Comments on: Batman & Robin #7 – Is Lovely, Has Lettering Error

By: Annotations: Flash #284, “Run, Flash…Run for Your Life!” « Speed Force

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:19:57 +0000

[...] thoughts in their own bubble. Thought and word bubble errors are not so unusual, even today (see: Batman & Robin #7). However, the decision to use either thoughts or words appears to change mid-page [...]

By: Patrick Brosseau

Patrick Brosseau — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:40:54 +0000

Whoops!! This went through 3 rounds of corrections and was never caught! I really apologize for this folks–a lot of times when I’m lettering a comic I’m just placing the balloons according to the editor’s balloon placement and I’m not really reading what’s in the balloons…I figure that’s the proofreader’s and editor’s job…Sorry!

By: Ed Brisson

Ed Brisson — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:32:27 +0000

This is my nightmare: That I’ll make an error like this that’ll see print. In my 4 years of lettering comics, I think I’ve probably accidentally done this once or twice, but it was caught (by myself or the editor) before getting close to the printing stage.

I can see how it would happen. Lettering is generally the last step before pre-production. I can’t count the number of times a book has been dropped in my lap either the day before or past the deadline and I’ve had to hustle to make up for time that was lost somewhere down the production line.

By: 133 Here Are Some Books That Have Pictures In Them That I Read This Wednesday (1/27/2010) « Wednesday's Child

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:02:17 +0000

[...] way those first few issues were great, and besides the GLARING MISTAKE BY THE LETTERER AND EDITOR that enough people have discussed the whole thing is pretty flawless. And hey, look; it is possible to have a nice looking Batwoman [...]

By: Andy G

Andy G — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:37:58 +0000

It’s always the letterer’s fault somehow. Just wait. *sigh*

By: THE BEAT » Blog Archive » News and notes

THE BEAT » Blog Archive » News and notes — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:29:41 +0000

[...] A lot of people have been alarmed by a lettering error in Batman & Robin #7. It is sad that time pressures make for such sloppy editing, but in looking at the panel in [...]

By: Heidi M.

Heidi M. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:01:03 +0000

How on earth was that panel suppose to be ballooned? The characters were drawn in the wrong order.

By: Cole Moore Odell

Cole Moore Odell — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:43:21 +0000

Switching the balloons wouldn’t help, because it would have thrown the conversation out of order. They should have reversed the image.

Nowhere near as bad as that issue of the Flash where Paul Ryan and the editorial staff misunderstood Morrison’s script, and drew the completely wrong background in the issue’s climactic scene.

What makes this confusing is that Dick totally has a “Where am I?” look on his face.

By: Evan Dorkin

Evan Dorkin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:37:12 +0000

“Characters”, not “character”. Ha ha, how embarrassing and ironic for me!

Then again, I’m not an editor, I didn’t post two message previously with typos in them, and I didn’t ask anyone to give me $3 to read it.

By: Evan Dorkin

Evan Dorkin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:35:14 +0000

This will all be fixed with a seven-issue mini-series that explains why the character swapped brains in this panel.

The new DC — theres no edting us know!

By: Tucker Stone

Tucker Stone — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:14:11 +0000

Ha, that’s great. 3 straight weeks of lettering errors in Batman comics!