BACK ISSUE #162 is an all-MAD issue, but the
Prince Street News is another off-topic episode, as it's a look at the nigh-dead art of hand-lettering in comic books! One of the (many) aspects of modern comics that kinda leaves me cold is the fact that almost all lettering is now digital, leaving actual calligraphy primarily left to indie cartoonists and old farts like myself. I get that digital lettering is cleaner and easier, but it lacks the spontaneity and fluidity of putting pen to paper. Some of my favorite comic book artists ever also did their own lettering, adding to their distinctiveness. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
As I post this strip, I'm currently working on the sequel strip, as teased at the bottom of the final panel (which almost had a different balloon, which I swapped at the last minute... by hand!)
