It might be an issue with the manufacturer. It's by Quilting Treasures. I bought their Wizard of Oz fabric. Sepia looks beautiful. For the 2nd line, the faces are just odd. There are a few ones of Dorothy that look awful. And I'm a HUGE Wizard of Oz fan, so I did buy every line and tried to ignore the faces.
Then I bought their I Love Lucy line. I bought from 2 different vendors. The faces were so horribly awful that I sent the fabric back to both. There was one of Fred and Ricky ... ugg, really bad.
Anyway, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was an issue from all their fabrics. It's difficult to take actual people and make them into good looking fabric (since their non-actual people lines are beautiful), so I know that's part of it.