Who Is Harvey Halftone?

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THE BEGINNING 1NEXT PAGE OVER TO BE

MORE SPECIFIC

TWO-PAGE SPREAD 6-7IT'S AN AD!

SOME FUN CHARTS 11-12(YAWN)

THE END 14YOU WON'T REGRET IT

BIB. LAST PAGE OF THE COMIC

ORIGINALS LAST LAST PAGES OF THE COMIC

1WHO IS HARVEY HALFTONE?

OFFICER, WE NEED TO EVACUATE KMART AND THE ADJACENT AREA!

CAP’N ‘MERCA...

WHA-WHA-

WHA--?

STEVE CROSS PRESENTS:STEVE CROSS - WRITERSTEVE CROSS - LETTERER

ORIGINAL COMIC THE AVENGERS VS. THE

X-MEN #1, PUBLISHED BY

MARVEL COMICS 1988

HARVEYHALFTONE,

(NEVER HEARD OF 'IM)

FRAGMENTS OF AN ALIEN SPACE-ROCK ARE ABOUT TO RAIN DOWN ON THE KMART OF SUBURBAN TOPEKA,

KANSAS. THE AVENGERS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO DEAL WITH THE THREAT. TWO MEMBERS ARE ON THE

GROUND TO EVACUATE THE STORE.

CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE FIRST AVENGER.

2 WHO IS HARVEY HALFTONE?

ATTENTION KMARTSHOPPERS! THERE'S A

BLUE-LIGHT SPECIAL ON ME.I’M ‘BOUST TA THROW

DOWN THE FUNK!

IT’S ALRIGHT, SON. GET IT TOGETHER.

ALL THIS IS ABOVE YOUR PAY-GRADE, BUT YOU NEED TO START GETTING THESE CIVILIANS OUT OF HERE.

THE THREAT IS IMMINENT.

C-DOG IS TAKE'N TOO LONG WITH ALL THAT JIBBAH-JABBAH. WE GOTSTA WORK FASTER. THINK I'LL USE MORE COERCIVE

MEANS TO GET THESE PEPS OUTTA DODGE.

HALT!!!

NOW!!

GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN ON YOUR BUS AND THEN GET OUT OF HERE! UNDERSTAND?

WHA...???

GIT YO BUTTS ON THE BUS PEOPLE! GIT YO BUTTS ON THE BUS!

GIT YO BUTTS ON THE BUS

PEOPLE! AND DONT YOU STOP

FOR LUNCH!

NOT MY BEST RAP, BUT IT'S ALLS I GOTS, ALLS

CONSIDERING.

THINK WE GOOD HERE. HOPE THE OTHERS ARE HANDLING THE ROCKS.


BUT I GIT THE FEELING THESE ALIEN SPACE-ROCKS ARE MORE

THAN JUST ALIEN. I FEELS SUMIN...

...SUMIN I HAVEN'T FELT IN A LONG TIME. A LONG TIME.

NOW I'VE SEEN IT ALL. THESE ROCKS LOOK LIKEGIANT FRUITY PEBBLE BITS! AND THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM. THIS ISN'T RIGHT.

NO TIME TO WORRY WHY THESE THINGS ARE

COLORED. MOST WILL BURN UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE...

...BUT I STILL NEED TO CUT SOME DOWN

TO SIZE...

CHANGING HER LIVING ENERGY INTO INTENSE HEAT, CAPTAIN MARVEL IS ABLE TO

BURN OFF A SCORE OF THE FESTIVE COLORED FRAGMENTS.

SHE THEN TAKES AIM ON A LARGE ONE, THE SIZE OF A CITY BLOCK, AND

UNLEASHES A HUGE DESTRUCTIVE BLAST OF CONCUSSIVE ENERGY. IT EXPLODES IN A

HAIL OF BODY-SIZED BITS.

IT'S NEVER-ENDING! I NEED HELP. IF I LET

UP FOR EVEN A SECOND...

NEVER FEAR

M'LADY!


THE MIGHTY THOR HAS ARRIVED, MS.

MARVEL, READY TO ASSIST THEE.

DOST THOU FANCY THE NEW DIGS*?DRINKETH ME IN!

EGADS, BUT THESE ROCKS ARE SO COLORFUL. LET ME SMITE THIS

ONE I HAVE ACQUIRED AS A STAND-IN STEED.

*COSTUME

ALAS, IT HAD NO EFFECT! I SHALL HAVE

TO TRY SOMETHING NEW...

...LIKE TWIRLING MJOLNIR AND REENACTING THE

HUMAN GAME OFBALL-OF-BASE.

MEANWHILE, IN THE

QUINJET...

SHE-HULK, YOU NEED TOFLY STRAIGHT AND ALSO

DODGE THESE ROCKS SO ICAN SHOOT THEM.

?!REALLY!?

THAT ALMOST DIDN'T NOT MAKE SENSE.

LOCKING ON TARGET...FIRE!

'BOUT TIME YOU GOT ONE.


SEE!?! I F*@$!! TOLD YOU! WE'RE HIT! NOW WE'RE

GONNA DIE! WHY DID I LET YOU DRIVE?!?!

BLACK KNIGHT..

...AREYOU A MAN?

I SEE IT, MY CHOCOLATE-MOCHA GODDESS. WE MUST ACT IN

HASTE.

THOR!!!

YOU HELP THEM. I'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S A PLACE THEY CAN "LAND".

KNIGHT, YOU REALLY NEED TO PULL YOUR CRAP TOGETHER BEFORE I PULL YOU APART!

WE'VE LOSTENGINES ,NAV, HELM, LIFE SUPPORT...

...NOT THAT IT MATTERS! WE'RE GONNA DIE! IN A

BALL OF FLAMES!AT KMART!

WELL, AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, IF YOU COULD...

YOU REALLY NEED TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT YOUR NEXT WORDS.

WHY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

BECAUSE IF THOSE WORDS AREWHAT I THINK THEY ARE, IT WOULDMAKE ME ANGRY. AND YOUKNOW THAT'S NEVER GOOD!


BROWN: 38,58,62,20

LT. BRN: 15,23,80,0

SKIN: 13,37,51,0

SKIN1: 13,20,27,0

SKIN2: 44,34,34,1

BLUE: 80,58,24,4

RED: 14,75,68,2

HAIR: 38,58,62,20

HAVING A LIMITED COLOR PALETTE MEANT HAVING TO GET CREATIVE WITH WHAT COLORS YOU DID HAVE. NOTICE THAT ALL THE VILLANS IN THE BACKROUND OF THE MAIN PICTURE ARE DIFFERENT VALUES OF ONE COLOR, MAGENTA. THIS GIVES THE EFFECT OF DISTANCE, AND ALSO ALLOWS THE HEROES TO "POP". THE MAGENTA ALSO REFERENCES MAGNETO'S COSTUME COLOR.

OH, THE DAYS OF CHEAP NEWSPRINT! IF YOU'VE NOTICED, THE COLOR OF THE PAPER IN THIS SPREAD IS DARKER THAN THE REST OF THE PAGES THAT MAKE UP THIS COMIC. THAT'S BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL AD OF THIS SPREAD IS FROM AN X-MEN COMIC THAT USED A CHEAPER PAPER, COMPARED TO THE WHITER PAPER USED IN THE AVENGERS VS. THE X-MEN. WHY WAS THIS DONE, CONSIDERING

COLOR TALK WITH NO ONE IN PARTICULAR

MORE

EXCITING

COLOR

TRIVIA!

ENJOY


YELLOW: 19,38,81,1

SKIN: 13,37,51,0

HAIR: 15,23,80,0

THESE ARE THE CMYK PERCENTAGES FOR EACH OF OUR FINE HEROES. NOTICE HOW SOME OF THE COLORS ARE MATCHES TO EACH OTHER, SUCH AS SKIN. THIS HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE LIMITATIONS OF COLORING BACK THEN. YOU'LL NOTICE HOW BANSHEE'S HAIR AND THE LIGHT BROWN IN WOLVERIN'ES COSTUME ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME COLOR. EVEN CYCLOPS'S HAIR IS THE SAME COLOR AS THE DARK BROWN IN WOLVERIN'E'S COSTUME.

THE NUMBERS HERE AREN'T INDICATIVE OF HOW THEY LABELED COLORS FOR COMICS BACK IN THE DAY. ACTUALLY, THE COLORIST OF THE COMIC WOULD PENCIL IN CODES LIKE R50Y50, MEANING THE COLOR TO BE USED CONSISTED OF 50% RED AND 50% YELLOW. THEY USED THE NAMES RED AND BLUE FOR MAGENTA AND CYAN, RESPECTIVELY.

SEND US YOUR MONEY AND WE WILL SEND YOU ONE OF THESE FOUR PRINTS THAT YOU CAN COLOR YOURSELF.

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COLOR TALK WITH NO ONE IN PARTICULAR

THE ISSUE THIS AD CAME FROM WAS X-MEN #1, 1991, WHAT IS NOW CONSIDERED THE BEST-SELLING COMIC BOOK OF ALL TIME? I DON'T REALLY KNOW. THEY DID A LARGE RUN OF X-MEN #1, POSSIBLY ANTICIPATNG THE HIGH SALES. THE CHEAP PAPER MAY HAVE BEEN A WAY TO KEEP COSTS DOWN IN CASE THE ANTICIPATED SALES WERE NOTHING MORE THAN A PIPE-DREAM.


CAPTAIN, WE NEED THE AREA CLEARED! DUH, IT'S WHAT I'M DOING, MS. MARVEL!

THE ROCKS AREN'T AN ISSUE NOW, BUT THE QUINJET WAS HIT. IT'S COMING IN

HOT!

STAND YE ASIDE, MORTALS!

I SEE THEMART-OF-K IS CLEAR. ONLY

MY COMRADES LINGER NEAR.

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.

BY WIELDING THE POWER OF THE

WIND I SHALL CREATE AREVERSE-VORTEX *

TO SLOW MY COMRADES ASCENT. TIMING IS

CRUCIAL, FOR I DO NOT WISH TO BECOME A CAKE-OF-THE-PAN.

LO, BUT 'TIS GOOD TO BE A DIETY!

THANKS GOLDILOCKS! ANY LANDING YOU CAN WALK AWAY

FROM IS A GOOD LANDING.

(WHIMPER)

*PSUEDO-SCIENCE JARGON

AR?

E WE

D E AD


...AND I DON'T SCREAM LIKE A LITTLE GIRL...

THIS ROCK'S COLORING IS MAGENTA, WITH SLIGHT VARIATIONS IN THE DOT SIZES AND FREQUENCY TO CREATE THE DIFFERENT TINTS.

I HEARD SHE-HULK SAY YOU SCREAM LIKE A LITTLE GIRL.

YES. IT'S STRANGE THAT THIS IS THE ROCK'S ENTIRE

COMPOSITION.

THE ROCKS,YOU AND THOR HANDLED

THEM?

GOOD WORK. YOU SAVED THIS

LOCAL KMART.

YES, WE DID. AND THANK YOU, SIR. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAVE THIS STORE. WE

WOULDN'T WANT WAL-MART COMING IN TO TAKE ITS PLACE.

THEN... THIS THING, IT'S LIKE ITS GLUED TO THE QUINJET. I NEED TO DIG DEEP,

FIND SOMETHING, A THOUGHT, TO MOTIVATE ME...

...BLACKKNIGHT!

TA-DAH!

WHAT'S SHE DOING?

WHO DAT?WHO DER?

WHAT'S THE

DEAL? TOTS AWESOME!

CHUCK IT OVER THERE.

NO PROBLEM!

EXCELLENT! I'M LAWRENCE

HERBERT.

PMS REPRESENTATIVE TO S.H.I.E.L.D. WE'LL TAKE IT

FROM HERE AVENGERS.


SOMETHING WEIRD HERE ...

WELL SHE'S THE ONE....WHAT'S WRONG? GIRL, EH?

WITH A MIGHTY SWING OF HIS SWORD, THE BLACK KNIGHT MANAGES TO CUT OFF A PIECE OF THE ALIEN ROCK. IT SPEEDS OFF TOWARDS THE

DISABLED QUINJET.

INTERESTING... LOOK AT WHAT'S BENEATH THE ROCK SURFACE. IT'S WHITE BUT

SOMETHING MORE...OR LESS.

I GET IT! THE ROCK IS ATTRACTED TO WHITE.

SPECIFICALLY THE ABSENCE OF COLOR. IT'S A GOOD THING WE

ALREADY HAVE COLOR, OR WHO KNOWS WHAT WE WOULD LOOK

LIKE?

CONFUSED YET? YOU'RE NOT ALONE. OUR HEROES SEEM JUST AS BEWILDERED. WILLTHEY MAKE SENSE OF THE WEAK COLOR PLOT-POINTS IN TIME? MORE IMPORTANTLY, WILL YOU?

LET THIS ILLUSTRATION SERVE AS A METAPHOR FOR THIS COMIC.

UHM, LET ME TAKE A LOOK...


CYAN 15°

MAGENTA 75°

YELLOW 0°

BLACK 45°

A QUICK WORD WITH...

TO FAKE US ALL OUT THE FOOLS USE ANGLES WITH EACH COLOR WHEN THEY'RE STACKED. THIS IS DONE SO A PATTERN ISN'T CREATED, OR MOIRÉ, THAT WOULD BE NOTICABLE AND TAKE AWAY FROM THE COLOR EFFECT.

HERE'S A TABLE SHOWING THE MOST COMMONLY USED ANGLES FOR EACH COLOR.

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TOTALLY RANDOM

FACTS ABOUT

MY COMIC BOOK

COLLECTION

MARVEL

DC


WE COULD SEND OUT FLYERS, TELLING EVERYONE TO STAY AWAY FROM ANY COLORED-ROGUE-SPACE-ROCKS.

HOMIES, WE NEED TO GIT WORD TO THE PEPS

THAT THESE SPACE-ROCKS BOUTSTA WRECK HAVOCON ALL PIGMENTATION.

...ALL OUR COLORS AREMADE UP OF THREE COLORS;

CYAN, MAGENTA AND YELLOW,USING SEPERATE LAYERS FOREACH AND THOSE AT 25%, 50%

OR 75%? BETWEEN ALL THATWE GET REDS AND GREEN

AND BLUES,PINKSAND BROWNS, ETC?

OK, LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT...

YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT RUBYLITH IS USED TO CREATE THE OUTLINES OF WHERE THE COLOR WOULD GO, ON THE SEPERATE LAYERS..

WHERE THE FILM ISN'T CUT CREATES A NEGATIVE SPACE, AND NO COLOR PRINTS THERE. DOT PATTERNS

ARE USED TO CREATE THE PERCENTAGES.

YES, AND THE COLORING IS DONE FOR EACH PAGE TRANSLATED, A SINGLE VERSION OF EACH PAGE IS THEN CREATED.

THESE INCLUDE THE PERCENTAGES AND

SOLIDS.

A FOURTH FILM, OF THE CLEAN ART IS

USED TO CREATE THE BLACK PLATE.

LO, 'TIS MUCH WORK TO MAKE ACOMIC BOOK. I PRAY THE YOUNG READERS APPRECIATE THE WORK.

MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE LIKE AREA 51 WITHOUT BEING AREA 51

*SIGH*

THESE THREE FILMS ARE USED TO CREATE PRINTING

PLATES


YO DOG, ONE DON’T SIMPLY

USE COMICSANS, YO.

WHY NOT? WHAT’S THE WORSE THAT

COULD HAPPEN?

DOG, THERE WAS THIS CAT, MAGENTO, AND HE WAS ALL ‘BOUTS COMIC SANS.

HE STARTED A GD* WAR!CITIES BURNED! HE WAS LOLZ !

*GD, AS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN...

A DESIGNER'S TABOO. WHO KNEW OF SUCH A THING? WELL, WE COULD TRY PAPYRUS*.

LOOK! WE NEED TO GET BACK ON

TRACK AND FIGURE THIS HALFTONE BUSINESS OUT.

HARVEY, YOU'RENO HELP AT ALL!

FOR ONCE I AGREE WITHCAPTAIN OBVIOUS.

WE'RE DEALING WITHCOLOR,

...AND ALL HARVEY HAS DONE IS A BUNCH OF

JIBBAH -JABBAH HERE AND THERE.

'BOUT TIME SOMEONE SPOKE UP!

YEAH WE COULD USE A FUN FONT LIKE COMIC SANS; THE BEST THING TO COME OUT OF

REDMOND. EVER!

YOU'D THINK HARVEY HALFTONE WOULD HAVE SOME INSIGHT TO THIS

ALIEN-COLOR-SPACE-ROCK BUSINESS, BUT NOTHING!

TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW WHO HE

IS. HE GOT OFF THE QUINJET WITH ME AT

KMART, I FIGURED HE WAS WITH ONE OF YOU. IT SEEMS WE'VE

LAXED IN OUR SECURITY.

NEXT ISSUE:(THERE'S A NEXT

ISSUE?)

BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS;

WHO IS HARVEY HALFTONE?

YEAH DUDE, LIKE YOUR NAME AND

ALL...

*NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

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