Comic books are more effective storytellers than novels

As a quick response to my opponents comments at the begging of round two I'd like to say that I held off attacking his case so that I could do so this round. I was also hoping that we might be able to devote Round 3 to the rebuilding of our cases. Just because I don't post my rebuttal against his argument in this round doesn't mean I don't have one. I am holding off until the 3rd round of debate. Now on with my attack on his case. As to his beginning stipulations, I am an avid reader of both manga (Naruto, Tsubasa, D-Gray Man, and several others) and novels (I own my own library of both classic and modern novels from which I regularly read), so I find my self highly qualified for this debate. My opponent has summarized his reasons for comic books being better than novels in three quick, small, and easily refutable statements: "-Displaying emotions and thought processes that characters undergo-Descriptions of places, people, objects, etc...-Smoothly and clearly moving through transitions between periods of time." I will negate each of these separately along with the observations from the main body of his case. Statement 1: "Displaying emotions and thought processes that characters undergo." When comic book characters show said emotions in a detailed way it actually confuses the reader. For example the classic sweatdrop animation depicts a character with an abnormally large drop of water clinging to their head. This is a specific, commonly used image that can depict a plethora of feelings in a character (ie: disappointment, annoyance, distress, frustration, irritation, exasperation, surprise, revelation, astonishment, the list goes on and on and has a tendency to confuse the reader). This has been proven by a study of various images in comic books done by the University Of Tokyo Art Department. Statement 2: "Descriptions of places, people, objects, etc..." As I stated in my own case, a novel allows many readers to form their own mental image of a scene and play it out in their head however they please. For more information regarding the proof of this statement please see my case. NOTE: the study referred to here was actually performed and tested by The Harvard Institute of Literature. We teach novels in high level English classes for a reason. Furthermore, we also don't teach comic books in those same classes for the same reason. Novels dig deeper into human nature and therefore appeal more to readers because they can be connected to us in a certain way. The often unrealistic depictions and storyline of a comic book will often alienate readers from that same storyline. This is a statement from the final report of that study. And I am very sure of that institute's authority on the subject. Statement 3: "Smoothly and clearly moving through transitions between periods of time." My opponent makes this statement in a way that implies that novels aren't capable of the same thing, and this is completely wrong. Space time manipulation is a special and confusing aspect of literature, whether comic or novel. No matter which form of literature you look at, the idea of suddenly switching from one time period to another or from one place to another is one that is usually difficult for readers to wrap their minds around. Either artist or writer must use great caution when doing so, so as to keep their audiences attention. So in this case a comic book is no different than a novel, and my opponent's argument fails. As for the remainder of my opponents case, note that all of his observations are just that: observations. He has no physical proof from any other source other than himself. Being no professor of psychology or literature or art his ideas do not qualify as proof, as opposed to my proof which involves complicated studies done by well qualified and certified individuals and institutions. Because of these arguments, my opponents case fails altogether and that leave you, the voters, with one intelligent choice to make: my case is the better made, proven, and supported case, and is therefore the clear winner in today's debate. ()__() (='.'=) (")_(")