It's packed with about as many images as a children's book. I don't consider those comics either, but at least they have to exist in a specific size format and be comfortably readable on something other than a cell phone.

If the author were to make that "I'm just an indy" excuse to me, I'd tell him to get serious and write a book. It's a severely unimpressive excuse to cite lack of staff/funding, especially when my criticisms would not be amended by the addition of either. I bet he'd convert to a video format using the exact same material if he made a patreon, so then you'd be totally corralled into his desired pacing.