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.
If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you're simply using a pen to record what you have thought out. In a poem, the pen is more like a flashlight, a Geiger counter, or one of those metal detectors that people walk around beaches with.
It's about the audience - if they laugh and clap, you feed off that, and if they don't, you doubt everything you've ever done.
That's another pompous expression that is out of fashion, to say that poetry is a gift. It sounds pompous because you say, 'Who gave you the gift, and what is this gift?' And the gift is where I am; the gift is what I have come out of, the people around me who, I think, are beautiful people.
An often-repeated assertion in the body of film criticism I have written is the assertion that movies do not just mirror the culture of any given time; they also create it.
There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man.
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