David Carrier

I've been reading some writing by David Carrier. In his book on "the aesthetic of comics" he highlights the ways in which comics differ from other media. Similar to Mccould's approach Carrier defines the medium in terms of causal connection. He uses this quote in his opening chapter

'Tis only Causation, which produces such a connection a connexion as to give us assurance from the existence or action of one object, that 'twas follow'd or preceded by any other existence or action"

He brings up photography in relation to painting stating that a photograph is just one moment, one point in a sequence. but a painting does not need to necessarily need to depict just one moment in time.