Well, yeah, I mean, none of the K. Garrison stuff was actually very good when it came down to it (the Carry On illustration was also pretty weak).
Is it now safe to say that the comic itself really isn't that great? Or at least, it's gotten very dated. There was a recent development in it that rubbed me the wrong way, where the lead character basically gets slut-shamed and it's depicted as her coming to her senses. Can't call myself a fan.
Really, the Comic Strip category as a whole's in a sore spot. Housepets! dominated for a literal decade and Griffin himself has said that he doesn't consider it a comic strip and it hasn't been one for a while. Innovative furry strips like Duncan and Eddie are being published on social media to acclaim while the category still continues to be the domain of strips stuck in the worldview (and web design) of the late 90s. It's no wonder Cross Time Cafe, a forum siloed off from the majority of the furry fandom, continues to dominate in the category and by extension the rest of the awards. Really, the separation of Comic Strip and Graphic Story can get odd with the "continuing story arcs" business; isn't "Carry On" technically a graphic story? "Newspaper-style" isn't a thing when we're talking about online publication. This distinction feels like a holdover from when the category was for Comic Books, which are easily more distinct than Strips.
Is it now safe to say that the comic itself really isn't that great? Or at least, it's gotten very dated. There was a recent development in it that rubbed me the wrong way, where the lead character basically gets slut-shamed and it's depicted as her coming to her senses. Can't call myself a fan.
Really, the Comic Strip category as a whole's in a sore spot. Housepets! dominated for a literal decade and Griffin himself has said that he doesn't consider it a comic strip and it hasn't been one for a while. Innovative furry strips like Duncan and Eddie are being published on social media to acclaim while the category still continues to be the domain of strips stuck in the worldview (and web design) of the late 90s. It's no wonder Cross Time Cafe, a forum siloed off from the majority of the furry fandom, continues to dominate in the category and by extension the rest of the awards. Really, the separation of Comic Strip and Graphic Story can get odd with the "continuing story arcs" business; isn't "Carry On" technically a graphic story? "Newspaper-style" isn't a thing when we're talking about online publication. This distinction feels like a holdover from when the category was for Comic Books, which are easily more distinct than Strips.