Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27441478-20160708150137/@comment-4533965-20160708174649

First off, Matt Herms is probably the absolute best colorist that the Sonic comics have right now. Between him and Gabriel Cassata, Herms uses the actual "correct" colors with characters instead of making them super light like Cassata. Has Herms's work declined since his inception? To each their own, but I firmly believe he's only improved since then.

When you look at it, Cassata only works well with Jennifer Hernadez and Diana Skelly. However, Cassata's coloring didn't work well at all with Jamal Peppers and certainly not Tyson Hesse or Adam Bryce Thomas. Want a comparison? Look at any issue Thomas did with Cassata's coloring (StH #276-#279) and then look at any issue where Herms did the coloring for Thomas ("Eggman's Dozen", SU #83-#86). Herms works well with Thomas better than Cassata does.

Plus, you're comparing a scene with tons of lighting to a scene where the mood is completely darker along with the lighting. The scene from StH #217 is outside in broad daylight: SU #81's scene is inside in a dark facility.