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Theakston, a veteran illustrator and publisher (Pure Imagination), discusses his first comics coloring assignment: Jack Kirby's The Hunger Dogs DC graphic novel, which he colored using aniline dyes with laser separation, and for which he also painted the cover in oils over a canvas transcription of Kirby's pencils. He offers detailed analysis of coloring theory — the importance of keying color sequences, directing the reader's eye, the difference between coloring Kirby (direct, punchy animation-style color) versus Williamson (delicate pastels) — and argues that coloring is the weakest and most undertaught link in comics production. He addresses rumors about Jack Kirby's health, firmly denying the Alzheimer's reports, and provides historical context on coloring technology from the 1940s through the new laser-separation and water-ink printing processes then being introduced at DC.