Comic books can improve brain function
Because comics use both images, words, sound effects, color, spatial layouts, panel composition and more, researchers say these multimodal cues can stimulate similar processes to the human brain mapping the world around it. Thanks to the brain taking in multiple forms of stimulus, comic books directly activate the same cognitive processes as more advanced text comprehension.
https://qz.com/1777533/reading-comic-books-can-improve-brain-health/