Talk:Oil Man

Oil Man Preference
Honestly, I like the Archie version of Oil Man the best, with the red scarf covering his mouth. In my opinion, the big lips looked silly on him, even when they were colored yellow in the North American release. I have some ideas to make him look better than the original, apparently controversial, version - like either making his mouth the same color as his oil drop head or removing it. Ranger-X, gamer and strategist 03:12, October 19, 2016 (UTC)

So, No one at capcom thought "Hey, I think this is a little rasist!"?

Well to answer your question in Japan there's actually not that much ways to draw dark people, and addedd to the fact the usually don't make that much of a deal with stereotypes, as evidence with Punch Out, my guess there was little discussion the design.

Comics
I notice that the Archie comics have kept Oil Man's scarf around his mouth so far. Is this to conceal his lips...? Because of the...racial issues? Just curious...They're on issue 6 as I write this. 184.76.147.230 23:25, October 27, 2011 (UTC)anon


 * Yes, most likely. Personally, I'm disappointed they did that, but I guess Archie wanted to avoid any bad public reaction that would hurt the sales of the book. --Udana 18:51, October 28, 2011 (UTC)

Does anyone have art of Oilman's American color palette identical to the one that's used on the top right of the article? Superjustinbros. (talk) 14:24, May 14, 2013 (UTC)
 * here --177.158.115.3 16:17, May 15, 2013 (UTC)