/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3758812
Seems like you'd rather be a writer.
You're reading a manga for the visual storytelling, not just the story.
Why do you think I had that image to hand if I didn't appreciate it enough for what it is as an image. Do you think that people like me are the exception when it comes appreciating manga for the art? How do you prove your argument that the art (past a certain point) doesn't matter anymore? Do you look at sales and measure success that way? How do you seperate the quality of the story, the magazine its in, the era it was released in from the quality of the art?
You're trying to be reductive about the reality of how manga is consumed, ignoring that people obviously buy volumes. Which with your view would be a waste of money if they've read it once, why would they want to have it, it's not as if they'll read it multiple times.
Most of the best selling manga of all time go against your argument. Infact most have beautiful and intricate backgrounds when the story requires it because as you say, its the visual storytelling thats important.
>It's not about the art as much as it is about the story and delivery
The art is core to the delivery, its a visual medium and there are successful manga that have no words, Gon being a great example.
I'm not implying that all panels need backgrounds, in the Manben episode with Akiko Higashimura she comments that people are drawing too many backgrounds lately and they discuss the topic of imagination and when a background is needed. As I initially stated it all depends on the needs of the story and context at the time, however should a background be needed and if its integral to the story you commit to it, people will in turn appreciate it. Be it the ringing of the bell in the Golden City in One Piece, Falconia in Berserk, Sasuke returning to the village of the Leaf, the reveal of the Dark Continent in HxH, all of these images are integral to their story and only benefit from being of greater quality.