tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post8649315812112077722..comments2024-03-19T06:14:23.325-04:00Comments on Kleefeld on Comics: On History: Blue-Eyed HeroesSean Kleefeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492399469370737192noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-61590511286676396312014-03-12T08:29:29.073-04:002014-03-12T08:29:29.073-04:00Running brown eyes was not so much a registration ...Running brown eyes was not so much a registration problem as a size and optical problem … the colour brown never pops right unless it's sized larger, it just looks muddy on newsprint at small sizes, esp. when surrounded by heavy K-plate inking … if the eyeballs were, let's say, a half-inch across, registration would be OK.<br /><br />Size does matter, esp. in registration on newsprint on the old litho presses.Mahendra Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308770582240496910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-79157532232532252612014-03-11T11:53:18.770-04:002014-03-11T11:53:18.770-04:00I recall a letter in some issue of Fantastic Four,...I recall a letter in some issue of Fantastic Four, and an editorial reply, noting that 1) Mr. Fantastic's eyes were supposed to be brown; 2) they had become blue for an extended period; but 3) this was due entirely to reluctance (apparently overcome since) to go to the trouble of color separations.Matt Khttp://www.brilliantdeduction.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-9690630161633465362014-03-11T11:12:14.589-04:002014-03-11T11:12:14.589-04:00You'll note that Cockrum's original charac...You'll note that Cockrum's original character design featured OPEN cat-like pupils...<br />http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOOQqOoUnq0/UlJtlubKQPI/AAAAAAAASVM/e0-jhAqUsqw/s1600/x+014.jpg<br />...when she wasn't using her powers (which makes the eyes go white), instead of the usual "black iris with highlights" pupils most characters have.<br />(They're supposed to look like cat-eyes, not human eyes, but that's been inconsistent since the early days)<br />He was leaving a larger area for color, so I suspect that he (as the character's designer) meant for her to have blue irises, along with the white hair that some editorial personnel thought would make Ororo look "grandmotherly".<br /><br />In <b>Uncanny X-Men</b> #102 (Dec 1976), Chris Claremont established Storm’s backstory.<br />Ororo's mother, N'Dare, was the princess of a tribe in Kenya and the descendant of a long line of Africans with white hair, blue eyes, and a natural gift for sorcery.<br />It might be considered "retrofitting" a story to exaplain her look.<br />BTW, there are blue-eyed Black people, like actress Vanessa L Williams" (<b>Ugly Betty</b>, <b>666 Park Avenue</b>)Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com