Ben Sidi
@bensidi.bsky.social
Manga Letterer and Touch-up Artist at @Viz.com, @Square-enix-books.com, and @comicstitan.bsky.social 🎭
The whole book is full of action SFX. Go get a copy and enjoy the meal 💥😋 "Samples from different chapters within vol.2"!!
VIZ Media@viz.com · 2w agoNew from Shonen Jump! Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, Vol. 2 is now available in print and digital! Read a free preview: https://bit.ly/4sKOatY
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Billy Bat sound effects thread! Brendon (@lettererbrendo.bsky.social) and I adore the way Urasawa draws sound effects, and are so excited to adapt the Billy Bat sound effects into English. For years, we'd talked about the quirks they have and how to replicate them. Here's a thread of comparisons!
if y'all post about Shinobi Undercover volume 1, please mention Mon @mamonbread.bsky.social as he worked so hard to make the graphic novel look amazing!!!!!! 💛💛💛
Billy Bat volume 1 is out in English now! It's my favorite comic ever, and I'm so grateful that I get to letter this edition alongside @lettererbrendo.bsky.social. We literally fantasized for years about stylistic choices we would make if we ever got to letter it, and I want to share about those!
Record Journey Vol. 1 releases today! This is one of the titles I’ve been most excited about. I’ve been interested in this series long before it even got licensed and as soon as I saw Titan announce it, I begged my editor to let me work on it haha 😆 I hope everyone enjoys it! #manga #lettering
Strongest Exorcist in history? ❌ Biggest shy boy in history? ✅ Get Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, Vol. 1: https://bit.ly/4wcEBHp
This is being rescheduled for next weekend! Time: May 16th @ 5PM EDT
sara linsley@sara.pizza · 5mo agoAutomate your lettering, save your wrists! I’ll be running a panel for @cartoonist.coop’s Nib & Ink Festival about how to make your computer do more work and prevent injury while lettering! Time: May 9 @ 2PM EDT Place: Zoom / remote More info here: nif.cartoonist.coop/event/automa...
To be fair, that is indeed a terrifying career choice 🙃 (via Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, Vol. 1)
A 9 out of 10 review for Betrothed to a Fox Demon?! Hell yeah!!
Anime UK News@animeuknews.net · 3mo agoBetrothed to a Fox Demon Volume 1 Review Demon exorcist Kuro Kyogane has no interest in taking a bride and starting a family, but one day he has Fuyu forced upon him. Can this girl whose life he once saved finally melt his heart and show him there's more to life than the path of revenge?
I'm glad this series is coming to print, and being the GN letterer, Kiyoshi is the hardest manga I've worked on! But I like how things end when I complete the first Vol. lettering! A big shoutout to @lettererbrendo.bsky.social for the wonderful on the Simuls!
My Lettering for Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi is printed on one of the ENG merch! Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, Vol. 1, released on May 5: t.co/HnsVHDMCdZ Shonen Jump Merch's Store: shonenjumpstore.com/collections/...
typesetting (only one part of lettering) is not just "put in text". you need to know what looks good and stupid AI does not know that! and every attempt at this has always been something ugly as hell, disrespectful af, that someone in my position has to clean up!! wasting everyone's time and money!!
𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛@johnxuandou.bsky.social · 4mo agoI've seen comments on other websites saying this is a good use of AI because typesetting is just grunt work. No it isn't! There is a lot of skill and craft to good typesetting and this is aiming to take jobs from people to automate what should be a human process! This sucks!
“GlobalComix’s AI translation copilot delivers 85–90% cost savings compared to industry-standard manual translation.” These AI tools will always rely on underpaid freelancers doing three jobs for a fraction of the wage of one. They’re merely a justification for not paying people.
Comic Book Yeti@comicbookyeti.com · 4mo agoSo I was in that Global Comix Discord meeting awhile back where they said, checks notes, we won’t use AI for translating. Well… Sorry to repost a Substack article but here’s the full icky details 👇🏻 leadvc.substack.com/p/1b903618-4...
Announcement: I’m the editor of Betrothed to a Fox Demon, which is translated by @kransom.bsky.social (Bakemonogatari, Attack on Titan) and lettered by @bensidi.bsky.social (Sanda, Kinato’s Magic)! Come join us on a shonen fantasy adventure…where the main couple is married from the start!
Square Enix Manga & Books@square-enix-books.com · 4mo agoOn-Sale Now: Betrothed to a Fox Demon, vol. 1! 🦊 After their wedding takes a dark turn, the young head of an exorcist clan and his fox-eared wife must embark on a journey to break the dangerous curse placed upon her! 💒
The Fox manga "Betrothed to a Fox Demon" has finally been released. Lettered by me, translated by Ko Ransom, and edited by the amazing @edomonogatari.bsky.social It was funny to work on that project! Give it a read! Free preview squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/produc...
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Totally surreal feeling that I can hold an English copy of Billy Bat in my hands. Even more that I got to work on it with @lettererbrendo.bsky.social and @editortiina.bsky.social. Super grateful to @abramskana.bsky.social for bringing it bringing us on. Order it! www.abramsbooks.com/product/bill...
A free Wavy Dash library I made for InDesign for anybody who wants it. Comes in handy for lettering manga 🔥 drive.google.com/file/d/1NTVV... #indesign
Manga companies, please pay us $8/page! The small and new publishers can do it, surely the big companies with owners who make $3 million+ per year can afford it too!! x.com/MangaAlerts/...
I'm lettering the English version of the manga adaptation of the hit indie-animated series "The Amazing Digital Circus", it's such a funny series!
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)
It's the End of the year!!! And here I'm sharing with all of you what I did this year (As my first step since I started working in this industry) Not much of number but I'm really proud that I reached this far! And I'm looking for the next year! Early Happy New Year!
2025 was actually the first year where my series went to print, and my first year consistently working on GNs!!! 🎉 more to come for next year!! so much more!!!!!
Finn K. 💛@matchafinn.bsky.social · 8mo agoit'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!!! 🫶🫶
If you don't want gen AI in your manga, anime, game, and light novel translations, now is the time to make your voice heard. Write to your favorite publishers and developers and ask if they are incorporating LLMs into their process. And most importantly, tell them you will vote with your dollars.
Anime News Network@animenewsnetwork.com · 9mo agoAs machine translation tools under the banner of AI become increasingly accessible and easy to use, the light novel landscape is at a crossroads. Do light novel publishers compromise their product for more speed, and if so, by how much?
happy letterer appreciation day! if you’d like to follow more manga letterers here, I have a list for you: go.bsky.app/8XNn7Eu
I am unbelievably excited to say that @lettererbrendo.bsky.social and I are lettering the English release of Billy Bat! Both of us!
Comicsbeat@comicsbeat.bsky.social · 12mo agoKana will release Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s acclaimed thriller "Billy Bat" in English, begining June 2026.
