tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post3023787953323928998..comments2024-02-01T04:11:14.704-05:00Comments on Cozy Lummox: The Comics Journal #301Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-17402003484333557222011-03-21T14:43:22.710-05:002011-03-21T14:43:22.710-05:00As a fellow designer (f.e. I do The Frontiersman f...As a fellow designer (f.e. I do The Frontiersman for Broken Frontier - and yes, cover credits have been added to your issue! editorial oversight due to cramping deadlines), I admire the idea of tracing over the fonts to give the computer typeface a hand drawn look. It's those details that no-one notices that make or break a design.<br /><br />Can't wait to see the end result.barthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401980951284910181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-90265576476836739742011-03-21T14:43:05.237-05:002011-03-21T14:43:05.237-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.barthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401980951284910181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-9968456273137010962011-03-16T15:51:42.227-05:002011-03-16T15:51:42.227-05:00Thanks, Jason, Rico! I wouldn't want to build ...Thanks, Jason, Rico! I wouldn't want to build up the interiors too much, though... I think they came out looking nice, but it's not super-flashy or anything. It's mostly oriented toward the content being the star. (As it should be, of course.)Eric Skillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-68142905083649424482011-03-16T09:10:30.366-05:002011-03-16T09:10:30.366-05:00Looks great, Eric. Enjoyed a peak into thought pr...Looks great, Eric. Enjoyed a peak into thought process too--Jason Latourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01016746029230564003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-64067031278865113022011-03-15T11:48:25.132-05:002011-03-15T11:48:25.132-05:00That's a gorgeous job you did sir! I can't...That's a gorgeous job you did sir! I can't wait to see the interior stuff.ricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076867370145510618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-69747034080666338412011-03-15T11:25:42.028-05:002011-03-15T11:25:42.028-05:00Thanks! The new Journal is actually slightly small...Thanks! The new Journal is actually slightly smaller than the old format, but the nature of the reprints is such that I think you'll still be happy with the change--the sketchbooks were all originally Moleskine notebooks, so they're approximately actual size, and the McBoing Boing stuff is of a style that reduces really well.Eric Skillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-31133418184692601652011-03-15T11:21:32.945-05:002011-03-15T11:21:32.945-05:00I'm pretty excited for this, and you did a gre...I'm pretty excited for this, and you did a great job with the cover design, Eric. I was subscribed to TCJ before the format change, so supposedly I'm getting one of these, and it looks like a ton of great content (Crumb, Sacco, Woodring, <i>Cerebus</i>!). I'll be interested to see how you decided to set apart the sketchbooks and comics reprints - did you go with different paper stocks as suggested in your pitch? <br /><br />One problem with the last format of TCJ was that it had all these nice comic strip reprints that were squeezed into a page way too small for them. I haven't checked the proportions of the new book, but I hope it's a bit bigger so those reprints and sketchbooks have some room to stretch out.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.com