Jason Green, The Arts STL:
“Bear’s artwork has a classic cartoony feel to it, simple characters with circular heads, boxy bodies, and rubbery arms drawn with a consistent, thick ink line. The colors do a great job at drawing in the eye even though they, too, are simple, just flat blues and purples and pinks. The most thoroughly modern element is the lettering, which has the feel of text messages with its simple sans serif font (is that Arial?!), lack of capitalization, and choice to take commas as only an occasional suggestion.
Al Dente isn’t presented as a character to be emulated, but Bear manages to make us feel empathy for him all the same. We’ve all wanted to lash out like Al Dente, and knowing that under the surface he’s just another insecure dude like the rest of us makes our enjoyment of when he flies off the handle just a little bit less of a guilty pleasure.”
Read the full review on The Arts STLs website here!
