: Because say, animation, can contain the entirety of a comic book. You could
: easily have 9 panels on screen, each moving in sequence, or not moving at
: all. Of course you can show 9 scenes at the same time in film and
: animation, it's just dumb to do so since the act of editing much more
: seamlessly and powerfully creates relationships between images, but if you
: want to have panels on the screen nothing stops you. That is why comics
: are obsolete: animation can do the same thing, PLUS SO MUCH MORE.

I disagree right there.

Your argument could also be applied to watching the news on TV rather than reading them. You either just ruin the viewer's pace or severely cut the story. You can not do an animation that pleases everyone's preferences, as with comic books, but at least with comic books it's rather easier to fit into a larger group's preferences than an animation.