(From Punch N' Pie! Click on the thumbnail for full sized not Ted! Noooooo!)
As with many readers -- most particularly, those readers who really liked Queen of Wands -- I've been reading Punch n' Pie, and to a degree I've been withholding judgement. I haven't been sure what Aerie and Daily were planning, and the art style -- which was different than either Aerie's original Queen of Wands style and Daily's Striptease style -- would take some getting used to. (Also, there was a question of... well, backgrounds.)
I'm still on the withholding judgement phase, and likely will be for a while. I'm reading and I'm going to keep reading, but the strip hasn't fully "gelled" for me yet. However, today's (well, yesterday's, but I wrote this the day it came out) strip was a good one... and this half-toned strip, complete with moires and gritty dialogue... well, it nailed me. Good art, good style, good writing, good God, people!
So, here it is. You should look at it.
Ted would have wanted it that way.
Yeah, I'm not sure what I think of it yet, either -- a little too early to tell -- but in terms of art style, the one thing I'm definitely liking are the facial expressions.
I think this artstyle "fits" Angela, much as the old one "fit" Kestrel. Or even better, really. For one thing, she doesn't look like a little girl; she looks like a short, girlish adult.
But is that a good thing, considering that Angela looking like a little girl was a plot point?
(I'm also in the "getting used to it" readership, but I fully expect that before too long, I'll be fully into it.)
I've read all of Queen of Wands, but whenever I hear of this comic, all I can think of is that damn South Park movie.
"Say there's gonna be punch and pie!"
"No, Cartman. We're not bringing punch and pie."
"More people will come if we say there's gonna be punch and pie!!!"
I should just get my head cleaned out.
Also, probable Firely reference!