Scott McCloud

While I have never delved too deeply into the wildly intricate world of animated superheroes, I have always appreciated their ascetic. The idea that words and images are usually represented lineally has always baffled me. Isn't it amazing that a single picture can immediately and dynamically capture an entire story while a story has to tell you word by word? While the examples he gave of "non linear" story telling looked a bit wonky, I still see human creativity trumping linear time.