McCloud, writing years before the introduction of this approach,
warns us that “To break a comic down into single pictures is to tear that map [the temporal map] to shreds—and with it, the very fabric of comics’ core identity.” It's worth noting that in Comixology and most digital comics readers, “guided view” is presented an option, to be used only if desired. Readers can still navigate pages by scaling and panning them manually, though this does take more work.
