To me, writing is always more important, but comics can do very well with or with out fine artistry, if the story is good. A comic can thrive if the story is feeble, but the art is astounding.
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Primarily, comicbooks is a visual medium. A well drawn book with a crappy story will always sell. A well written story with bad art goes straight to the discount area.
Well for me it's kinda hard to detrermine. Because, if I don't like the art in a comic book, I usually won't even bother reading it, so I am tempted to say the art is more important. Overall, the writing is more important to most people however...
I'd give it a 80:20 ratio in favour of writing...cause I can live with a comic book with bad art, but not with bad writing.
Art alone cannot save a comic book...evidenced by that god-awful series, Secret War, by Bendis...featuring the fantastically beautiful paintings of Gabriel Dell'Otto.
Yes, the visuals are absolutely stunning...but if the story ain't up to par, the book, and series, are a failure.
Last edited by Lord S on Aug 9th, 2005 at 07:13 AM
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Nah, you guys who vote for writing don't know what you are talking about. Definitely the art. Good authors can make millions more by writing either novels or short stories. Obviously a good story adds to the comic book, but while a comic book can be still be understood and enjoyed if you only have a good artist, (witness the scene where Wolverine took Sabretooth out) a comic book without pics is just a short story.
A comic book, essentially, is "comic book n. A book of comics strips or cartoons, often relating a sustained narrative." You will note here, OFTEN there is a narrative, in other words, not always. While this is only one definition, I would argue it is fairly accurate.
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Last edited by Dreampanther on Aug 9th, 2005 at 01:01 PM
Without the story what would you have the art doing? The art can tell a story, but the story is figured out before hand, and the art is adapted to the story.
A narrative simply means that there is a narrator.
Without the writing it would just be an art book. . . or just a book full of random images of the characters.
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Aug 8th, 2005 06:32 PM
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