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This is probably stupid, but this style of drawing is why I could never read Tintin. I didn't know it had a name until now. I can't really explain why, but it kind of makes me uncomfortable or something. So weird. Especially because most people seem to really enjoy it. Is anyone else sharing this feeling or is it just me?

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You may be on to something: I seem to have experienced the opposite, as having grown up reading Ligne Claire-comics initially made it really difficult for me to follow what was happening in comics drawn in other styles.

Same here. After, like every little French boy, having been fed with Tintin and Asterix in my baby bottle, much of the more modern work made me feel like the author was not straight to the point enough, wasting my attention with his uncertain and meandering process of drawing. It took a lot of time to appreciate anything else and stop feeling like it's all amateurish sketching.

When I was a kid I hated geographical maps that did not have a ligne claire drawn between the land and the ocean.

> After, like every little French boy, having been fed with Tintin and Asterix in my baby bottle

Not French but I've felt this too -- purely on an aesthetic level I enjoy the artwork of Tintins, Asterixes, and even older American superhero comics, because of the simpler, more traditionally comic-like artwork.

Modern comics have more realistic colors but appear "over-pencilled"[1,2] somehow.

[1] https://imgur.com/a/GOCCMZv [2] https://imgur.com/a/Rysp9do

I'm French, and I've also grown up with a lot of bandes dessinées around me. I love Astérix, Lucky Luke, Gaston, … But I've had a hard time with Tintin since forever.

Lines in these other series are not as straight as in Tintin. They feel more hand drawn or something. I'm not really able to explain.

This is an interesting example of the subjectivity in art -- I love Tintin for this very reason. The "flatness" and the beautiful coloration the artistic style creates is so beautiful to me, it's a treat to my eyes. Similarly with older superhero comics as well.

Interesting! Is this because ligne claire does not "guide the eye" as much? Comics often eliminate all inessential backgrounds to let you focus on the action, but ligne claire style never does that.

Same here. The semi-realistic backdrops is what's most off-putting to me. Part cartoon / part realistic messes with my suspension of disbelief or something

Same for me. I just can’t stand how the style looks like, it instinctively makes it look numb and uninteresting.

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