such an old thread, but I totally agree with the last post:  it's all about the story!! you can have the most beautiful artwork ever, but if your story sucks, then it's all pointless.... just set up a gallery and forget about it... on the other hand, even if your artwork is not that good, if the story is compelling and transport the reader/viewer to another place, to there the plot is going on, and makes him forget about the "real" world and be totally transported to the "fantasy" world, then you got the job done!!

of course, the ideal is to find a balance between the two...  regarding another subject mentioned here, I saw a Poser comic using Emboss and Drop Shadow on the dialog balloons and the sound effects, as opposed to using the regular plain style seen in regular comics... 3D effects and 3D dialog sort of made more sense on 3D comics, so I think that's a step in the right direction...