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Nate Piekos of Blambot

@blambot.bsky.social

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20+ years lettering for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image. Eisner nominee. Award-winning design & typography. Author of The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · Mar 18

Do you have the most comprehensive guide to modern comic lettering ever written? It's just $13.34 on Amazon, and it's still got 4.8 stars! 256 pages, full color! Written by Nate Piekos, Introduction by Tom Orzechowski, and published by Image!

AMAZON: buff.ly/3SJCQjy

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 21h

I lost my friend Chris yesterday. A talented writer, editor, and all-around great person. We knew it was coming, but...fuck.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 1d

We have ONE new comic beginning this week with issue #1!

Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks Series 1: https://bit.ly/47rg87a

By @gregpak.net, Wilton Santos, Edvan Alves, Raúl Angulo, @blambot.bsky.social. With Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast. Cover shown is from @margueritesauvage.bsky.social

Base cover of Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks Series 1 issue #1, with illustration from Marguerite Sauvage

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 1d

Wish I could afford one!

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 1d

FInal project photos pt 2

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 1d

Final project photos of my Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster build--1966 Faded Sherwood Green roasted alder body, 1960 neck, Fralin Hot Vintage pickups. Note the single gold bridge saddle...like a gold tooth! Special thanks to the guys at Noll for helping me with final assembly!

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure! Just seeing what develops.

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 1d

So, yeah, I finally made the decision to start recording the first new music I've written in about 20 years. Getting the supplies together, and slowly figuring out how all this stuff works. Last time I did this, I had a full band and we were recording to tape!

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 1d

Update on Project Pixel Panels: Almost done creating the regular version. I think this is going to be your next indie font selection.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 1d

Running on almost no sleep after a night of terrible allergies and a cat dancing on my chest at 1:30am. Dragging ass today. I have some heavy metal cranking, and I WILL deliver. Oh yes, I will deliver like I'm riding a burning meteor straight into your muggafugga brainpan.

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty happy with this 8-bit ampersand.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 2d

Out for a wet walk with my Umbrella Academy umbrella. First official Nor’ Easter of the year in New England.

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 4d

Bonus Ace: a minute of happy purring belly rubs. (Ace’s purr motor isn’t very loud.) Volume up. #ASMR

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 4d

Ace in your face Friday

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 4d

Just realized I'm going to be 50 next month. What the hell happened? I was just sitting on the living room floor watching Transformers and sorting my Garbage Pail Kids cards.

(No, not as an adult.)

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 4d

"Crop that shit!" (My work here is done.)

Aspen @aspentangle.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly I never even thought about it but bc I use your book now as reference im always thinkin about cropping shit against borders now

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 4d

Personal pet peeve: letterers who float every balloon on a page. In the age of digital lettering when it's increasingly difficult to make lettering look properly married to art, cropping some balloons against panel borders not only helps, but also saves space and covers less art. Sigh.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 4d

Whoever took my spare Intuous stylus, please return it, no questions asked. It's on a specific diet, and it needs special medication.

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 4d

Conan! What is best in life?

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Conan The Barbarian: What is best in life...?

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 5d

Yes indeed.

Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 6d

Lovely day. Overnight emails answered, and I'm scheduling priorities for the day. First up, I'm lettering a Skottie Young variant cover. After that, some corrections on an issue of American Caper, and lettering an unannouced Dark Horse project. Listening to Prophets of Rage in the studio. \m/ \m/

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 6d

Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins 2 comes to its conclusion this week with issue #4! Details: https://bit.ly/4ghEmTK

By Derek Fridolfs, @vinartwork.bsky.social, @blambot.bsky.social. With covers from Diego Galindo, @kylelambertartist.bsky.social

Base cover of Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins 2 issue #4, illustrated by Diego Galindo

Variant cover of Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins 2 issue #4, illustrated by Kyle Lambert

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 6d

Lovely day. Full speed ahead. I've already done correx on two issues, designed a logo, and now I'm lettering some pages of an unannounced project...later I'll be back working on Project PixelPanel. Listening to The Black Crowes in the studio. (The new album--Happiness Bastards--is REALLY good.)

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Graphic Policy @graphicpolicy.com · 8d

American Caper #1 Delivers an Extreme and Absurd Look at Today's America. Catch our early review! #comics #comicbooks @darkhorse.com @absurdventures.com @davidlapham.bsky.social @chrisacomics.bsky.social @blambot.bsky.social

Early Review: American Caper #1 Delivers an Extreme and Absurd Look at Today’s America

American Caper #1 delivers a debut that offends everyone with a take on the state of the country that takes everything to 11.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 8d

Lovely day. Lettering two projects today that are unannounced, so I can't really elaborate. Listening to Megadeth in the studio.

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