tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171457769306554856.post146284856189270492..comments2024-03-26T14:48:19.345+00:00Comments on Lew Stringer Comics: My first IPC strip (Jackpot Annual 1986)Lew Stringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13260048632152445875noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171457769306554856.post-38957192596671143622019-01-06T18:42:08.502+00:002019-01-06T18:42:08.502+00:00It wasn't anything as laborious as Letraset. E...It wasn't anything as laborious as Letraset. Editors I knew called it "machine lettering" and, as I understand it, was typed out with a special kind of typewriter onto a sheet and cut and pasted onto the art. <br /><br />I think it was just done to save costs. IPC had used it on Battle and Action and someone must have thought it'd be good to use it on a humour comic. I thought it looked horrible, personally. D.C. Thomson used a similar method but they chose a better font style, especially on comics such as The Dandy in the 1960s. Lew Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13260048632152445875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171457769306554856.post-80076604769352388232019-01-05T21:09:16.556+00:002019-01-05T21:09:16.556+00:00I think typeset lettering was done as a gimmick to...I think typeset lettering was done as a gimmick to make Jackpot stand out as being different - but I would guess they did it with Letraset transfers, so probably slower than handlettering.Andy Boalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14181293853802413958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171457769306554856.post-40205529338489063312015-03-15T14:47:02.044+00:002015-03-15T14:47:02.044+00:00I used to thumb through Jackpot sometimes but I wa...I used to thumb through Jackpot sometimes but I wasn't buying humour comics at the time. Plus the typeset lettering they used on the strips in that comic put me off. I don't know why they didn't use hand lettering like the other humour comics did at the time. Cost cutting I guess. Not a Jackpot for letterers then. Lew Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13260048632152445875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171457769306554856.post-17976690847548203262015-03-14T13:31:28.184+00:002015-03-14T13:31:28.184+00:00^_^ yeah, for the time that is pretty nice and pro...^_^ yeah, for the time that is pretty nice and prominent.. just no clue why I missed it.. Jackpot wasn't too bad but I found too many of the characters were a lot more 'oh, this is popular, take the basic idea and do a lot of it'.. while this has sometimes lead to a number of good strips for comics, it also leads to a lot which don't have the 'something different' factor.Manic Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848336835961917079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171457769306554856.post-50023945177662341912015-03-14T10:16:19.985+00:002015-03-14T10:16:19.985+00:00Perhaps I should have made my signature more promi...Perhaps I should have made my signature more prominent. (I'm joking. It's already too prominent in panel one.)Lew Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13260048632152445875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171457769306554856.post-685811436358142492015-03-14T10:14:33.572+00:002015-03-14T10:14:33.572+00:00I'm sure we'll meet one day Peter. Bob has...I'm sure we'll meet one day Peter. Bob has retired now but I understand there's an interview with him in a forthcoming book. Lew Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13260048632152445875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171457769306554856.post-54924459669491147932015-03-14T09:47:48.369+00:002015-03-14T09:47:48.369+00:00okay.. you have just annoyed me.. I got that annua...okay.. you have just annoyed me.. I got that annual.. it's next to me right now.. and I DIDN'T notice that strip for some reason.. Like all my annuals, I've read them cover to cover a number of times but for some reason, just didn't pick up on it.. why? no clue..<br /><br />Good strip though.Manic Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848336835961917079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171457769306554856.post-23275688779414557732015-03-14T08:14:06.466+00:002015-03-14T08:14:06.466+00:00Love the background detail to this...love to meet ...Love the background detail to this...love to meet Bob one day and shake his hand ...thank him..and buy him a drink and of course you also...:)Peter Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932925408386855040noreply@blogger.com