December 26th, 2007
Enter Tabby-Cat!
Happy Holidays everyone! I’m visiting the family in Georgia, but I’ll be back at Trippe H.Q. in a few days.
Speaking of which, by Nashville pal Jason Horn has a new webcomic hosted here at TenCentTicker, called Ninjasaur! It’s about a ninja that’s a dinosaur…or a dinosaur that’s a ninja…one of those. Actually, I think it’s just about AWESOME. Go check it out!
December 27th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Mr. Trippe,
I think your art is really great (Butterfly is great) and I really enjoy reading your blog, too.
I did want to make one critique about the above strip:
It looks like you are using a pre-made comic book font for the lettering.
There’s nothing wrong with that, except that the letter “N” in this font is pretty terrible. It’s slanted in a way that when placed next to a straight letter like “i”, it ends up making the letters merge into a “w” - and that makes the strip hard to read.
I know it’s a pretty picky comment, but I’m kind of a font fanatic so I just had to say something.
Anyway, keep up the great work!
Chris M.
January 1st, 2008 at 2:14 pm
i laughed out loud looking at this yesterday. The book title was great, but the fact that he’s talking in a thought bubble…instant classic
February 8th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Hey Chris, I appreciate your concern, and your crit about the ‘n’ might be legit, but I adore this font and have never had any trouble reading it.
My pal (and French comics superstar) Bannister created it, and I think he and I are the only people using it in the world. I get constant requests to give it out, but since it’s not mine to hand out, I always say no. The only reason I’d change is if Bannister updates it himself.