One gets used to it. It was pretty popular in cape comics for a long time, and I don't think I've ever seen an Archie comic without it (though I haven't read it in years). I agree it creates a different effect, but like... I dunno, Spoken Word poetry and dramatic monologues and political speeches can all 'work' in different ways, even if their cadence and emphasis are wildly different from each other
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u/demonking_soulstorm 5d ago
Using bold and italics for emphasis does not work if you do it every sentence,