Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (Will Eisner Instructional Books)

by Will Eisner

Despite the high visibility and attention that artwork compels, I hold that the story is the most critical component in a comic. Not only is it the intellectual frame on which all artwork rests, but it, more than anything else, helps the work endure.

Story is the most critical component in a comic

the comics medium is a literary/art form,

Literary

A partnership of words with imagery becomes the logical permutation. The resulting configuration is called comics and it fills a gap between print and film.

Cómics como puente entre literatura y medios mersmente visuales.