Those Crappy Reprints

I'm always amazed by how great the color in old American newspaper comics sections is.

For instance:

Earl Duvall (w and p), Al Taliaferro (i), unknown colorist, "Silly Symphonies", March 6, 1932.

IDW is reprinting these gorgeous looking pages. They look so good the only thing they did was to publish a slightly (where needed) retouched version, right? 

Wrong!

Earl Duvall (w and p), Al Taliaferro (i), unknown colorist, "Silly Symphonies", February 7, 1932.

Look at how dull and flat and boring the recoloring is if we compare it to the above page! 

Perfection is out there. I happen to know it is. I'll show it to you soon.