Except there is a difference between graphic novel and comic book – comics are very short and like a magazine as far as how they’re put together, while graphic novels are actual books with a paper or hard cover and about the length of a novella.
Poor Roy. Sue probably did it by accident—though I don’t think you could ever convince Kathy of that.
I wonder when they got upgraded from comic books to graphic novels. When I was young (in the 1950s), everything of that ilk was a comic book. Even the series (and there was one) that featured classics like Moby Dick and the Count of Monte Cristo.
‘Sequential art’ is another phrase ‘m not in love with. Will Eisner was a genius- but I think some of his experiences got him a little determined to gentrify comics with nicer names. In the early 60s he was chased out of schools for daring to promote comics as an educational medium. Many Americans were still under Werthram’s sway, and thought the devil had entered their classrooms. Eisner kind of wanted to erase that thinking.
Futabakun Premium Member over 9 years ago
Excel Saga… seems about the right level of fantasy/reality ratio for Roy. Good call.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 9 years ago
Tsk
johnzakour Premium Member over 9 years ago
Speaking of novels…This week’s Raven Haired Rogue!
phaze58 over 9 years ago
GASP ! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Kim Metzger Premium Member over 9 years ago
Make her sit down and read “Maus.”
Tue Elung-Jensen over 9 years ago
It is a comic book. Graphic novel is just a word to make it seem fancy.
Jonathan Mason over 9 years ago
They are just comics
angeldscoobydoo Premium Member over 9 years ago
Except there is a difference between graphic novel and comic book – comics are very short and like a magazine as far as how they’re put together, while graphic novels are actual books with a paper or hard cover and about the length of a novella.
Observer fo Irony over 9 years ago
Sue should have known how sensitive Roy is about his fixations.
contralto2b over 9 years ago
And action figures are just dolls. :o)
garcoa over 9 years ago
Comic books are for kids, while graphic novels for adults and cost a lot more
johnzakour Premium Member over 9 years ago
Hey they have graphic novels for kids also. Scott and I are working on one!
mggreen over 9 years ago
So that makes a graphic novella would be a comic strip?
rshive over 9 years ago
Poor Roy. Sue probably did it by accident—though I don’t think you could ever convince Kathy of that.
I wonder when they got upgraded from comic books to graphic novels. When I was young (in the 1950s), everything of that ilk was a comic book. Even the series (and there was one) that featured classics like Moby Dick and the Count of Monte Cristo.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 9 years ago
‘Sequential art’ is another phrase ‘m not in love with. Will Eisner was a genius- but I think some of his experiences got him a little determined to gentrify comics with nicer names. In the early 60s he was chased out of schools for daring to promote comics as an educational medium. Many Americans were still under Werthram’s sway, and thought the devil had entered their classrooms. Eisner kind of wanted to erase that thinking.
Dragoncat over 9 years ago
Some people are so cruel……And what was that about Spock!?
K M over 9 years ago
So what is the difference, I mean, really!
RalphZIggy over 9 years ago
Graphics novels are for juveniles! Now MANGA, that’s where it’s at! 8D