What is it like working with Sergio Aragons when you did the inking?
(WWW Board July 2000) Actually, I do the lettering on Sergio’s books. His pencils are usually so loose that no one but Sergio can ink them. But to answer your question, it’s great fun working with the Groop — Sergio, Mark and Tom. (The Comics Journal #192 Interviews, December 1996 FIXME Broken link) I received the Eisner Award for Best Letterer this year, but, for the longest time, I didn’t consider myself a letterer. I was an artist or cartoonist who happened to do lettering. There was a meeting of letterers at one of the San Diego Cons. Todd Klein was there. So was Richard Starking and about ten others, myself included. It was fascinating. I had never been around so many letterers before. We talked about one’s style, influences, and studying other letterers the way inkers talk about style or pencillers talk about influences. To me it was a revelation that letterers see themselves this way too. But then, it really is a craft and, though I letter comparitively few books a year, I real
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