I saw this over at The Beat and was pretty disappointed. Les Humanoïdes Associeés have re-released all of Moebius & Jodorowski’s L’Incal with a completely new coloring style. Unfortunately, the new style removes much of what made Moebius’s line-work special.
Colors by Yves Chaland Colors by Valerie Beltran
Make sure you click on the images to see the large versions, at a glance thumbnails don’t tell the whole story.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with Valerie Beltran’s digital color shading style used in these reprints; it’s a style that’s been used to good effect in plenty of books. The problem is that her colors obscure much of Moebius’s line work.