Writing is more important than Art

[Emma]

and if its BL the answer is neither art nor writing are important bc its BL and therefor unfairly favoured by creepy straight girls.

I do think some creators just use the "BL" tag for clickbait purposes. Which is a bit sad, because it could be that some of them are actually good, but uses the clickbait to attract an audience, and therefore get the ones that this clickbait appeals to - "creepy straight girls" for BL, for example.

Re: Topic, I do think that writing is more important than art. One Punch Man was a webcomic with terrible art, but it has become successful because it's well-written, just as an example. Also, the art at the beginning of Attack On Titan was really sloppy at times, but it also got popular because of the writing (and the art also gets better).

[Michelle]

This is where I feel like the distinction between "writing" and "art" gets hard to make. Are comedic pauses an art thing? I'd put them down as a writing thing -- a silent beat is absolutely a writing choice, even though sometimes it's one the artist makes. Is panelling the realm of art or of writing? That.... can kinda go either way, since it's both pacing (writing) and composition (art). Writing is more than just the dialogue and story!

Seconding this! The dumb thing about the word "writing" is that it can mean both literally writing (or typing) words on a page, or the more abstract idea of developing a story. Pacing, characterization, setting, etc-- in my mind, those are all "writing", and inform the artwork. Artwork without writing is more close to illustration. Writing is inherent in a comic. That's how I see it, at least. The literal form of writing, the actual visible words on the page, are just a fraction of the total writing that goes into a comic.

As for deciding which is more important, I think it's a silly pissing contest to begin with. They both have importance, and imo the best comics are the ones that unify writing and artwork in a complementary manner.

[lunaartemisasama]

Well, if you want to write a novel writing is more important.
But in comics art is also important, it's more about having your style and that people can understand what you are trying to say.