▁the ▁background s ▁and ▁environment ▁are ▁dep icted ▁real ist ically . ▁Thus , ▁he ▁arg ues , ▁the ▁reader ▁easily ▁ident ifies ▁with ▁the ▁characters , ▁( as ▁they ▁are ▁similar ▁to ▁one ' s ▁idea ▁of ▁self ), ▁whilst ▁being ▁imm ers ed ▁into ▁a ▁world , ▁that ' s ▁three - dimensional ▁and ▁text ured . ▁ ▁Good ▁examples ▁of ▁this ▁phenomen on ▁include ▁Her g é ' s ▁The ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁T int in ▁( in ▁his ▁" person al ▁tra dem ark " ▁L igne ▁cla ire ▁style ), ▁Will ▁E is ner ' s ▁Spirit ▁and ▁Os am u ▁Te zu ka ' s ▁Bud d ha , ▁among ▁many ▁others . ▁ ▁Comics ▁studies ▁ ▁Similar ▁to ▁the ▁problems ▁of ▁defining ▁literature ▁and ▁film , ▁no ▁cons ensus ▁has ▁been ▁reached ▁on ▁a ▁definition ▁of ▁the ▁com ics ▁medium , ▁and ▁attempted ▁definitions ▁and ▁descri ptions ▁have ▁fallen ▁pre y ▁to ▁numerous ▁exceptions . ▁ ▁The or ists ▁such ▁as ▁T ö pf fer , ▁R . C . ▁Har vey , ▁Will ▁E is ner , ▁David ▁Car rier , ▁A lain ▁Rey , ▁and ▁Lawrence ▁Gro ve ▁emphas ize ▁the ▁combination ▁of ▁text ▁and ▁images , ▁though ▁there ▁are ▁prominent ▁examples ▁of ▁p antom ime ▁com ics ▁throughout ▁its ▁history . ▁ ▁Other ▁critics , ▁such ▁as ▁Th ier ry ▁Gro en ste en ▁and ▁Scott ▁Mc Cloud , ▁have ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁prim acy ▁of ▁sequences ▁of ▁images . ▁ ▁Tow ards