Sure. Thing is, he's easily demonstrated as being wrong -- it's not the art that sells comics, but the story.
Ask yourself how many times a company like Marvel or DC needed to remodel a major title or an entire universe. These were critical projects, demanding the safest choices -- the talent seen as most likely to yield a superior sales outcome.
Whom did they choose to architect the makeover? Invariably, it was guys like Grant Morrison, Brian Michael Bendis, Geoff Johns. You mentioned Byrne -- he did it too, at least twice that I recall, but he was a double-duty guy who also wrote.
Has there ever been an instance in which a major makeover project was handed to an artist with no writing experience?
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Date: 2012-08-30 03:57 pm (UTC)Ask yourself how many times a company like Marvel or DC needed to remodel a major title or an entire universe. These were critical projects, demanding the safest choices -- the talent seen as most likely to yield a superior sales outcome.
Whom did they choose to architect the makeover? Invariably, it was guys like Grant Morrison, Brian Michael Bendis, Geoff Johns. You mentioned Byrne -- he did it too, at least twice that I recall, but he was a double-duty guy who also wrote.
Has there ever been an instance in which a major makeover project was handed to an artist with no writing experience?