I think it also depends on how you learned to read -- for a couple of years as a child I mostly read the Tintin books. Over and over, until they fell apart. A

I think it also depends on how you learned to read -- for a couple of years as a child I mostly read the Tintin books. Over and over, until they fell apart. As a result, the graphical style of comic books just makes sense for me as a storytelling medium. Although Hergé set a pretty high bar, and I do find a badly laid-out page hard to follow.