No no, not Comic Sans—I mean the classic lettering style of comic books:
So…why does all the writing in comic books look like that? Vox’s Phil Edwards looked into it and found an aesthetic shaped by comics culture, technology, and really cheap paper.
Check it out:
[YouTube] [Via Adam Symons]
If you like this sort of thing, check out the podcast 99 Percent Invisible. Lots of interesting design topics, and you can listen to it while stuck in traffic.