What do you think about the graphic novel as a literary form?
What value can be derived from graphic novels of all sorts, from the more overtly literary--Bechdel's FUN HOME, or Satrapi's PERSEPOLIS, or Spiegelman's MAUS--to the more covertly literary, more pulpy--Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, or Moore's WATCHMEN or V FOR VENDETTA?
>>7621441
I feel like it's relevant here, too, no? If my question is about the graphic novel being a form of literature, sending me to /co/ kind of presupposes that it's not, doesn't it?
>>7621448
I waa messing with you. But what would you qualify as a graphic novel?
>>7621451
I'd probably say something along the lines of what Wikipedia already says, that a graphic novel is a longer work written in a comic format that is NOT an ongoing periodical, but either is from the start presented as one volume (like Fun Home or Persepolis) or is a short-form periodical that is intended to be collected in a single volume eventually (like Dark Knight Returns).
>>7621467
I see, then anything with funny maymay pictures that isn't a story arc, like let's say God loves, Man Kills.
I'd say it's worth it, but the context is always essential to its comprehension.
>>7621490
Well that's all part of it too. I was talking about the form as a whole and what unique advantages/disadvantages it has in a literary sense.
Perfectly good medium that is ruined by what its main man child audience wants to see.
