: Think of it this way. You say yourself that the layout of the panels is meant
: to simulate movement. So why not animate? Animation is a medium all about
: movement. You might say that in animation, you have to sacrifice
: complexity because you have to make so many more drawings. This is true,
: and so animation often (but not always) lacks the drawing complexity of
: the comic illustrations, yet offers a far richer experience of motion and
: story.

There's a massive qualitative difference between the form of pacing in comics and the form of pacing in animation. If people were expected to mull through a comic at a particular timing and direction, you might have a point.

: Alright, but what if you want to keep the illustrations? I say make a picture
: book. One of the drawbacks to comics is the simplicity of the text
: compared to novels. They were originally conceived for children who
: couldn't read books. So, write a novel, offing a far denser and richer
: possibility for the words, and have every other page be an illustration.
: You keep the art, but make the text better.

Maybe the placement of text matters (or doesn't matter, which is also something you get to play around with in comics). Or maybe more text just plain isn't better text within what you're trying to accomplish.

Or maybe you just plain don't want to superimpose a square wave on the flow of your presentation, which is exactly what you're doing when you have pages of alternating media. Doing so isn't necessarily a problem, but an artist could conceivably want to not do it.