I’m rereading The Sandman Companion, by Hy Bender, and it’s always fascinating this experience of learning something new every time with each rereading. Here I come across an impressive testimony from the penciller Michael Zulli, who participated in the series.
“Comics are often compared to film, but I see them as being much more like theater, another medium that can't physically show everything and so must rely on suggestion supported by a few perfectly chosen details. I try to render characters and their environments with enough fidelity to maintain the illusion of reality – and avoid having my audience want to throw tomatoes at me.” (p.57)