Cartoonists are all paid more poorly than a prose author would ever be, and this isn’t even factoring in all of this extra work.
Cartoon pictures affect memory and sight simultaneously, sort of blurring the line between the two, and if carefully balanced can provide an experience which is both internal as well as “theatrical”.
Lately I think a new attitude has prevailed that comics aren’t inherently an Art form, but that some cartoonists are genuinely artists.