When we speak about the author's voice, it's more apparent in this genre than that of films or movies. Their voice becomes more obvious and distinct and is far easier to tell apart. The artistic style in Asterious helps the reader understand how each of the characters think or how they interpret the world, allowing us to better understand them. For example, Asterious is shown in a more bland and rather box-like nature (increasing so when he is arguing with Hana), while Hana is shown with more color and more free forms. The way these characters are drawn allows us to know how they feel without them needing to constantly pour exposition to the viewer, the opposite of a book (written) where the narrator has to tell you what they are feeling.
Similar to a director of a film that performs certain cinema tricks, an author's artistic style with a graphic novel is the same. For example, what we see in Asterious stylistically is much different from something like a superhero graphic novel. A graphic novel artist's style is much more obvious than other media, and it can even clue in the viewer for what the author typically writes about. If the style is more fine and detailed, they probably prefer more serious and action oriented content, but if it's done in a more cute style, they may enjoy the more humous sections of it. In short, the author's art style can support not only the character's voices, but the author's voice as well with only a few words.
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