I think America is one of the only place left where Mickey Mouse and his cast of characters remains with uncolored faces. I have to admit that sometimes when a mistake leaks through and we get Pete with a colored face as opposed to everybody else, it remains somewhat jarring. Specifically there was a n Italian cover that was used where it seems like it would have been a better aesthetic choice (given that Topolino covers are so lush and pretty) to leave Mickey's face in color, yet it was not.
There may be other places left with whiteface Mickey, but the topic still does come up on occasion. Gemstone's answer to the queries is that they prefer the whiteface from the Dell days when 4 color comics necessitated doing so. Even in Gladstone I's comics it also made sense given printing practices. But given higher quality paper and more advanced coloring techniques many often wonder if the technique should be dropped.
Disney began to color the faces in during its tenure, but when Gemstone II came along the old tradition was brought back along with it.
So what do you think? Colored faces or no colored faces?
It's not exactly a pressing topic, but I figured it'd make for an interesting poll.
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Topic: To Color or Not to Color
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WB
To Color or Not to Color
Message 1 -
2007-12-29 at 22:30:43
Anemo
To Color or Not to Color
Message 2 -
2007-12-30 at 15:06:56
I have always prefer Mickey in colored faces. Maybe I'm used to see Mickey in that manner as he is, in most animation (excluding the B&W and earlier animation).
With all the colors in the background except his face, makes it odd to me. His face look sort of "pale" or make him look like he's wearing too much face powder. Just my opinion.
With all the colors in the background except his face, makes it odd to me. His face look sort of "pale" or make him look like he's wearing too much face powder. Just my opinion.
Olivier
To Color or Not to Color
Message 3 -
2007-12-30 at 18:55:48
I am not sure which I prefer, but I would not mind color.
I'm sure many profound arguments can be found for a white face-- for fun's sake, here are a couple:
- the classic look, especially when he is wearing his classic short pants
- the greater universality of the character granted by the absence of color--he is neither pink (the actual color of "white" people) nor brown ("black"), yellow (Asian), blue (Smurfs), ...
Similarly, on the other side of the fence, you might argue that
- white cannot be interpreted but as a color
- his perfect whiteness in a colored world makes him stick out as the only perfect person, leading to his alienation on the part of many readers (but then, Minnie, Goofy, Clarabelle and Horace are white-faced too)
How about the ducks? Blue eyes as in Anemo's avatar, or white?
It can look good in some cases, but I prefer the eyes to remain white-- and it makes a lot more sense, as it's not the iris they are coloring but the eyeball.
I'm sure many profound arguments can be found for a white face-- for fun's sake, here are a couple:
- the classic look, especially when he is wearing his classic short pants
- the greater universality of the character granted by the absence of color--he is neither pink (the actual color of "white" people) nor brown ("black"), yellow (Asian), blue (Smurfs), ...
Similarly, on the other side of the fence, you might argue that
- white cannot be interpreted but as a color
- his perfect whiteness in a colored world makes him stick out as the only perfect person, leading to his alienation on the part of many readers (but then, Minnie, Goofy, Clarabelle and Horace are white-faced too)
How about the ducks? Blue eyes as in Anemo's avatar, or white?
It can look good in some cases, but I prefer the eyes to remain white-- and it makes a lot more sense, as it's not the iris they are coloring but the eyeball.
Dean Rekich
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Message 4 -
2007-12-30 at 20:22:50
I myself prefer Mickey and the others in the Mouse Universe to have white faces instead of colored. I prefer the more classic Mickey look with his red shorts and to me Mickey with a white face just fits the classic look better. I seem to associate in my mind a Mickey with a colored face to be like the Mickey of the 1940's-1960's - a less adventursome and less comedic character, like he was in most Paul Murry stories.
As for Olivier's comment on colored Duck eyes or not, I also prefer them to be white instead of blue.
No these are not exactly pressing topics, but they sure are fun to think and write about!
Now if there were only more comments on the pressing topic of a possible 3rd monthly prestige title... :)
As for Olivier's comment on colored Duck eyes or not, I also prefer them to be white instead of blue.
No these are not exactly pressing topics, but they sure are fun to think and write about!
Now if there were only more comments on the pressing topic of a possible 3rd monthly prestige title... :)
Robb_K
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Message 5 -
2007-12-31 at 19:15:16
I prefer white faces for the mice and Peg Leg Pete. That's the way I saw them as a child.
Morequack
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Message 6 -
2008-01-01 at 22:23:57
I'm not much of a MM fan as an adult, so I don't really care but when I was a kid he had a white face. So I'll say white.
Pmspg
To Color or Not to Color
Message 7 -
2008-01-02 at 14:10:59
For old comics, I wouldn't stand a colored face for Mickey. White is mandatory.
For more recent comics and with the new face of Mickey, I would say it depends on the drawing. Some drawings are better with pink skin others with white skin. White skin is from my point of view a better cartoon style than pink skin. With pink skin, Mickey is much like the others characters (pigs, dogs,...) and seems more conventional.
Blue eyes for the ducks : I'm OK for covers but I don't like it in the panels of a story.
Pmspg
For more recent comics and with the new face of Mickey, I would say it depends on the drawing. Some drawings are better with pink skin others with white skin. White skin is from my point of view a better cartoon style than pink skin. With pink skin, Mickey is much like the others characters (pigs, dogs,...) and seems more conventional.
Blue eyes for the ducks : I'm OK for covers but I don't like it in the panels of a story.
Pmspg
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