T'was not technology that was the problem, t'was that old devil time. It takes longer for the artist/inker to black in those areas, so, when chasing deadlines, those areas tend to shrink. and colors that were meant to be only highlights come to dominate. It happened to Batman's cape, to Spider-Man's costume, to the X-Men's original uniforms. And then, alas, as with things like Darkseid's pink arms, the change becomes canon, and we find people insisting that Spider-Man's costume has "always been" red and blue.*


*This is an entirely different argument from the one that insists the hi-lite represents the "true" color, and therefore Superman has blue hair.

When you redesigned his uniform to the earth tones, I wish you had included his original head gear.

Still, a masterful piece.  To quote Carly Simon, "Nobody does it better!"

The latest piece is fantastic. He even looks younger, both in body and carriage. Still remember the first time I saw this costume in X-Men 139, when he was talking about the Wendigo. Great shot, chief.

Cheers, Mal

"Vellum is a fancy word for tracing paper. "

Ah... I was thinking of the stuff made of animal skins used in the Middle Ages. That would have been baffling to use in the comic coloring process!

"...we find people insisting that Spider-Man's costume has "always been" red and blue.*"

Hmm... I wonder how fans would react if they went back to the colors as originally intended!