I haven't done any lettering showcases in a while, and never did Beyblade X volume 4 or 5, so I figure I'll just do both in one thread!

I'm getting "This page shouldn't take too long" engraved on my tombstone.

Iai White Purity Style rough draft.

Hi! I hope you fine folks don't mind one more self-promotion post about the album I just finished, but I am on the cusp of being devoured by work deadlines again, so I wanted to make a thread about the art & typography of "Psychic Battle" before I get too busy. This was a big project for me! 🧵 1/18

Finally, this is out! I did the lettering for Kinato's Magic! I'll share some cool SFXs here! I liked the art and found the first chapter interesting tho! First, I designed a simple logo! Lettered by Me, translation by Andria McKnight (short thread)

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Congratulations are in order: Atsushi Kaneko received the ALA Outstanding Comics Award – Adult in the Category of Series Honor Books for Search and Destroy Vol. 1, 2, and 3 and Briana Loewinsohn won the Outstanding Comics Award – Young Adult in the Category of Nonfiction for Raised By Ghosts!

Please read The Delinquent and the Transfer Student volume 1 when it comes out. You will get lots of sound effects.

Immortality and Punishment! The first volume of this bleak zombie apocalypse manga dropped yesterday and I was tasked with some challenging, complicated bits of localization. So let's talk about it!

I don't think the translation is gonna fit in that square...

We have a new bundle on the website for a bunch of our releases that focus on political / contemporary issues, get a bunch of gorgeous print books shipped right to you, and at a pretty sweet discount too~ glacierbaybooks.com/product/cont...

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Maybe Adobe will start to sort its shit out now. www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

INTERVIEW: Conrad Groth at Takumigraphics by @wendeego.bsky.social Adam interviews Conrad Groth at Fantagraphics (@fantagraphics.bsky.social) about their newest imprint, the Asian comics-focused Takumigraphics. yattatachi.com/interview-co...

Chapter 11, Part 1 of Kamudo by Akira Himekawa is out now! Lettering by me, translation by David Evelyn www.viz.com/vizmanga/kam...

Here's all the manga I lettered in 2025 (or lettered in 2024 but only announced this year) I adjusted my layout from last year to include the publishers, because why not A few of these series ended last year or will end soon, so I have room in my schedule for more work. RTs appreciated!

Colour page from Dai Dark 9 🔥

The cute fantasy manga I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness, Volume 9 is here! When Charlotte’s sister Natalia goes missing, Allen returns to Athena Island to save her—while also facing the painful family conflict he left behind. https://ow.ly/3rCI50XHWKq

The lettering in the new Mushishi is so good that in places it's almost as if the sfx had been bilingual from the beginning. Spectacular work from @kernedout.bsky.social on a delightful translation by my colleague Andres Oliver in a package edited by @magpon.bsky.social. This belongs on your shelf.

There's a new English release of Mushishi, lettered by Phil Christie (@kernedout.bsky.social). I adore how Urushibara-sensei utilizes texture in her art, and how the sound effects inherit that texture. Phil does an amazing job replicating that with subtitled SFX. Notes in alt text!

My 1st full year of creative translation! It's hard to believe it's only been 1.5 years since I started freelancing full time. It honestly feels like a decade (lmao). I am so thankful to so many people for assigning me these beautiful projects, for believing in me, for giving me advice and feedback.

A quick snapshot of all the manga I had the honor and pleasure of working on in 2025—the majority of which are all out now, with a few coming soon in early 2026. Excited to continue making manga in 2026!

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Here's all of the books I lettered in 2025. 83 in total (88 if you count omnibuses) & almost 200 simulpub chapters. It's been a busy year (20,000+ pages)—not much sleep, but thanks to everyone I work with, the localisation community and all the readers! Happy New Year! See you all in 2026!

Yayyyy! Another year of lettering! Here's my 2025 year in review~ 😊 Thank you to everyone who has given me opportunities this year and I hope to get to work with even more amazing people next year!!

Hi! Here's every manga I lettered in 2025. 40 volumes, maybe 43ish if you count omnibuses. This was a recovery year for me "technically" but I still ended up pretty overloaded. I have about the right workload, but time management is a tricky beast. Will try better next year!

It's that time of year... Tiny cover images to show off what I worked on this year! I edited 9 novels, 12 manga (though several of these were things I actually worked on previously but didn't publish until this year), and a whole heck of a lot of copy edits and proofreads of various books!

In 2025, I worked on 26 volumes as a logo/cover designer and lettered the equivalent of 14.5 volumes! My goal for 2026 is to continue on, and hopefully work with some more pubs. (Especially as a designer). So if anyone is hiring or knows of any opportunities feel free hit me up! #manga #lightnovel

One more year to celebrate! Here is the books I've worked on this year. I love romantic and cutesy stories and my clients know it (ignore the casual gore around there lol). Also, welcome to my cottage core era.

it's that time for an end-of-year lettering review!! the amount of work i did was DOUBLE what i did in 2024. i really locked in this year and next year i'll be even busier!! i'm so thankful that i get to do this job and chat with so many cool people. cheers to more great things in 2026!!! 🫶🫶

Another year is in the books, so here's what I lettered in 2025! Here's hoping to another great year in lettering for 2026!

Here's my manga work year-in-review for 2025!

Its the end of 2025‼️ Here's my year of lettering... I'd say its a pretty good improvement from last year, and I'm grateful for that! Cheers to another year of the lettering Gods bestowing bountiful harvest upon a young lettering peasant such as I... ╰⁠(⁠*⁠´⁠︶⁠`⁠*⁠)⁠╯

Well... now that I've finished this year's work, I've done my annual review and... well... I think I've counted 62 volumes 🫠 which I think is my record, but I'm not going to repeat it... it's been so stressful! 😩 It will surely halve next year, I want to return to my regular life! ✨

Having InDesign and Photoshop visible at the same time causes huge performance issues on Mac. If you need both open at the same time, either minimize one or switch desktops. Lowering InDesign display quality had negligible effect.

A straight-A review of Search and Destroy from ANN!

Yay! Here’s the video from Kagurabachi creator Takeru Hokazono’s visit to the Marv offices in NYC and his chat with Joe Kelly (Amazing Spider-Man) and Tradd Moore (Silver Surfer) - big thanks to @cbcebulski.bsky.social & Shueisha/ Manga Plus for making this possible! m.youtube.com/watch?v=AFH1...

The first pictures of the English release of Billy Bat are out! So excited show show off what @lettererbrendo.bsky.social and I did. These pages have fun bits where we styled the text closer to what an American comic from 1949 would look like. More info in the alt text!

Otaku Elf volume 10 is out now! The very first book I lettered was volume 1 of this, and I'm so happy to see it come this far. It's always a big challenge to letter,and I've got a thread of neat stuff from this volume below!

I recently had a chat with an editor who told me she’d been up for 36 hours working. I know loads of letterers and translators who stay up all night to hit deadlines. I love my job and adore the people I work with, but this is the reality of many creative careers.

It's probably not well-known, but in some (not so rare) cases a SINGLE PAGE of manga can take 3-4 hours to letter. Get 2-3 pages like this and your day is fucked. Meanwhile, you might only have 7 days to finish the volume. The amount of work going into some books is absolutely mind-boggling.

i know chapter 15 of Bug Ego came out a bit ago but i'm finally around to letting everyone know that YES i did have to completely redraw this computer screen and do all of the text, adjust the original emojis, and do all the effects myself! it took hours!!! happy with how it turned out but damn!

Oh hey! The first volume of Assassin's Creed Forgotten Temple came out. This is a scrolling webtoon localized from the original Korean and adapted for print. A huge step for me personally, as it's the first time I lettered a full color comic.

On the subject of reusable assets, I kinda hate that there's a brush for everything in CSP. I get that it's time-saving, but it also flattens everyone's art into the same style.

hi folks! I've updated Bean Burrito so that the breath mark glyphs are mapped to {{ and }} as contextual alternates (requested by @bernardobrice.com 💕) free update here: ko-fi.com/s/b52826a2e9

My team at Square Enix Manga & Books is hiring for a junior editorial position! If you have questions, feel free to ask~ jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/A...

really incredible lettering work from @cornpunk.bsky.social in Baki, Vol. 1 💖

Gorgeous.

From conversations with manga artists: 1) Only about 10% of manga artists in Japan can earn a living 2) Most don't work a grueling schedule. That is Shonen Jump artists 3) With digital tools, assistants are becoming rarer. They have been replaced with software