I never could effectively read and process comics without a lot of effort -- something about transitioning the brain rapidly between text and image processing.

I never could effectively read and process comics without a lot of effort -- something about transitioning the brain rapidly between text and image processing. I guess my left brain and right brain can't function in parallel (I'm sure there is a name for this "condition"). But back to the question, I've heard from people who enjoy comics that Girl Genius is fairly good -- there is a good write up on it on http://www.quadibloc.com/other/anoint.htm http://www.quadibloc.com/other/anoint.htm (BTW, this guys home page has a huge treasure trove of random knowledge -- worth exploring a bit more).