As a side note, has Marigold's design changed too or am I imagining it? She's always been pretty but now she looks even prettier. I wonder if this is about her embracing a more well rounded life style, being social, getting out more, yoga, somebody forcing her to clean her surroundings. Hanners seems to be having a good impact and May too. And also probably Dale. I don't like them being pushy about it but I am happy to see her happy.
Jeph's style has evolved from blocky wrong handed color bubbles that resembled humans, to figuring out proportions, to figuring out facial directions, to a cartoonish style, to a very detailed human look, to an anime style now. At nearly 5000 strips, he's probably settling into how he wants them to look forever now. Everyone's noses used to be some similar variation on a triangle, but now they have all sorts of shapes, everyones eyes used to be more realistic and limited, but now theyre more expressive, I miss the lip styling like Raven's lipstick and piercing, and thats gone now, but simple mouth shapes convey quite a lot more information on ones mood. Jeph has said many times Marigold is his favorite character, and everyone else got a makeover, now its Marbears turn.