This, that comes from the same issue, i find more problematic: What is the matter of Spider-Man's mask (and of the whole costume, while we're at it?) Why does it shine?

A lilttle off topic...but still about coloring...whatever happened to Gerry Turnbull on this forum...I really enjoyed his coloring renditions and he was also a really nice guy.

I hope he is ok.

That pic of Mystique bugs me. The head doesn't seem to be part of the body because of the coloring. The colorist has taken the trouble to model and shade the head to give it an illlusion of three dimensionality, yet did not follow through on the rest of the body. So that combined with the bold black of the inks gives a muddy unfinished look to the page. I'm willing to bet the page would look better in black and white or with less painterly colors.

Could be my own prejudices. As an art student I liked dry media like charcoal and pastels or working in black and white with ink. Wet color media was never my thing and I dont like shiney looking paintings. Unless the object in them is shiney.

Who are the penciller and inker? From what I can see I like their work.

Obviously of good coloring.

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Why was it "obvious?"

I can see that now. Solid "old school"  style.

Troll sat alone on his seat of stone,

And munched and mumbled a bare old bone;

For many a year he had gnawed it near,

For meat was hard to come by.

              -- J.R.R. Tolkien