You all know what I'm going to say: Writing is the most important aspect of writing today. Don't believe me? Here's two ways to prove it: First, pick up anything from the 90s. It's garbage. Sure, there's a few books out there with good stories, but overall most companies focused on art rather than writing a good story. The best examples are from the mid-late 90s Marvel, when they focused 90% of their efforts on art. Need more proof? Justice by Ross & Krieger. Pretty pictures can't save a tripe, over-used storyline that couldn't make me care less about the characters. "All the villains team up to fight all of the heroes? Haven't I seen this before? Like on every episode of the Super Friends?" More proof you say? Ok, All Star Batman & Robin. Jim Lee's work is amazing on this book, but Miller's writing is that of a 14 year old boy, possibly with tourettes syndrome. Great art does not save bad writing. And if you do think that, you have no clue what good writing is, or you probably don't know what good art looks like. I've seen a few people weigh in on what they think bad art looks like, and the stuff they post isn't bad art, just different stylistically.

I've been a professional writer for a few years now and a comic book writer for about a year, and I've noticed that writers rule the industry right now. Why? Because writing is more important. I've gone through artist alley at the cons and picked up a few books here and there, and there's stuff I really enjoy where the artwork is atrocious. I'm done ranting...