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[[File:Simon_Bowland.jpg|thumb]]Simon Bowland is a comics letterer who has worked extensively for ''[[2000 AD]]'' and the ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'', on literally hundreds of stories. Calligraphic conveyer of thrill-power, we salute you!
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[[File:Simon_Bowland.jpg|thumb|<center><small>''From Twitter profile''</small></center>]]Simon Bowland is a comics letterer who has worked extensively for ''[[2000 AD]]'' and the ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'', on literally hundreds of stories. Calligraphic conveyer of thrill-power, we salute you!
   
 
(He has also worked a lot for American companies including Marvel and Dynamite, but we don't talk about them.)
 
(He has also worked a lot for American companies including Marvel and Dynamite, but we don't talk about them.)
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==Thoughts on lettering==
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"Letterers frequently endure: no cover credit, no royalties, no recognition in press, extremely low page rates, unpaid correx... and so on. So, anyone working as a full-time letterer must really love what they do, because they're very much bottom of the food chain." (Source: Twitter.)
 
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 15 February 2016

Simon Bowland

From Twitter profile

Simon Bowland is a comics letterer who has worked extensively for 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, on literally hundreds of stories. Calligraphic conveyer of thrill-power, we salute you!

(He has also worked a lot for American companies including Marvel and Dynamite, but we don't talk about them.)

On Twitter he is @SimonBowland, and his portfolio can be viewed here.

Stuff Bowland has lettered

Thoughts on lettering

"Letterers frequently endure: no cover credit, no royalties, no recognition in press, extremely low page rates, unpaid correx... and so on. So, anyone working as a full-time letterer must really love what they do, because they're very much bottom of the food chain." (Source: Twitter.)