The advice is for screenwriting. Nonetheless, some of the stuff might apply to comics, novels and plays. If understanding the strengths of other media helps you to better your own game. The opening image will set the tone. This is convenient to avoid or to use clichés to OUR ADVANTAGE. This opening image is the reader's cue to stay or leave. Both are worthy. Comic, short novels and movies need this as soon as possible. A novel, unlike what Mr. Wodehouse states in A damsel in distress, can take a little longer but it still uses the opening image because it is not the same thing setting the ambiance as…