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m_f
discuss.online
m_f@discuss.onlineJoined: 2024-12-11 |
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Skua
kbin.earth
Skua@kbin.earth Joined: 2024-03-17 |
Does someone else do the colouring? I struggle to believe that jazz fan Gary Larson would make the three black musicians white, and I don't get the impression that it is malicious |
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RedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️🐧
feddit.dk
RedSnt@feddit.dkJoined: 2023-06-18 |
Does someone else do the colouring? I struggle to believe that jazz fan Gary Larson would make the three black musicians white, and I don't get the impression that it is malicious
It's a good question. I actually found a few other versions of this exact comic, first one is entirely without colours.
Second one is still black and white but has that watercolour feel to it, like in OP's version here.
Alternative black and white version I found on R*dd*t.
I don't have dates for any of these :/ |
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Skua
kbin.earth
Skua@kbin.earth Joined: 2024-03-17 |
::: spoiler It's a good question. I actually found a few other versions of this exact comic, first one is entirely without colours. ::: ::: spoiler Second one is still black and white but has that watercolour feel to it, like in OP's version here. ::: ::: spoiler Alternative black and white version I found on Rddt. ::: I don't have dates for any of these :/
   Good sleuthing, though |
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Seleni
lemmy.world
Seleni@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-23 |
Does someone else do the colouring? I struggle to believe that jazz fan Gary Larson would make the three black musicians white, and I don't get the impression that it is malicious
It was rare in black-and-white comics to make someone dark-skinned because dark patches in general tended not to ‘read’ well in that medium. (This is the same reason Hobbes eventually lost the pads on his front paws.) And if I recall this comic was first in newspapers in black and white. So I suspect that whoever colored it just didn’t know his jazz history. |
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Skua
kbin.earth
Skua@kbin.earth Joined: 2024-03-17 |
It was rare in black-and-white comics to make someone dark-skinned because dark patches in general tended not to ‘read’ well in that medium. (This is the same reason Hobbes eventually lost the pads on his front paws.) And if I recall this comic was first in newspapers in black and white. So I suspect that whoever colored it just didn’t know his jazz history.
That would make sense, yeah |
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iagomago
feddit.it
iagomago@feddit.itJoined: 2022-05-25 |
The jazz aficionado in me sneers at the fact that Larson fucked up the title. It's Body and Soul, bud! |
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ChillCapybara
discuss.tchncs.de
ChillCapybara@discuss.tchncs.de Joined: 2023-08-14 |
The jazz aficionado in me sneers at the fact that Larson fucked up the title. It's Body and Soul, bud!
Body and soul is indeed a jazz standard but heart and soul is a far more common song that every 8 year old learns. You are now subscribed to joke explainer |
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