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What's everybody's favorite "era", art-speaking?

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RyanW1019:
I don't really know why, but I find the 1400-1600s art style more appealing than the current style (Example: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1556). Although I agree that the art has improved significantly since then, and that's why we've had more ambitious things like the hiking trip and the space station visit, for some reason the somewhat older comics are just more aesthetically pleasing to me. Maybe there's a subtle Uncanny Valley effect going on for me and I like the slightly more cartoony feel of before, I dunno.

I'm hoping to not start an argument over the art progression, but I was thinking earlier and wondered if anybody else had favorite "eras" in terms of art style, besides the default "The art is always improving and the current style is always my favorite" stance. I think this is my first thread here, although I've been lurking for a while, so I hope I picked an interesting topic.

mustang6172:
I would say 1200-1500.  Then people's eyes started to get smaller.  But I don't want to be the guy who tells Jeph is art was better 3 years ago.

DSL:
There are specific details I like about each "era" as it shows the progression of the art and writing and how they mesh. The "eras" cited so far reflect, I think, distinct developments toward the greater realism Jeph says he strives for.
Even the early, early ones show an awareness of the subtleties of expression, though Jeph was (and is) still trying to figure out how to depict that to his satisfaction.

I first started to really like the art in the late 800s - early 900s, when J. really started to stretch his artistic legs as far as poses and expressions (at least in the female characters). I've always liked Faye's pose and expression in the second and third panels of this one.

Mister D Nomms:
The Futurist movement at the beginning of the 20th century. Art, music. The analog of weird people like me in fancy dress.

Barmymoo:
I genuinely do prefer the most recent art, because I like cartoons to be as close to realistic as possible and Jeph is getting better and better at that. That said, the comic the OP linked is nice - but the earlier ones just seem a little less polished.

Even the first strips are better than plenty of comics I've seen, though. If the art is so bad I can't tell which character is which, then I just give up reading. Jeph has never suffered from that problem.

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