Originally Posted by
Dr.Epic
WOW! You're completely right! Five seconds of character development is more than enough to gain a detailed idea of a character's traits. Alan Moore had it wrong in Watchmen: you don't need several pages of backstory, narration, and flashbacks to develop a character. Just have one sentence of exposition dialogue explaining them and a comic expression on their face in a comic that is a comedy that uses stick figures so you know, none of their expressions are too detailed.