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Mikael Bergkvist
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Posted: 23 February 2026 at 7:05am \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

Its an old question, but do you feel that some tools are better for drawing comics than others, objectively?

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John Byrne
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Posted: 23 February 2026 at 10:23am \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

I have long felt that pretty much anything that will make a mark on the page is good.

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Michael Hogan
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Posted: 23 February 2026 at 4:09pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

JB,

Would you be willing to share a short list of those tools
(as specifically as possible) which were in constant use at
your drawing table during your career? Thanks.

Michael

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Andrew Bitner
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Posted: 23 February 2026 at 5:07pm \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

I was at a convention in NYC shortly after MAN OF STEEL's release. JB was on a panel with... I think it was Dick Giordano? Someone asked this question and JB tugged a black pen out of his pocket and said, "This will do the job" or words to that effect.

He used that pen to sign my copy of MOS 1.

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John Byrne
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Posted: 23 February 2026 at 5:09pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

Mechanical pencils, brushes, Q-Tips, wadded up kleenex, sponges, various templates.

And, of course, my drafting machine, in service since 1977!

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