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Lucas Gattoni 🏳️‍🌈🇦🇷 Lettering Bear!
@letteringbear.bsky.social
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Ringo Nominated Comic Book Letterer | Somna (Eisner winner) + DC Pride + Young Men in Love (GLAAD Award winners) + Killer Queens + Alan Scott: GL (Eisner nom) + Harley Quinn + Absolute Green Lantern + Blue Beetle + Superboy + indie books 🏳️‍🌈 He/him.
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Lucas Gattoni 🏳️‍🌈🇦🇷 Lettering Bear! @letteringbear.bsky.social · Sep 9
I'm almost recovered from my wrist injury and looking to fill some spots in my upcoming schedule!

If you have a series, mini or OGN in the upcoming weeks you think I'd be a good fit for, check my (recently updated!) portfolio and drop me a line :)

Here are some samples + links in next post
letteringbear.bsky.social
This!👇
blambot.bsky.social Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 10h
Comics writers and artists — please request your favorite colorists and letterers when working on a new project with a publisher. Can’t hurt to ask. (And if you don’t really care who letters/colors your work…that’s disappointing on a lot of levels.)
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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airy.bsky.social
If you saw the sandstorm scene in Lazarus: Fallen #6 and are not sure how I created the balloon effects, I wrote out a tutorial for @rogue151.bsky.social in the thread below. Don't click if you don't want to know how I pull a rabbit out of a hat -- it's not that exciting once you see the technique.
rogue151.bsky.social Molly @rogue151.bsky.social · 17h
Random comics thing that makes me happy: I’m rereading last week’s Lazarus and I love what I’m guessing @airy.bsky.social did with the speech bubbles here. It conveys in such a fun what the characters trying to talk and it getting jumbled in a sandstorm.
A few out of context panels from Lazarus Fallen #6. Forever and Sonja are doing a bad job communicating during a sandstorm. The speech bubbles have works blocked out with what looks like “sand” going through the words.
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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comicsbodega.com
Witness a Grassroots, Blue-Collar Rebellion in @madcavestudios.com's WAR WOLF #2 by @thesteveorlando.bsky.social, Marco Perugini, Pascal Tora & @letteringbear.bsky.social ~ cover by @davidtalaski.bsky.social #NCBD #WarWolf #MadCaveStudios #DescendIntoMadness

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Witness a Grassroots, Blue-Collar Rebellion in WAR WOLF #2
The Oorts have landed on our shores, with weapons that can split anything they touch like a hot knife through butter.
comicsbodega.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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airy.bsky.social
Incredibly helpful flowchart to use in so many aspects of work and life.
priver.dev Emil Privér @priver.dev · Oct 1
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
November 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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comicuno.bsky.social
A Preview of Malloch #1
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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rogue151.bsky.social
Random comics thing that makes me happy: I’m rereading last week’s Lazarus and I love what I’m guessing @airy.bsky.social did with the speech bubbles here. It conveys in such a fun what the characters trying to talk and it getting jumbled in a sandstorm.
A few out of context panels from Lazarus Fallen #6. Forever and Sonja are doing a bad job communicating during a sandstorm. The speech bubbles have works blocked out with what looks like “sand” going through the words.
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
letteringbear.bsky.social
I am thankful these are the folders for some of the current projects I'm lettering 🙏😊
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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johnlees.bsky.social
The final issue of ORLA! has gone to print, meaning active production from me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social & @letteringbear.bsky.social is now complete. It’s a bittersweet feeling, but I’m so proud of the work we’ve done, and can’t wait for you to see how the story ends.
Orla Bard, looking radiant, but also sad and crying.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving from Team Orla! I’m thankful for @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, @letteringbear.bsky.social, all the team at @madcavestudios.com and everyone who has read and supported our comic.
The Ick peers out a window to look at a fireworks display outside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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altruistcomics.bsky.social
FROST BITTEN - a 48 page supernatural horror one-shot is coming to Kickstarter.

Featuring a story by @xtop.bsky.social & @randystone.bsky.social, art by Henry Ponciano, and letters by @letteringbear.bsky.social

Be first in line by following the project at www.kickstarter.com/projects/alt...
Frost Bitten logo over the upper part of a man’s face, mouth and chin covered in blood A man walks through the snow, blood dripping off his hand and trailing behind him. The man reaches the edge of a town in Northern Canada, overlooking the snow covered buildings.
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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altruistcomics.bsky.social
Coverage of Bullet Adventures Volume 1: Greatest of All Time:

www.firstcomicsnews.com/altruist-com...
Bullet and Lainie surrounded by villains past and present.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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jordanalsaqa.bsky.social
FOC for the first volume of Bullet Adventures is Dec 1!

If you haven't wanted to keep up with singles or Kickstarters, I get it. Now, you can ask your comic shop for the easiest way to read our first arc in its entirety! 120 pages of speedster action and humor!
altruistcomics.bsky.social Altruist Comics @altruistcomics.bsky.social · 4d
Coverage of Bullet Adventures Volume 1: Greatest of All Time:

www.firstcomicsnews.com/altruist-com...
Bullet and Lainie surrounded by villains past and present.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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letteringbear.bsky.social
I am thankful for all the amazing indie project I've had the chance to letter. Like Young Men in Love v1, winner of a GLAAD Media Award in 2022. Here's four stacks from some of the lovely short stories it carries.
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
ORLA! #4, from me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, @letteringbear.bsky.social & @madcavestudios.com, is out NOW! If you pick up a copy today, let us know what comic shop you got it from, and please do share your thoughts.
Orla! #4 cover by Sally Cantirino and Dearbhla Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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mmatelonek.bsky.social
ORLA! #4 @madcavestudios.com @johnlees.bsky.social
@sallycantirino.bsky.social @dearbhlala.bsky.social
@robutoid.bsky.social @letteringbear.bsky.social @jerderferster.bsky.social is out & revealing some emotions! A cool #comic series to check out
-A fan animation I made based on the cv/interior
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
letteringbear.bsky.social
Watching the @bbdragula.bsky.social Titans s02e08 when a wild @thesteveorlando.bsky.social appears! Kudos my man, I screamed at the TV in full DiCaprio meme mode 😊
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing
ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing
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November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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@timsheridan.bsky.social 👆
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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johnlees.bsky.social
ORLA! #4 gets featured in this week’s @comicsbeat.bsky.social Top Comics to Buy, with our penultimate chapter called “comics making of the highest order.” Thanks so much for including us in such good company!

www.comicsbeat.com/top-comics-t...
Top Comics to Buy for November 26, 2025: Grateful for these books
This week's top comics to buy for November 26 features a range of books, including Absolute Batman, Orla!, and much more!
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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losthiskeysman.bsky.social
So with Apes coming out in February, and Aquaman Yo Ho wrapping up around then I'd love to do some interviews and podcasts to support the books.

Please reach out if you're looking for guests!
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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capesandtights.com
Malloch the Damned by David M. Booher and Winston Gambro is something truly special. Together, they've created a comic that doesn't just ask to be read, it demands to be experienced. Back now on @kickstarter.com!

@davidbooher.bsky.social @winstongambro.bsky.social @philfalcowrites.bsky.social
Malloch the Damned #1: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Queer Demon Banished
Malloch the Damned by David M. Booher and Winston Gambro have created a comic that doesn't just ask to be read, it demands to be experienced.
capesandtights.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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blambot.bsky.social
Blambot's Cyber Week sale is coming! Are you ready for the biggest sale of the year? From December 1st to 8th, 2025, save 25% off your orders! Stay tuned!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
I’d just like to take a moment to declare that @letteringbear.bsky.social is a wizard of visual storytelling. His intuitive, immersive approach to the letters makes me feel like I’m reading my own story for the first time.



Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.
Orla, looking radiant, reaches out to an off-panel Gwyn, saying, "You're shaking! Are you...? Gwyn? You know I'd never hurt YOU, right? I haven't all this time. I stopped myself. I mean..." The lettering divides across two panels, underlining the rift between the two.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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letteringbear.bsky.social
In honor of having just finished the last issue of Orla!, here's the lettering stack of #1!

And remember, #4 is out this week! From the minds of @johnlees.bsky.social @sallycantirino.bsky.social @dearbhlala.bsky.social & myself, edited by Jon Moisan, published by @madcavestudios.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
I've just updated my online shop to reflect the stock I cleared at Thought Bubble. I now only have a couple each of Orla! #2 and #3 left in my inventory, so if you'd like signed copies from me, get your orders in now before they're gone!

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Orla! #1-#3 (including both variants of issue #1) laid out in a row.
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
ORLA! #4, from me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, @letteringbear.bsky.social & @madcavestudios.com, is out this week! If you don’t mind SPOILERS for last issue’s shock cliffhanger ending, here’s a preview of the opening pages…
Gwyn Shalloway, dressed in a nurse Halloween costume with a white dress, red boots and fishnets, stands frozen in terror at the doorway of a bedroom filled with gore and body parts, compulsively scratching at his thigh to the point that he's breaking the skin. Inside the room, The Ick transforms from monster back into her human form of Orla Bard. Orla panics, trying to explain that the man she killed was a danger to her. Gwyn snaps out of his trance to say they're going to need to lock the room door, and he'll need dead Doug's jacket. Quisch's agent enters the party, looking for Orla, unaware that she is passing Gwyn, in disguise wearing Doug's coat and cowboy hat and boots. Gwyn goes outside, moves a bin across to under the bedroom window, then climbs up the trellis back to the bedroom window, where he's dragged inside, saying "Fuck Fuck Fuck" the whole way. Gwyn takes off his Doug disguise, then rolls Doug's remains up in the bloodied carpet, remarking it's like a "gory burrito." Orla then helps him carry the carpet over to the window. Gwyn dramatically shouts "GET IN THE TRASH!" as he tosses the carpet out of the window. But it misses the bin, hitting the edge with a "BONK!" then falling onto the ground nearby. Orla and Gwyn frantically clean the bedroom of bloodstains. Quisch's agent reaches the bedroom, but only finds Gwyn there lounging in a seemingly clean room. Orla is in the shower, the blood from her body rinsing off into the drain.
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM