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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I'm guessing you didn't read many American comics from the 1970s.
I get that. But to be honest, lots of old comics look better in newsprint than digital. Because at the time they were made, they were colored with the understanding that the newsprint would soak up a lot of the ink.
When those comics are published with the same colors on a vibrant white background, they look garish. In particular I noticed it on the early Len Wein/Bernie Wrightson Swamp Things. Scans of the newsprint look better than the digital edition.
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To each his own. I think comics should be colorful, frankly. I like the super-saturated look. Compare this scan from the first issue of Jack Kirby's New Gods with the digital re-color:
https://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/365fou...NG1pg1_sml.jpg
https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/350/...11.2x.w710.jpg
I don't think Kirby would necessarily have disapproved, given that his stuff was drawn to be striking and "fantastic". Modern comics are so muted and droll by comparison. It's as if the industry fears that pastels are reserved for little girls.