Hoo-boy. ”Let’s look at all the sea animals!” Really!? I thought this was Middle School, not First Grade. And what reason does teacher Mavis see that leads her to believe Mark is the reason for Rusty’s extemporaneous facts-spouting? It’s bonkers.
Art Dept. The comic syndicate clearly has flexible standards when it comes to acceptable artwork. Panel 3 is especially problematic, as a close study will show. By now, I hope everybody knows that if you click on the posted strip above, it will (or should) expand. You need to click your browser’s Back button to return to the full blog page.
The Daily Trail 
Yeah, the artwork in the third panel is pretty bad. Is Rivera challenging herself by drawing with the opposite hand?
In Jules’s defense, the Comics Kingdom does have some pretty bad artists. Six Chix on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for example.
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Good points! One thing about Six Chix in particular is that it is a cooperative strip written and drawn sequentially by six different people. So, the style varies by artist. Another point is to consider the art according to the content. The naturalist, adventure story format of Mark Trail normally expects conventionally representational figures and scenes. Six Chix, on the other hand, is more of an “idea” based strip that is not focused on traditional storylines and realistic characters. In fact, that kind of realism might be bad for their strip. Imagine if Pearls Before Swine, for example, used a traditional, representative style. Now, THAT would be really weird!
However, I agree there is a lot of diverse styles and qualities at CK. Some good, some less so. I think CK is using the web site to also try out new artists and strips to see if they can build a following.
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