jezael

@jezael.bsky.social

I letter and retouch manga, webtoon, and comics https://jezaelportfolio.carrd.co/

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!

An image from the manga Billy Bat, showing a sound effect lettered in English. An image from the manga Billy Bat in Japanese. An image from the manga Billy Bat, showing a sound effect lettered in English. An image from the manga Billy Bat in Japanese.

Some lettering for Dai Dark 9. Lettering translated work is always a strange balance. You’re changing the page while trying to preserve the feeling of the original. As letterers, we just do our best to preserve what made it special in the first place.