Desk Shot: Super Pro K.O.! #3: Event Flyer

I’ve always loved typography. As a kid, I would copy fonts I really liked in my sketchbook. Spiderman and TMNT were one of the first ones I remember drawing. By hand. I have a pretty collection of fonts from all over the place these days and I usually am waiting to pull them out for something.  I originally planned to major in graphic design but took a few classes and hated it.  I was bored to death at the computer all day. It was just one more thing that pushed me in the direction of sequential art. However, I’ve always tried to incorporate lettering in interesting ways in my comics. There’s also something relaxing about hand lettering.  When I’m in the act, I feel like I’m truly one with my art.

What’s great about pro wrestling are some of the cool promo posters from back in the day. I stress that because some of the more modern flyers are pretty basic (usually featuring one or two wrestlers predominantly taking up the poster). I love how some of the classic posters had to get so much more information across, especially when organizations went to  towns without televised wrestling. The bold text was even more necessary then. I want SPKO to have the feel of an old school wrestling organization or traveling circus. This is just one of many that’ll be spotted over the course of this volume of Super Pro K.O.!

 Jarrett

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