So someone had the brilliant idea to replace them for the deluxe 100 buck "definite" edition…" Wein & Wrightson's Absolute Swamp Thing to be Coloured by José Villarrubia The right how it's been recolored for the deluxe omnibus edition ($100)… Another baffling industry phenomenon is when series in which the color played an important role, enhancing the narrative, are recolored for no good reason at all… the new coloring is just harsh and literal and in effect flattens the image… PS: The original colors WERE by Wrightson. "The left one are the colors by Wrightson himself. Indeed, Villarrubia had previously posted about these issues in question and how they looked in digital restoration, from the recent Deluxe reprint, He wrote in 2020. Now it seems that DC Comics is going back to the original. You can imagine how excited I am about this… It is a labor of love! I am following very faithfully the original colors by Wrightson himself, Glynis Wein and in the last issues by Nestor Redondo, Tajana Wood!"ĭC Comics had previously published the Alan Moore/Steve Bissette/Rick Veitch/John Totleben run on Swamp Thing with a third Absolute volume, an oversized hardcover collection, though this was delayed due to the pandemic. He posts to Facebook "I have a big announcement to make! I have been asked to do the digital color restoration of Absolute Swamp Thing by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson! It collects issues 1-13 in an oversized hardcover format. Well, it seems Villarrubia is going to be putting his money where his mouth is.
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