Lettering

More samples of my lettering can be found in my Comics gallery.

Traditional Comic Lettering

Lettering designed for traditional printed comic pages with balloons, sound effects, etc. all created and arranged by me.

Hornets #1: The Sting

February 2023

Writer: Jordan Sam Adams

Artist/Sound Effects: Ben Edwards

Only a few pages are reproduced here.

The full comic is available for purchase here.

Proton #1

July 2018

Proton #2

July 2021

Writer & Artist: Jerry Ordway

Only a few pages are reproduced here.

The full comics are available for purchase here.

A Crossing Of Hearts

May 2019

Writer: Edward Charles

Artist: Hanna Schroy

Cover Artist/Logo: Kathleen Yanasak

Only a few pages are reproduced here.

The full comic can be read at EdwardComics.com.

Broken Controller

July 2018

Writer: Edward Charles

Artist: Olivia Stephens

Only a few pages are reproduced here. The full comic can be read at EdwardComics.com.

CONTENT WARNINGS: mention of male-on-male sexual assault via mind control in the full comic (that segment is not included here)

Webtoon Lettering

Tapas Entertainment

Links to a selection of webtoon series I lettered for Tapas.io . These are English translations of foreign comics, so balloons and other text elements are created and arranged by the original artist, and the sound effects are meant to mimic the style of the original. The pages are designed for viewing on mobile devices.

Wistful Summer

2019-2020

LGBT+ Romance/Drama

Henry’s complicated feelings for his first love Sam intensify when Sam divorces his wife…and when a younger man starts to crush on Henry.

CONTENT WARNINGS: none that I recall, little or no homophobia

Yeongji’s Diary

2019-2020

Heterosexual Romance/Slice Of Life

Cute, funny, sometimes heartwrenching journal comics about the artist’s relationship with her boyfriend and with love in general.

CONTENT WARNINGS: discussion of emotionally abusive relationships and mental health

Empress Of Another World

2020-2021

Heterosexual Romance/Courtly Drama

A Korean woman falls into a Medieval empire’s inner court and all its intrigues and backstabbing. It’s a fight to survive even with the Emperor on her side!

CONTENT WARNINGS: male-on-female sexual assault, violence

Soulmate

2020-2021

LGBT+ Romance/Romantic Comedy

Qi’s adult self body-swaps across time with her teen self. One Qi is in the past trying to change her girlfriend’s fate, and the other’s in the future with a girlfriend she’s never met!

CONTENT WARNINGS: fatal illness, homophobia/discrimination

Our Little Empress

(Chapters 1-36)

2021-2022

Fantasy

A little girl is plucked from an orphanage and told she has the power to save the world, but all she really wants is to be loved.

CONTENT WARNINGS: scenes of war and devastation, discussion of mental health

Concubine Walkthrough

2021-2023

Courtly Drama/Sci-Fi

A novice gamer must beat a historical fantasy VR game or remain trapped inside—as its villain! But how did this happen… and is anyone else in here with her…?

CONTENT WARNINGS: mentions of attempted suicide

The Constellation Of Us

(Chapters 0-90)

2021-2023

LGBT+ Romance/Drama

A bittersweet story about ambiguous feelings, social expectations, and misunderstandings between two teen boys navigating their senior year of high school, and beyond…

CONTENT WARNINGS: alcoholism, bullying, abusive parents, homophobia/discrimination, male-on-male sexual assault

Manga Cleanup

Sougou Tovarisch

(Cleanup & Lettering)

January 2018

A sample of my digital cleanup and lettering work, using a scanned page from the manga 総合タワーリシチ. Done unofficially, without compensation, purely for the sake of creating a sample. The original volume is available for purchase via Amazon U.S. and other retailers.

The text was translated (unofficially and without compensation) by Gulf Standard.

Originally published by KR Comics as part of their Tsubomi series. Content copyright あらた伊里 2012.