Good onomontoPOWia should be like a strong spice in a main course — present, but not overpowering, punchy without being dominating. In other words, the complete opposite of this panel from “Silver Star”:
On one hand, you definitely get the sense of an overwhelming amount of noise, which may be what the team was going for. But it just ends up looking like visual word salad, conveying little impact at the expense of way too much real estate.
