Ken Lopez Joins DC Comics as Lettering Art Director
DC Comics has announced that veteran letterer Ken Lopez has been named the
company's first Lettering Art Director, reporting to DC Vice President -
Creative Director Richard Bruning.
“I welcome this new challenge, and I feel confident about our success in this exciting new direction,” said Lopez. “I'm sure that in time DC's lettering department will be looked at with pride from within and admiration from the rest of the industry.”
“Like all the other major comics publishers, DC Comics is developing a totally digital production workflow to take advantage of the efficiencies and higher reproduction quality obtained by modern methods,” said Bruning. “Kenny's been one of the industry's most prolific and talented letterers, and now he's taken on the responsibility for lettering aesthetics here at DC. He'll be working closely with our editorial groups to develop new lettering styles and fonts as well as hiring a new group of staff letterers.”
Lopez comes to DC after 14 years as a freelance letterer, having worked for such publishers as DC, Marvel Comics, and Valiant, as well as lettering the syndicated comics strip, Terry and the Pirates. Furthermore, Lopez has designed a number of his own fonts, along with logos for such titles as Green Lantern and Excalibur, while his recent lettering work includes H-E-R-O, Fallen Angel, and DC's Bionicle custom comic book.
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“I welcome this new challenge, and I feel confident about our success in this exciting new direction,” said Lopez. “I'm sure that in time DC's lettering department will be looked at with pride from within and admiration from the rest of the industry.”
“Like all the other major comics publishers, DC Comics is developing a totally digital production workflow to take advantage of the efficiencies and higher reproduction quality obtained by modern methods,” said Bruning. “Kenny's been one of the industry's most prolific and talented letterers, and now he's taken on the responsibility for lettering aesthetics here at DC. He'll be working closely with our editorial groups to develop new lettering styles and fonts as well as hiring a new group of staff letterers.”
Lopez comes to DC after 14 years as a freelance letterer, having worked for such publishers as DC, Marvel Comics, and Valiant, as well as lettering the syndicated comics strip, Terry and the Pirates. Furthermore, Lopez has designed a number of his own fonts, along with logos for such titles as Green Lantern and Excalibur, while his recent lettering work includes H-E-R-O, Fallen Angel, and DC's Bionicle custom comic book.
