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Continuing my 1984 Star Wars re-read with “The Final Trap!” the last of the newspaper strips. While I am grateful for Dark Horse reformatting the series to make it more widely available in the 90s (below, right), there’s nothing quite like seeing the wild newsprint colors of the originals (left).
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This reminds me: when coloring affects lore. Mystra seemed pretty human in the 80s. She was green-skinned in the 90s.
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dark horse feels almost to be a mistake in coloring by comparison
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God, do I love me some Al Williamson artwork!
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Wow, I remember reading these over my Dad's shoulder as a kid, and had no idea I could read them again (I picked up that digital library Dark Horse offered right before the license ended). And thanks for these contrasts between DH and the originals.