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| Shadowman #2 Cover C (Horror Cover) by Francesco Francavilla |
In Shadowman #2, Baron Samedi takes Jack Boniface (aka Shadowman) on a walk on the Arizona wildside. But first...
A car drives along a deserted highway. No streetlights radiate on the asphalt. No buildings glow with interior illumination. Yet as daylight wanes, and stars appear, the car's headlights shine in our tired eyes, making them flare and star.
The car may be traveling to the west or southeast of Phoenix, well south of the resort town of Sedona. Yet the colors in the sky that inspired the lyrics of Aerosmith's "Sedona Sunrise" are evident.
The setting sun shines through the back of the station wagon, imbuing the family with a rosy tinge.
It shines on the rearview mirror, suffusing the hitchhiker the family stops to pick up. The effect is so strong, we cannot see his normal coloring.
Another place, another time.
The town, long abandoned, has returned to the earth, like those who once lived there. The buildings are as brown as the ground. Baron Samedi is as colorful as usual. Even Shadowman, dressed in black and grey, seems more colorful than his surroundings.
When they stop to talk, the nearby buildings hint at their original colors. But when Baron Samedi transports them back in time, they reveal the energy and vitality that people once gave their town.
Sunset again suffuses the sky with a rosy glow.
When the two return to the present, they notice an abandoned station wagon. Compared to the faded car, even Baron Samedi, usually so colorful, looks strangely bland.
Yet the town is not completely devoid of life. Or at least, a kind of life. A spirit blows through, ruffling the normally imperturbable Baron Samedi.
The spirit plows through our hero, turning the black smoke wafting off Shadowman green.
In Shadowman #2, Jordie Bellaire's coloring reveals the beauty and danger of the desert. Whether far from a rent in the Deadside, or amid the worst of all possible Blights, Life and Death walk hand-in-hand.
Dragon Dave
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