How much does the artist call into question or debate points of writing?
Scott thinks absolutely nothing about drawing what he wants as opposed to what’s exactly in the script. So, in that sense, he does it constantly. But since he’s just taking what’s in the script and making it better, which then makes me change some dialog to reinforce the improvement even further, I’m not sure that qualifies. Especially since I doubt he considers that a minor change, like a slightly different camera angle, will sometimes call for a line of dialog to be adjusted. His thinking probably begins and ends with “It’ll look better this way.” I remember that he specifically called me out on The Letter from Volume 1, Issue 2. He said it was too sappy. And it was, so I changed it. The version that made it to print is so much stronger I ought to have been embarrassed to have typed the original. Those kinds of moments are pretty rare, so if he brings up a specific point about the dialog I’ll listen and give it serious consideration…even if I decide against making the change as in Th
