X-O Manowar #9 Coloring

 

X-O Manowar #9 Pre-Order Cover by Tyler Kirkham & Arif Prianto

In X-O Manowar #9, we find a New York City swathed in green. Normally, we think of things like nanites and the Singularity as machines, and associate them with evils like industrial pollution. Yet Troy Whitaker offers humanity a vision of technology that would transform our world into a garden planet, lush and verdant.

The only cost? The individual freedoms that you hold dear.

We've seen Tina Morris grow from a closed-down insular person in X-O Manowar #1, to a woman who has opened up her home--and her life--to new people and influences. Her striking red hair seems emblematic of the strength she has found during this series, as she takes on the newly transformed robots constraining her son.

Troy Whitaker's actions in this series suggest that he believes only the end result matters. The way he has clothed himself in white armor suggests that, no matter how many he deceived along the way, he views himself as a noble and blameless knight. 

He certainly believes that achieving his vision qualifies him as the savior of mankind.

Yet the diversity that he would wish to extinguish, for the sake of conformity to his grand vision, shows all of humanity's creativity and vibrancy. All these billboards, and signs or monitors, reveal all the colors of mankind. Yes, green is good, but we wouldn't want to smother out all those other colors either.

In X-O Manowar #9, colorist Ruth Redmond reminds us that, while humans are adept at capable of creating our own evils, diversity and vibrancy make our world a very rich place indeed.

Dragon Dave