Lucas Gattoni is a professional, reliable letterer and trained graphic designer with over 20 years of experience in the industry, working mostly for DC Comics, Dark Horse, IDW, ComiXology Originals, Mad Cave Studios, and many more publishers.
Gattoni started out lettering for the indie market and has been nominated for the Ringo Award Best Letterer, and several projects have won Eisner, Ringo, Gayming and GLAAD Media Awards.
Lucas sat down to chat about his career, philosophy, and approach to lettering.
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From Argentina To Comics: How I Got Started
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How I Start Lettering: Materials, Elevator Pitch, Client Preferences
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How Early Letterers Inspired My Career
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Why Letterers Are The Bass Players Of Comics
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Matching Lettering to Artwork: Color, Sound Effects, and Bespoke Styles
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Lettering Challenges: Placing Text Without Harming the Art
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Why Reviewers’ Mentions Mean So Much
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Adapting Lettering for Tone: Harley Quinn vs Dark Comics
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How Checking Spam Led To My DC Break
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How A ‘Slurp’ Panel Won Me Catwoman
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Why Lettering Shouldn’t Always Be Invisible
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Biggest Misconceptions About Being A Letterer
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The Schlorp!
Follow Lucas’ work monthly in:
- Absolute Catwoman
- Absolute Green Lantern
- Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow’s Hand
- Harley Quinn
- The Doom Patrol
- Chachu
- The Beast of Boriken
Upcoming:
DC Vertigo Imprint Brings The Monsters of Old Hollywood To Life in Hide Nor Hair
Past Shows:
- Episode #343 Chris Kipiniak & J.K. Woodward Return To Behemoth
- Episode #343: Matt Wagner & Kelley Jones And DRACULA: BOOK IV—THE UNDEAD
- Episode 342: The Incursions Of Alex Paknadel
- Episode #341:Pressing Towards The Source Point With The Wormhole Club Tragedy
- Episode #340: Navigating With Jeremy Whitley From Banned Books & More
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