Quote Originally Posted by tanonev View Post
What should we make of the fact that Blackwing isn't black in panel 18, but rather a dark gray? This plus the scorch mark seem like very deliberate choices, which make it more likely that there's another layer of complexity than that it's simply an art error (or in this case, two art errors).
I'd say that is a deliberate art choice by Rich to picture things in the background. Look at Haley in the two last panels of 1219, for example.