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* Some fans would state that [[Slightly Damned]] grew the beard when {{spoiler|Rhea and Buwaro escape from the Ring of the Slightly Damned and meet Kieri}}. This is not only when the storyline really picks up, but when [[Art Evolution|the improvement of the artwork]] starts becoming more noticable.

* The [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=500 500th strip] of ''[[Questionable Content]]'' is universally recognized as a turning point, when the strip began focusing less on one-off gags and introduced some real character development and plot arcs. The art was also steadily improving throughout the series.

* [[Boxer Hockey]] started off with sub-par to decent art, had a cast of generally cliche characters<ref> A dumb character, who shared a nickname with the author, the jerk, [[The Big Guy]], the [[Only Sane Man]], and their coach.</ref>, and sometimes relied on [[Dead Baby Comedy]] and gay jokes. During the strip's four-year life, Tyson Hesse, the author, attended college. Over the years, it resulted in the cast having heavy [[Character Development|development]], well thought-out jokes, and absolutely '''beautiful''' art. Tyson Hesse is now considered a professional artist, and is doing freelance jobs for [[Skullgirls|Reverge Labs]] and [[Dark Horse Comics]]. In short, it went from [http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=2 this], to [http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=60 this], then finally to [http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=156 this,] and improves every day.

* [[Boxer Hockey]] started off with sub-par to decent art, had a cast of generally cliche characters<ref> A dumb character, who shared a nickname with the author, the jerk, [[The Big Guy]], the [[Only Sane Man]], and their coach.</ref>, and sometimes relied on [[Dead Baby Comedy]] and gay jokes. During the strip's four-year life, Tyson Hesse, the author, attended college. Over the years, it resulted in the cast having heavy [[Character Development|development]], well thought-out jokes, and absolutely '''beautiful''' art. Tyson Hesse is now considered a professional artist, and is doing freelance jobs for [[Skullgirls|Reverge Labs]] and [[Dark Horse Comics]]. In short, it went from [https://web.archive.org/web/20100820074853/http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=2 this], to [https://web.archive.org/web/20140105033537/http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=60 this], then finally to [https://web.archive.org/web/20120104064504/http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=156 this,] and improves every day.

* ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'', about 80 or so pages in. The characters look less wonky and the story starts to seriously move.

* [[A Loonatics Tale]] began in 2007 as a comic the artist/co-writer drew in her spare time at school, with poor art and writing and awkward layouts that culminated in a style switch (including dropping colour from the pages) halfway through the third storyline. Then the comic went on a several-month hiatus during which the artist entered a few Original Character Tournaments, started attending art college and generally worked on improving her craft. Now the comic is back in full colour, and both writing and art have greatly improved in quality.