I believe that a good comic script can succeed despite being drawn badly, but that a bad script can't be saved by good art. Of course, great writing and great illustration makes for a great comic 100 percent of the time.
Interpretation
The effectiveness of a comic largely depends on its writing rather than its artistic quality.
This quote by Ryan North emphasizes the importance of storytelling in comics, suggesting that the script is the foundation upon which everything else is built. While good artwork can enhance a comic, poor writing will ultimately render it ineffective, regardless of the art's quality. North argues that a well-crafted narrative is essential for the success of any comic, and great writing paired with outstanding illustrations creates a truly remarkable work.
In practice
In a discussion about favorite comics, you might mention this quote to highlight the significance of a good story.
There is something particularly unique about the films of Hong Sang-soo...it's got to do with his masterful sense of storytelling... as the critic Manny Farber once said of Hitchcock's ROPE Hong Sang-soo's pictures unpeel like an orange.
I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.
When I am halfway there with a painting, it can occasionally be thrilling... But it happens very rarely; usually it's agony... I go to great pains to mask the agony. But the struggle is there. It's the invisible enemy.
It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist or not-his cakes are delicious and that's all that matters.
I've always had a profound conviction that great music is about joy, even in the face of tragedy.
It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theater from inarticulate glumness.
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