Do you think Cherry’s stories have become more simplistic and vacuous? If so, why?

The current plot involves Cherry finding a pack of possibly abandoned kittens. What to do?!? That Cherry has no idea about animal shelters around Lost Forest is a bit surprising. Of course, what to do with stray cats and kittens (to say nothing of dogs) is certainly a real world problem with no easy solution. Spaying and neutering kittens is one step, even if it means returning them to the wild. Finding families to adopt the kittens is not easy. We’ll have to wait and see what happens and whether Cherry’s over-the-top reaction (panel 3) has any justification.

Art Dept. Who drew this stuff? Is Rivera just knocking these panels out while waiting for the surf to come in? I’m sure that the door in panel 1 must have been traced from my grandson’s 5^th grade drawings. As far as panel 2 is concerned, I wonder if Rivera let somebody else use her drawing tablet. Did you notice Cherry’s amazing kitten box whose size varies panel to panel?

Then there is the very different depiction of Doc Davis in panel 2, as if drawn by my grandkids. Is there a genuine reason for this sort of inconsistency? Most of Rivera’s critics seem to think she can’t draw or doesn’t care (for examples, search for comments on this site by Mark, “the contrarian commenter”). I’m more inclined to the latter reason, which is worse.