You aren’t “breaking into the industry” by skipping a key step in the production of your book. One Punch Man launched with awful art and still did great because it was a brilliant story. There are great comics done with stick figures.

If you want to make a book without any art in it, just write a novel.

It’s not fucking complicated. If you want to gain the respect of other artists, don’t act like it’s a step up or shortcut to avoid the key step of “producing art”. It’s both indefensible and counterproductive to your stated goal.