Selecting friends for non-superficial reasons, and being open to different types of input are good topics.
I prefer the strips when they have color as they do today because otherwise the sketching tends to be a bit too busy in those small boxes for my eyes to resolve easily.
I discovered this strip two years ago and have enjoyed it under the previous creator’s helm. I’m not going to deride the new person’s take on the Heart and her friends, but I will say Steenz has big shoes to fill. What I’m seeing now looks like a storyboard for Steven Universe or We Bare Bears and comes across like an afterschool special or Degrassi Middle School. I did enjoy the feel of a preteen/tween in a big city and its culture that Mark conveyed. All the Star Wars and pop culture references and the occasional whimsy of Heart’s dream arcs. It would be wrong to expect perfection right out of the blocks, so I’ll check in from time to time to see if anything improves with age. If she can bring back that feel of Philly in her own way, it might be worth sticking around. To be fair, she was sent out with a mandate to “be you” and do the strip as she see’s fit. I’ll not knock that. But I do hope Steenz can recapture the old feel of pre-transition.
sixam over 4 years ago
In solidarity with Charlotte, Kat has donned the gray colored ceremonial sash of the Order of the Dweebs.
rmbdot over 4 years ago
So… sweatshirts tied around the waist are back in fashion again?
RussellRogerBe1 over 4 years ago
Love Kat’s newsboy bag I wonder if she delivers papers before or after school…
The Legend of Brandon Sawyer over 4 years ago
I knew a lecture was coming
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 4 years ago
Selecting friends for non-superficial reasons, and being open to different types of input are good topics.
I prefer the strips when they have color as they do today because otherwise the sketching tends to be a bit too busy in those small boxes for my eyes to resolve easily.
RevellWalker over 4 years ago
I discovered this strip two years ago and have enjoyed it under the previous creator’s helm. I’m not going to deride the new person’s take on the Heart and her friends, but I will say Steenz has big shoes to fill. What I’m seeing now looks like a storyboard for Steven Universe or We Bare Bears and comes across like an afterschool special or Degrassi Middle School. I did enjoy the feel of a preteen/tween in a big city and its culture that Mark conveyed. All the Star Wars and pop culture references and the occasional whimsy of Heart’s dream arcs. It would be wrong to expect perfection right out of the blocks, so I’ll check in from time to time to see if anything improves with age. If she can bring back that feel of Philly in her own way, it might be worth sticking around. To be fair, she was sent out with a mandate to “be you” and do the strip as she see’s fit. I’ll not knock that. But I do hope Steenz can recapture the old feel of pre-transition.