T/S: Tom Orzechowski vs. Todd Klein (aka the Letterers Thread)

I'll take Orz nine times out of ten.

Anybody remember Denise Wohl? Brief Marvel career in the 1970s, very distinct style. Taller than usual ascenders in her capital letters -- I liked her work a lot.

Ha -- Orz vs. Klein is like the Jeter / A-Rod of letterer conflicts.

I laffed, a little, but now could you expand on that a little?

Well, it's totally bullshit (obv), but I was thinking of Orz as the great-yet-overrated letterer, while Klein was the GOAT-yet-unappreciated letterer.

I'm reading Walt Simonson's Orion and totally crushing on John Workman's, um, work. SKATHAKOOM & all that.

Dave Sim keeps both of these guys in his back pocket. Same pocket!

Great article (w/ loads of samples) abt the undisputed champ of comic bk logo design (and Todd Klein's acknowledged hero):

http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/500/g1thenatural.html

Ken Bruzenak deserves some props for the PAPPAOOMOWWOW!!!! stuff in American Flagg! He does some really neat tricks on that comic.

Ward, that site's down. ;_;

Yeah, Bruzenak on Flagg was great. I like Workman, but he loses major points for that awful "Adventures of Roma" bullcrap he wrote and drew in Dark Horse Presents.

I wonder if it ever grates on Sim that he's won as many awards for his lettering as he ever did for his writing and art. (Note: I haven't gone back to check and see if this is actually true.)

Rock, that link is working for me (on two different computers)

Bob Lapham on JLI!

would you believe Lappan?