Having written original fiction I know what you mean. Best method I find is to do the info dump in stages, not all at once cos that tends to be boring. If it's for a graphic comic, and it's essential info, my personal preference would be for some brief info to be there. I hate reading comics or graphic novels where things are going on and you *don't* really understand what's happening because the author expected you to guess (or read their minds). I lose interest quickly unless it's a mystery story, then you sort of expect that. Ideally, you would want to try to cut down or summarize the info as having a whole lot info dump esp in a graphic novel also *isn't* good. After working on the Fairytale story for Madison, I can sympathize with you about the effort you have to go through when working within the narrow confines of a page of a graphic file. I found it painful when I had to do big edits and move pics and structure around cos it didn't fit the page. Anyway, that's my thoughts on it, not sure whether it helps or not.