Annie Parkhouse has been one of the leading letterer

Letterer

A letterer is a member of a team of comic book creators responsible for drawing the comic book's text. The letterer's use of typefaces, calligraphy, letter size, and layout all contribute to the impact of the comic. The letterer crafts the comic's "display lettering": the story title lettering and...

s in British

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 comics

Comics

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 for over 30 years.

Biography

Beginning her career working on Lion

Lion (comic)

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for IPC

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 magazines, she has since provided dialogue for many DC Comics

DC Comics

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 titles and 2000AD, working on scripts by writers and artists such as Alan Moore

Alan Moore

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 and Garry Leach

Garry Leach

-Biography:Garry Leach studied Graphic Design at St. Martin's School of Art. He was first noted for his early work for 2000 AD, which was mainly on one-off stories featuring Dan Dare and M.A.C.H. 1. He then became a fan-favourite for his work on the series The VCs.In 1981 he joined Dez Skinn's...

 (on Marvelman

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). Annie has been the recipient of an Eagle Award

Eagle Awards

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 for her lettering.

Following the death of Tom Frame

Tom Frame

Tom Frame was a British comics letterer. He created dialogue for the majority of the Judge Dredd strips, as well as other stories including over 300 stories in 2000 AD and Transformers....

, Parkhouse became the lead letterer on the Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd

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 strip and continues to work on other 2000AD stories, Rugrats

Rugrats

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comic and Hellblazer

Hellblazer

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, among others.

She is married to British writer/artist Steve Parkhouse

Steve Parkhouse

Steve Parkhouse is a writer, artist and letterer who has worked for many British comics, especially 2000 AD and Doctor Who Magazine.-Biography:...

Awards

Annie has been the recipient of an Eagle Award for her lettering.

External links

• 2005 interview with Parkhouse and Elle De Ville, 2000adreview.co.uk