Like.
Good point.
I'm reminded of when I started reading Charles Burns's Black Hole, which initially came out as quite hard-to-come-by lush staplebound Kitchen Sink Press single comics, with really thick quality paper.
Which had me appear sailing through each installment far too fast. Plus everything about the art and gripping visual storytelling had me on edge as well as constantly dreading the back cover as closing in.
Collecting all the issues took me years and years until a collected edition saw the light.
Having everything about the book become like a fantastic David Lynch movie playing backwards. And the story teases like a devil's good side, as much a heartsinker as tears on a Birthday. So I guess I maybe see what you mean.