About the previous comic.
While 8-bit pixel art doesn't look good on screenshots and they don't inspire or awe, they work for me and for many others. While I'll not have a poster of 8-bit hachi on my room my mind fill the blanks and I picture a lovable corgi doing lovable corgi things.
It helps I played my fair share of NES games so I am used to it. Plus nostalgia is a thing.
Also, I always find pixel art easier on the eyes. Many times on the 3d Bloodstained I felt the screen overloaded and busy with enemies full of details I could not really read because they were so small.
My point is there are advantages on pixel art and if it all fails, there is always nostalgia.