#2.9: Logos & Type Design for Comic Books with Rian Hughes




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Summary: In this episode of the Logo Geek Podcast Ian chats with Rian Hughes, a British graphic designer, illustrator, writer and comic book artist. Rian is best known for his work in the British and American comic book industry, having created many logo designs for Marvel and DC including Batman and Robin, Bat Girl, Spider-Man, The X-Men, Captain America, Wolverine, The Script, The Invisibles… the list goes on! In this episode we talk about Rians approach to logo and type design, as well as his new book Logo-A-Gogo, an inspirational visual history of the iconic brand identities created Rian.   Resources & Books Mentioned Rian Hughes website Device Fonts Logo-A-Gogo Book Amazon UK Amazon US Cult-Ture Book Amazon UK Amazon US   Sponsored by FreshBooks I’d like to thank FreshBooks for sponsoring this episode, and for making this series possible. FreshBooks is a beautifully designed accounting software that makes it easy to create and send invoices, to track time and to manage your incoming and outgoing money. I recommend trying it out for yourself by making use of the free 30 day trial offered to listeners of this podcast – just visit https://freshbooks.com/logogeek – and enter Logo Geek in the ‘how did you hear about us’ section.