Alyssa owes a big thank you to Char! Without her speaking up for the younger girls, the gang would have thrown Alyssa under the bus. Anyhow, always good to see a happy ending.
Ok. With this strip, I have now fully caught up on Heart of the City, from the old days to the new; took 3 months. I already shared my thoughts on Mark Tatulli’s run on the last strip before the reboot started, Apr 26, 2020. Now it’s Steenz’s turn. What’s that? No one cares? Very cool.
TLDR – the reboot is fine. It’s not as good as the best Mark’s run had to offer and nowhere near as bad as the worst. I’ll keep reading. I won’t bother giving my opinions on the change in art style; I feel like that’s so subjective that it’s kind of pointless to mention whether I prefer one or the other.
Before getting into the good and bad though, I do have to comment on how ridiculous some of the initial backlash was. I’m not even talking about the reaction to the art. As early as the first week of Steenz’s run, commenters were complaining that the characters and story had drastically changed. Well, speaking as someone who actually went through the entire thing recently, I can say with confidence that those thoughts were pretty disingenous. Nothing in the first 2-3 months of the reboot was a substantial departure to Heart or Dean’s character. Those people were just being uncharitable. Now, however, we’re a year and 2 months in. Let’s go.
In my house if would’ve eaten the brownie on accident my sister would have been fully aware of it in about 5 seconds and she would be shouting it out and demanding that she gets a brownie too.
I for one, simply do not understand this focus on food all the time, in the general culture. It’s just gross…
In MY house, we never used food as some kind of reward or punishment. My mother never did either, and I learned from her. The only time candy was some kind of “treat” was at Halloween. All other times, such a birthday cake, or a chocolate from time to time, is was tradition, but it certainly wasn’t ever a reward for good behavior, that’s for sure.
TampaFanatic1 almost 3 years ago
Alyssa owes a big thank you to Char! Without her speaking up for the younger girls, the gang would have thrown Alyssa under the bus. Anyhow, always good to see a happy ending.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Yes, the sisters have learned the importance of looking out for each other.
Decepticomic almost 3 years ago
Ok. With this strip, I have now fully caught up on Heart of the City, from the old days to the new; took 3 months. I already shared my thoughts on Mark Tatulli’s run on the last strip before the reboot started, Apr 26, 2020. Now it’s Steenz’s turn. What’s that? No one cares? Very cool.
TLDR – the reboot is fine. It’s not as good as the best Mark’s run had to offer and nowhere near as bad as the worst. I’ll keep reading. I won’t bother giving my opinions on the change in art style; I feel like that’s so subjective that it’s kind of pointless to mention whether I prefer one or the other.
Before getting into the good and bad though, I do have to comment on how ridiculous some of the initial backlash was. I’m not even talking about the reaction to the art. As early as the first week of Steenz’s run, commenters were complaining that the characters and story had drastically changed. Well, speaking as someone who actually went through the entire thing recently, I can say with confidence that those thoughts were pretty disingenous. Nothing in the first 2-3 months of the reboot was a substantial departure to Heart or Dean’s character. Those people were just being uncharitable. Now, however, we’re a year and 2 months in. Let’s go.
(to be continued)
Flapjack omelette almost 3 years ago
In my house if would’ve eaten the brownie on accident my sister would have been fully aware of it in about 5 seconds and she would be shouting it out and demanding that she gets a brownie too.
1JennyJenkins almost 3 years ago
In MY house, we never used food as some kind of reward or punishment. My mother never did either, and I learned from her. The only time candy was some kind of “treat” was at Halloween. All other times, such a birthday cake, or a chocolate from time to time, is was tradition, but it certainly wasn’t ever a reward for good behavior, that’s for sure.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Everybody gets brownies and everybody wins. Steenz, keep up the great work. CHOCOLATE!!!!!!
asrialfeeple almost 3 years ago
Sweet sibling love. And I hope we hear about Mrs. Angelini.