#michael walsh
I think Matthew Wilson is my favorite colorist on the books I read, and this page from Secret Avengers is a good illustration why.
Check out the range and vibrancy of his palette, from the various shades of cool blue in the dark room, to the lighter blue of the medical-tube goop, to the bright green of the night-vision goggles, to the bright pink of Snapper’s encased brain. Dig his detailed shading on the night-vision goggles’ light trails, on the light and shadow on Maria Hill’s face, in MODOK’s gaping mouth.
It occurs to me that a theme of Secret Avengers is juxtaposition. You can see it in Michael Walsh’s art, which somehow manages to be cartoony and grubby and realistic all at once; in the dark colors of a night mission or secret lab set against the bright tones of science; in Ales Kot’s writing which mixes dangerous spy capers against lots of jokes. Really, in the idea of the Secret Avengers itself, where members of the most famous, flashy group in the Marvel Universe do secret missions as a team that doesn’t exist. Basically, its a great book.
SecretAvengers #4, June 2014. Ales Kot, Michael Walsh, and Matthew Wilson. Edited by Wil Moss and Jon Moisan.
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