Imagine you, your sister and your lizard/cat escape Hell, land in upstate NY and buy a funeral home, which supplies all the dead bodies you could eat. Livin’ the dream. Til some bounty hunter comes along with a very stupid dog to drag you all back to Hell. Rude. #Jikininki #LivingHell #DarkHorse

Cast your ballot for the 2025 @ringoawards.bsky.social for Best Letterer! Comics creative pros can vote now: ringoawards.com With @adityab.net @claytoncowles.bsky.social @dchopkins.bsky.social @richstarkings.bsky.social #ringoawards #ringoawards2025 #baltimorecomiccon

This Wednesday. Hear him ROAR. ABSOLUTE BATMAN #12 from @nickdragotta.bsky.social, Frank Martin & @claytoncowles.bsky.social

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Hey - Image creators. You likely have received a mail from someone claiming they're at image. This very much feels like a phishing scam. Don't click the link, and spread word to collaborators.

I got a Ringo nom! Yipee! Vote strong!

CLOSER #1 has its orders set on Monday (11th). It's a little cosmic-horror music apocalypse romance by @stevelieberart.bsky.social @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social @claytoncowles.bsky.social and myself. One and done, no plans to collect it. Speak to your retailer if you want. Lunar Code: 0725IM293

Fresh newsletter went up! It's mostly vacation photos. And I acknowledge the Eisner. buttondown.com/claytoncowle...

And Through the Boughs contributing letterer @claytoncowles.bsky.social took home the Eisner for Best Letterer! Congratulations Clayton ❄️♥️

I'm damn proud of that rooster alarm clock lettering.

I made a book! And my best friend @claytoncowles.bsky.social lettered it! And it’s full of monsters! And it’s at the bookstores/comic shops everywhere! Go get it and tell me whatcha think!

So, I was laid off by my job this week after 13 years. Not only that, but it happened as bills from my recent heart attack-related medical visits come due. Because of that, I'm doing a big sale for SKTCHD/Off Panel related things, so now's a good time to subscribe if you can...because I need it!

Buy our book! Unless you're a little kid. Get off of social media, little kid.

I'm back from vacation! HAW, you didn't even know I was away. A fresh newsletter went live on the 1st, in which I go over the captions in the recently-ended Star Trek run! buttondown.com/claytoncowle...

@idwpublishing.com May 2025, latest issue Star Trek: Lower Decks #7, edited by @heatherantos.bsky.social. Writer @timsheridan.bsky.social has Captain Freeman & Mariner having a mother-daughter bonding moment. Letters by @claytoncowles.bsky.social Art & CVR: Robby Cook @cartoon-cookie.bsky.social

New newsletter just went live! In which a reader with pretty good memory asks about lettering sign language! buttondown.com/claytoncowle...

As the letterer of the Star Trek: Lower Decks comic (and the Chief Typography Officer of the U.S.S. Theseus, pip pip cheerio), I hereby declare that @sara.pizza's SS Pancake Pen is the official Moopsy font.

I got an Eisner nom! Hooray! I wrote about it here: buttondown.com/claytoncowle...

Because my trans pals EXIST. Signed & remarqued #WonderWoman Historia, & I eat the shipping to the UK, USA and CAN. @laurenbeukes.com invited me to join the 2nd Genre Creators for Trans Rights charity auction helping @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social in South Africa & @goodlawproject.bsky.social UK.

My name is Clayton, I letter Star Wars, and it took me eleven years to realize Ezra Bridger is based on Disney's Aladdin--right down to the voice acting. Happy #RevengeoftheSixth, I guess.

Here comes the Sun! Tomorrow never knows! WE ARE THE BEATLES! is out! It's available here, there, and everywhere on May 6th! www.amazon.com/Beatles-Ordi...

My On Demand Coloring Courses are on sale this week (Monday, 5/5- Friday 5/9) at 30% off. These are the pre-recorded lessons that are available for download, not the live courses. You can check out the sale here in the Coloring tab. comicsexperience.com/on-demand-co...

New newsletter just went up! Watch Detroiters! No, I'm not screaming the word balloon in the thumbnail. That's not me talking. buttondown.com/claytoncowle...

This issue's a fun one! Well, they're all fun. But so is this one! I watched Summer Wars while I lettered it.

Final Order Cutoff for ADVENTUREMAN:FAMILY TREE 2 is Monday, April 7th Tell your Local Comics Retailer to PRE ORDER you a copy findyourcomic.store ADVENTUREMAN: FAMILY TREE 1 is out now from @imagecomics.com @mattfraction.bsky.social @claytoncowles.bsky.social Rachel and me!

Order now!

The fourth edition of my newsletter just went live! I discuss the subtle art of overlapping word balloons, and share my favorite passage by P.G. Wodehouse. buttondown.com/claytoncowle...

ADVENTURE returns... A page of Claire & Co from ADVENTUREMAN: FAMILY TREE 1 - out tomorrow the 19th from @imagecomics.com With @mattfraction.bsky.social, Rachel, @claytoncowles.bsky.social and Olea

Here’s a preview of BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE #6!! From me, @markwaid.bsky.social @matlopes.bsky.social & @claytoncowles.bsky.social On stands tomorrow, 3/19/2025!!!

Thanks so much for the awesome review Danny!! ✨

1. What happens in almost every Star Trek TOS episode. 2. Basic typography terminology. 3. The endings of most of the Final Fantasy games I've played (I almost never finish them). 4. What a Chevy pickup looks like from a distance (it turned out to be a Ford). 5. How the economy works.

Living Hell comes to its conclusion today with issue #4! Get your copy: bit.ly/3PQbQMD In the final issue, the consequences of refusing an order from Hell can be catastrophic, and Jerome is out of options. By @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social, with letters from @claytoncowles.bsky.social

This upcoming Wednesday you can pick up the last issue of @darkhorse.com’s LIVING HELL by @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social Letters by @claytoncowles.bsky.social I got to read the last issue and let me tell you that now is the time to catch up on this remarkable miniseries Full review of later on 🐕

The newest edition of my free newsletter just went out! I reveal secrets, like what a lettering studio is, which is the best-made super hero comic of the 90s, and how I keep up with my workload without burning out.

Preview pages for Uncanny X-Men vol 6 #11 by @gailsimone.bsky.social Javier Garrón, Matthew Wilson, @claytoncowles.bsky.social, out Wednesday March 5th!! OH NO NO DO NOT HURT XANDRA, SHE DID NOTHING WRONG!!

Last day! Come and get 'em!

The second issue of my free newsletter just went live! Want to learn how to make a shattered word balloon? Read on! There's other stuff too! buttondown.com/claytoncowle...

Todays mood via @kierongillen.bsky.social @mckelvie.bsky.social and @claytoncowles.bsky.social

I have to make room in my basement, so if you've ever wanted a Die Book 1 hardcover, I'm selling them for 40% off the list price. www.ebay.com/itm/14599435...

Living Hell, @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social's creator-owned comics debut, continues today with issue #3! Details: bit.ly/3EuyxmQ As darkness closes in on Jerome, his only solace is that Jo is still free from the clutches of Hell. By Yarsky, with letters by @claytoncowles.bsky.social

Here I am on Decompressed with @kierongillen.bsky.social. This was a good one! We talked with voices for the first time in a long time.

The second issue of my free newsletter just went live! Want to learn how to make a shattered word balloon? Read on! There's other stuff too! buttondown.com/claytoncowle...

Don't forget to order Living Hell #4 from your local comic shop! More: bit.ly/3PQbQMD Retailers: FOC is Feb. 3 In this final issue, Jerome is out of options--the fate of his daughter, his city, and his home balances on a knife-edge. By @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social, letters @claytoncowles.bsky.social

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Here I am on X-Men Horoscopes with @lodrorinzler.bsky.social! We discussed lettering, what the issue of Uncanny X-Men that came out in my birth year says about my future, and Mr. Sinister's weird pointy teeth. Enjoy! Also available at xmenhoroscopes.com! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Just landed! I love this. Many thanks, @explodingarrow.bsky.social!

Hey friends, amazing writer and dear friend @definitelyvita.bsky.social was displaced by a fire in their home. Anything you can give to help is most appreciated! gofund.me/221eec3c