I've been reading comics wrong for years and just figured it out
I was at a local comic shop in Phoenix last weekend, just grabbing my usual pull list. I overheard a dad and his kid, maybe 10, talking about a Spider-Man issue. The kid was pointing at a panel and asking why the background had a cracked wall, and the dad said it was to show the building was old and maybe a bit unsafe, adding to the mood. I realized I just speed-read through art, only focusing on the word bubbles and the main action. For like 15 years, I've been treating comics like slightly illustrated books, not a combined art form. I went home and pulled out a Daredevil comic from my shelf, and spent a solid 20 minutes just looking at the shadows and line work in a single fight scene. It was a totally different experience. How do you guys balance reading the story and really seeing the art? Do you have a method?