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suggest me some graphic novels.
carrotosaurus:
Kilgore_Trout:
Check out the names Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, Adrian Tomine and Chris Ware.
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: Linds on 26 Oct 2007, 11:53 ---Since it was brought up earlier, the only difference I thought between a comic book and a graphic novel as that novels tend to only be one thing, while comic books were part of a series. Graphic novels were also longer. I dunno.
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The only difference between a graphic novel and a comic book is that graphic novels are read by people who are too pretentious and/or snobby to admit they're reading a comic book. The same thing has happened with manga in recent years. Just because you read the panels backwards doesn't change the fact it's a story presented in an illustrated, panel by panel format.
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, chances are there's some dipshit who'll call it an "aquatic nonfish" for the sake of maintaining their indie cred.
0bsessions:
But the thing is, the only people who are going to note the "difference" is other people who read them same as you do and aren't going to just assume "Hey, Mickey." If someone doesn't know that Mickey isn't the only thing out there in comic format, odds are that saying "Graphic Novels" is going to require explanation too.
0bsessions:
Yeah, but looking at that, where's the point if you have to slip that extra bit in anyway?
"I read comic books"
Like Donald Duck?"
"No. Anyways..."
You just dropped half your work right there.
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