOD TALES ROMANCE TRAIL OTHER R TITLES SANDMAN and SHADOW SEA DEVILS SECRET HEARTS SECRET ORIGINS SECRET SIX and SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS SECRETS OF HAUNTED HOUSE SENSATION COMICS SGT. ROCK SHAZAM! SHOWCASE SHADE, STARFIRE and STARMAN SILVERBLADE and SKIN GRAFT THE SPECTRE STAR-SPANGLED, STANLEY, STALKER and STEEL STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES STAR TREK STRANGE ADVENTURES SUGAR AND SPIKE SUICIDE SQUAD SUPERBOY SUPER DC GIANT SUPER FRIENDS SUPERGIRL SUPERMAN (1939) SUPERMAN (1987) SUPERMAN FAMILY OTHER SUPER TITLES SWAMP THING SWING WITH SCOOTER OTHER S TITLES TALES OF THE (NEW) TEEN TITANS TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED TARZAN (DC) TEEN TITANS TOMAHAWK OTHER T TITLES UNKNOWN SOLDIER VIGILANTE OTHER U AND V TITLES WANTED WARLORD WEIRD WAR TALES WEIRD WESTERN WEIRD WORLDS WESTERN COMICS WITCHING HOUR WONDER WOMAN (1942) WONDER WOMAN (1987) WORLD’S FINEST OTHER W TITLES YOUNG ALL-STARS YOUNG LOVE YOUNG ROMANCE ZATANNA & ZERO HOUR

Gaspar Saladino’s Comics Ads: 1952-1967 Jan-June 1968 July-Dec 1968 Jan-April 1969 May-July 1969 Aug-Dec 1969 Jan-May 1970 June-Dec 1970 1971-1972 1973-1974 1975-1976 1977 1978 1979 Jan-May 1980 June-Dec 1980 1981-1988

Gaspar Saladino at Marvel: 1967-1968 AMAZING ADVENTURES AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ASTONISHING TALES AVENGERS Part 1 Part 2 BLOOD: A TALE CAPTAIN AMERICA Part 1 Part 2 CAPTAIN MARVEL CHAMPIONS CHAMBER CREATURES AND CRYPT CLIVE BARKER’S HELLRAISER CONAN DAREDEVIL Part 1 Part 2 DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG-FU DEFENDERS DR. STRANGE & DEAD OF NIGHT DRACULA LIVES ECTOKID OTHER A TO E FANTASTIC FOUR Part 1 Part 2 FEAR & FRANKENSTEIN GHOST RIDER GIANT-SIZE GODZILLA HERO, HAUNT & HOWARD HUMAN TORCH & HUMAN FLY INCREDIBLE HULK Part 1 Part 2 INVADERS IRON FIST & INHUMANS IRON MAN Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 JOHN CARTER WARLORD OF MARS JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY & JUNGLE ACTION KA-ZAR KULL LIGHT & DARKNESS WAR & MOEBIUS OTHER F TO L MAN-THING MARVEL PREMIERE Part 1 Part 2 MARVEL CHILLERS & TALES MARVEL SPOTLIGHT MARVEL TEAM-UP Part 1 Part 2 MARVEL TREASURY EDITION MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE Part 1 Part 2 OTHER “MARVEL…” MASTER OF KUNG-FU MGM’S WIZARD OF OZ MS. MARVEL OTHER M TITLES NOVA POWER MAN OTHER N TO R SAVAGE & SKULL SGT. FURY SIX FROM SIRIUS SPIDER-MAN SPIDER-WOMAN & SPIDEY SUPER STORIES STRANGE TALES SUB-MARINER SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP SWORDS OF THE SWASHBUCKLERS OTHER S TITLES THOR Part 1 Part 2 TOMB OF DRACULA Part 1 Part 2 VAULT OF EVIL & WEIRD WONDER TALES OTHER T TO V WEREWOLF BY NIGHT WHAT IF? X-MEN OTHER W TO Z

Gaspar Saladino at Other Publishers: 1950s APPLE ARIA ATLAS/SEABOARD Part 1 Part 2 AURORA CONTINUITY DARK HORSE DISNEY HARVEY KING FEATURES NATIONAL LAMPOON NAL STAR*REACH TOWER TRIAD WALLY WOOD WARREN WESTERN PUBLISHING Part 1 Part 2

Gus Arriola’s Gordo Lettering

H.G. Peter (co-creator of Wonder Woman) photos

House of Secrets #92: How the Cover was Made

Howard Ferguson, Letterer

Howard Ferguson – Simon & Kirby Letterer Part 1 Part 2

Ira Schnapp and the DC-Columbia Movie Serials

Ira Schnapp and the Farley Post Office

Ira Schnapp and Pep Cereal

Ira Schnapp, His Life, Work and Family Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  Part 5  Part 6

Ira Schnapp in High School

Ira Schnapp – Letterer

Ira Schnapp’s “The Art of the Ages”

Ira Schnapp and the Early DC Logos

Ira Schnapp at DC:  ACTION COMICS Part 1  Part 2   A DATE WITH JUDY  ADVENTURE COMICS Part 1  Part 2   ALAN LADD   ALL-AMERICAN MEN OF WAR   ALL-AMERICAN COMICS  ALL-AMERICAN WESTERN  ALL FUNNY COMICS     ALL-STAR COMICS   ALL-STAR WESTERN   ANIMAL ANTICS   AQUAMAN THE ATOM BATMAN Part 1   Part 2    Part 3   BIG TOWN BLACKHAWK   BOB HOPE   BOMBA  BOY COMMANDOS  BRAVE AND BOLD   BUZZY  CAPT. STORM CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN CHARLIE CHAN  COMIC CAVALCADE  CONGO BILL   DALE EVANS COMICS   DANGER TRAIL DANIEL BOONE DC ANNUALS   DEAN MARTIN & JERRY LEWIS  DETECTIVE COMICS Part 1  Part 2  DOBIE GILLIS DODO & THE FROG  DOOM PATROL FALLING IN LOVE FEATURE FILMS THE FLASH  FLIPPITY & FLOP  FOX AND CROW  FRONTIER FIGHTERS  FUNNY FOLKS   FUNNY STUFF    GANG BUSTERS   G.I. COMBAT  GIRLS’ LOVE STORIES  GIRLS’ ROMANCES GREEN LANTERN  HARVEY HAWKMAN HEART THROBS   HOPALONG CASSIDY HOUSE OF MYSTERY   HOUSE OF SECRETS  HOWIE  INFERIOR FIVE JACKIE GLEASON JIMMY OLSEN  JIMMY WAKELY  JUSTICE LEAGUE  LEADING COMICS    LEAVE IT TO BINKY   LOIS LANE   METAL MEN  METAMORPHO MISS BEVERLY HILLS   MISS MELODY LANE   MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY   MORE FUN COMICS    MUTT & JEFF  MY GREATEST ADVENTURE  MYSTERY IN SPACE NUTSY SQUIRREL   OUR ARMY AT WAR OUR FIGHTING FORCES  OZZIE & HARRIET PAT BOONE PETER PANDA PETER PORKCHOPS PHANTOM STRANGER PLASTIC MAN PVT. DOBERMAN RACCOON KIDS  REAL FACT COMICS   REAL SCREEN COMICS   REX THE WONDER DOG RIP HUNTER TIME MASTER ROBIN HOOD   ROMANCE TRAIL  RUDOLPH   SCRIBBLY   SEA DEVILS SECRET HEARTS   SENSATION COMICS  SGT BILKO SHOWCASE THE SPECTRE STAR-SPANGLED COMICS  STAR-SPANGLED WAR STORIES STRANGE ADVENTURES   SUGAR AND SPIKE SUPERBOY  SUPERMAN Part 1   Part 2  SWING WITH SCOOTER   TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED TEEN TITANS THREE MOUSEKETEERS TOMAHAWK   WESTERN COMICS   WONDER WOMAN WORLD’S FINEST COMICS Part 1  Part 2 YOUNG LOVE YOUNG ROMANCE

Ira Schnapp’s DC Ads: 1943-44 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Part 1 Part 2 1960 Part 1 Part 2 1961 Part 1 Part 2 1962 Part 1 Part 2 1963 Part 1 Part 2 1964 Part 1 Part 2 1965 Part 1 Part 2 1966 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 1967 Part 1 Part 2 1968

Ira Schnapp’s Newspaper Strips Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Ira Schnapp’s Comics Career by the Numbers, a summary of all the posts about him.

Jim Aparo – Letterer

John Costanza – Letterer and Artist

John Workman and Todd Klein Part 1  Part 2

Julie Schwartz and SUPERMAN 411

Leroy Lettering by Jim and Margaret Wroten (see also Wizards of Leroy)

Lettering for Lenny Henry

Lettering for Proposals

Lettering Placements

Lettering Prince Valiant

Lettering Terms and Pioneers Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Lettering Tips for Comics Writers

Lettering TOM STRONG

Letter Perfect WIZARD Article 1996

Logo Design for Comics

My Comics Life-List 1977-78    1979    1980   1981  1982

My Work By The Numbers, a Career Summary

Neal Adams on Ira Schnapp

Otto Pirkola – Harvey Comics Logo Designer

Paintings by Ira Schnapp

Paul Lauretta’s Comics Career 1937-40

Pen Lettering for Comics

Preparing Comics Scripts for Lettering

Punctuating Comics: Breath Marks

Punctuating Comics: Dots and Dashes

Punctuation and Emphasis

Ray Alma and the DC Production Dept., 1986

Raymond Perry at DC Comics

Raymond Perry at DC Comics New Info & Photos More

Ray Perry to Larry Nadle Art and Letters Another Perry Portrait

Recent Gaspar Saladino Lettering  and Logo design

Remembering Adrienne Roy

Remembering Dave Hunt

Remembering Murphy Anderson

Revisiting DEATH

Saladino (and Schnapp) Lettering on DONDI

Sam & Joe Rosen – Letterers Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Schnapp, Donenfeld and the Pulps Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Schnapp Vs. Proto-Schnapp – A New Decision

Superman in the Saturday Evening Post, 1941

The Rise of Digital Lettering Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  Part 5  Part 6  Part 7

Toth, Saladino, Schwartz

Visiting DC Comics in the 1960s Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Visiting DC Comics, 2009

Walt Kelly, George Ward, Henry Shikuma and POGO

When I Lettered DC Covers By Hand

When Lettering Became a Profession

Wizards of Leroy (and Wrico) Lettering

Working With Dave Gibbons

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