Comments on: A DISTANT SOIL: The Ascendant Chapter 1 Page 16

By: Aprillen

Aprillen — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:15:42 +0000

This is not a comic that suffers from not being in colour. The lineart is so exquisite that colour would probably detract from it rather than enhance it.

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 03:26:49 +0000

UPDATED

By: Miki

Miki — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:07:18 +0000

“I like black and white. It is elegant”
I couldn’t agree more.
‘Nuff said!

By: raycornwall

raycornwall — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:02:36 +0000

For the most part, I agree that ADS should be B&W. But it’s not like I’d be morally opposed to the use of color if it made sense (both fiscally and artistically) to you.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:04:31 +0000

I tend to agree with you, Allan. I like black and white. It is elegant.

Then again, it is odd to be approached by people who say they will not buy a black and white book.

I shudder to think of what they would do to Aubrey Beardsley and Harry Clarke were these people to get their paws on them.

By: Allan

Allan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:01:32 +0000

To be honest, colouring ADS would be as bad as those godawful colourised movies we get stuck with. I saw the other day a DVD with a colour version of It’s a Wonderful Life — why??! What the heck’s wrong with black and white?

Yes, I know this version of ADS started life in colour, but really, it looks a lot better in black and white. Please, leave it alone.

By: mamid

mamid — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:49:28 +0000

@Colleen
Somewhere, near the sites of the next winter Olympics, a deafening cheer erupts…

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:43:36 +0000

No, it’s fair use if you want to color a few of my pages for kicks. It’s not like you are selling them or anything.

By: mamid

mamid — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:38:17 +0000

@raycornwall
that’s so true. But it would be wrong to just do it without permission. I’d feel like I was violating some sort of unspoken clause somewhere.

By: raycornwall

raycornwall — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:33:25 +0000

Mamid- you can always do it yourself as practice. Nothing stopping you there.

Colleen- you could always do it like the manga publishers do it, where they colorize the first page or two of a chapter. I love it in B&W myself, though.