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WCDT: 2761-2765 (4-8 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
HiEv:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 06 Aug 2014, 14:34 ---What's weird to me isn't the style itself so much as the sudden shift. Usually you'd get the change between 2762 and 2763 over 100 or more comics, not one to the next.
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I have to say, I agree.
I noticed that he also tweeted, "It feels like my brain medicine has stopped working entirely. I should call my psychiatrist tomorrow." I think that the sudden and rather radical shift in art style is an strong indicator that something is going on that needs to be checked. Artists having sudden shifts in style like this, for better or worse, is not normal.
I hope he brings up this sudden art style change with his psychiatrist.
Sorflakne:
Meh, not a fan of the new art style either. I mean, I look at panel 4 in today's comic for example and see Hanners saying she's about to assert herself. If this were drawn a week ago, I'd be thinking, "Ooooh shi-", but with this style, all I can think of is, "Aww, how cute." This art style doesn't really fit, it's too cutesy; which there's nothing wrong with, but it doesn't feel right for this comic.
T:
Isn't it always "awww how cute" with Hanners? Except alternate Hanners variations.
Janet_Yellens_yellin:
Perhaps it's because the change is so abrupt, but the new style looks almost like a parody of his old to me. I seem to remember one of the guest strips using a similar style, in fact. This cartoonish style therefore makes it harder for myself to take the reactions and emotions of the characters as seriously, which I don't think fits this style of comic. For example, I'm not sure how to interpret Marigold's reaction in the final panel of the comic because the art is so cartoonish. I think the humor of QC is built upon nuances in the characters, which are harder to depict in such a cartoonish style.
I do acknowledge that the early strips were quite cartoonish as well, but I'd argue that they were built upon an entirely different kind of humor, which eventually evolved significantly to that of today. So now (in my opinion) we have a cartoonish art style clashing with the more realistic, "modern" writing, perhaps resulting in the dissonance I experienced at Marigold's previously mentioned reaction. My question is: will the writing now evolve to create unity with the art? Of course, I may be an outlier in my reaction, as well, and no change in the writing may be needed.
However, the artist likes the new style, and far be it from me to tell him or anyone not to shake up a comic which has been so longrunning. I'm actually pretty excited to see if he makes further changes.
Loki:
I second the sentiments about the art :/
Does anyone know what the title (B-E) means?
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