Spotlight on Todd Klein
Mark Evanier interviewed Todd on how he first got into comics, wanted to become a professional and how he got into lettering. Todd spoke about working in DCs production department, learning from John Workman, times when an artist didn’t like his work, letterers that inspired him and why, early 70s lettering and trade dress, the first project he did that he believed he did really well, placing word balloons, sound effects, the difference in how lettering works today digitally and how he does it, the tail of the word balloon and where it should be placed, other letterers like Ira Schnapp, Ben Oda, Artie Simek and Mike Royer, a logo he refused to re-do, what he enjoys about the business, how he had to letter differently because he’s left handed, how the lettering in Sandman was done, working with Alan Moore, and how publishers did lettering differently.
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