Todd Klein talks about production changes to art 1 1

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Letterer extraordinaire talks about working for DC and being asked to extend the art for Neal Adams pages as the art was drawn at the wrong size.

https://kleinletters.com/Blog/pulled-from-my-files-99-a-dc-check-stub-from-1977/

Interesting reading as it shows why lettering was moved on the original board in the days before digital.

Enjoy!

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“the tape at the top edge. In some cases I had to trim off about a quarter inch of Neal’s art on one edge. I remember Adler gleefully handing Adams a handful of these trimmed strips one day, telling Neal he was returning his original art.”

And If Neal kept those trimmings I bet he’d sell those too, sort of like those novelty items from the 70s where you could get a keychain or pen or paperweight adorned with shredded $100 bills taken out of circulation.