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Post by Rob Allen on Apr 30, 2015 11:57:44 GMT -5
Yes, really. The Wall Street Journal has a really interesting interactive graphic showing the color palettes used on the covers of Avengers comics from 1963 to 2015. There's a definite shift over the years, see for yourself: graphics.wsj.com/avengers/Rob |
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Post by coke & comics on Apr 30, 2015 13:53:18 GMT -5
Where have all the colors gone?
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Post by coke & comics on Apr 30, 2015 13:56:28 GMT -5
Looking just through the lines on the 2010s, this jumped out just from the color palette.  The cover seems to be going for a more classic feel, and that was evident just from the amount of lighter blue used. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 30, 2015 16:49:43 GMT -5
It's certainly an interesting compilation, and it was a blast to scroll threw, but I don't think the darker pallet was caused by the movies and the progression itself in the article seems to illustrate that as the pallet starts getting darker much earlier than 2000's X-Men.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 30, 2015 17:32:03 GMT -5
Where have all the colors gone? "Has anybody here seen my old friend Y2R1? Can you tell me where he's gone?" 
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 30, 2015 18:22:29 GMT -5
Where have all the colors gone? "Has anybody here seen my old friend Y2R1? Can you tell me where he's gone?"
"I'm just wild about Y2R1 Y2R1 is wild about me I'm just wild about Y2R1 Its just wild about me They call it Mellow Yellow They call it Mellow Yellow"
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Post by benday-dot on Apr 30, 2015 20:15:47 GMT -5
And more thoughts on yellow...
Great article Rob. Thanks for the post.
I had recently read another article, apropos to the subject of this Wall Street Journal piece, by Mark Evanier.
Although, I wasn't aware of it, Evanier relates that there was a brief time in the Fall of 1968, in which Marvel colourists made a marketing decision to tone down their covers, by muting most bright primary tones, especially yellow. It was believed that DC's less vibrant colour pallete which tended to embrace a darker tonal schemes, again especially with a notable absence of yellow, should be copied for competitive purposes.
Then Evanier says, that Lee one day looked at the comics Marvel was putting out in the months of October and November 1968, and declared, as if by sudden revelation, that this muted look was not how Marvel covers are supposed to look. He then gave the directive to bring back the bright, bring back the yellow.
I checked out the colour patterns presented in the Wall Street Journal article to test Evanier's relation of history.
And you know what... he was right. In October and November of 1968 there was indeed a conspicuous absence of yellow, compared what comes before and after.
Again great article!
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 30, 2015 21:04:51 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing, Rob ! Very interesting.
Baby, you've come a long way.
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