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X-Men 503
Writer: Fraction & Brubaker, Artist: Greg Land, Inks: Jay Leisten,
Colors: Justin Ponsor
I guess I am a Greg Land fan. With this team his work sparkles. This does look like a commercial for Bud light or some import does it not. It’s so slick. There is a lot going on here though. We know colorists use warm color on the light source side and cool on the far side. Here Ponsor has heightened everything; check out the hot violet from the neon lights (not seen but felt) along her back. And the abstract background tells the story of the action in the bar with just shapes and colors. That brick red is really brings the figures to life. I don’t think it would have been my choice.
