Complex sentence: McManus, who numbered Aubrey Beardsley among his influences, had a bold, clean-cut cartooning line; his strong sense of composition and Art Nouveau and Art Deco design made the strip a stand-out on the comics page.
Split into simpler sentences: McManus, who numbered Aubrey Beardsley among his influences, had a bold, clean-cut cartooning line. His strong sense of composition and Art Nouveau and Art Deco design made the strip a stand-out on the comics page.