10/22/2012 [CVRPG IV #1816] - Black! I mean black magic!

[Kokopelli]

It is funny how Shaft artwork is very pale and use red robes and his sprite have purple robes and is black.

I mean what the hell? Was the sprite maker colorblind?

[Rabid Mollusk]

That seems to be a normal problem among Sprite artists.
When this:.

Turn intro this:

[Darkmoon]

Honesyly, I don't even think I've been all that consistent. An early comic with a drawn Shaft, #126, has him in the "pale" Japanese style of depicting black people (admittedly, that was drawn by Sindra, but I didn't say anything about it at the time). Later comics, such as #500, feature a darker Shaft more in line with his sprites.

Officially, Shaft is black. In CVRPG continuity, I try as hard as I can to keep all depictions of him in line with his CVRPG Sprite.

[Kokopelli]

Honesyly, I don't even think I've been all that consistent. An early comic with a drawn Shaft, #126, has him in the "pale" Japanese style of depicting black people (admittedly, that was drawn by Sindra, but I didn't say anything about it at the time). Later comics, such as #500, feature a darker Shaft more in line with his sprites.

Officially, Shaft is black. In CVRPG continuity, I try as hard as I can to keep all depictions of him in line with his CVRPG Sprite.

That is kind of a continuity error, since I think in Shaft first draw appearance he was black http://www.cvrpg.com/archive/2005/08/18,  then he turn "Pale" in #126, and back to black at #500, honestly I perfer his black with the hood in the face incarnation.

[Darkmoon]

The black with purple robes is official CVRPG cannon. His "pale" appearance his official as far as Konami is concerned, so it's not as though I need to go back and fix Shaft's pale appearance in one comic. Plus, it was drawn by a different artist than Mab. A certain amount of artist leeway is allowed.

Technically, Darkmoon shows up in one comic with more elven ears. That's not official continuity, but since it was done by a different artist than Mab, we let it go.

[Sprocketsdance]

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