I think 'graphic' needs to take back the day. It seems very at home in the night.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
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§ ita § - Jul 12, 2004 10:34:13 am PDT #4727 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Jul 12, 2004 11:08:23 am PDT #4728 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
As noted, "graphic novel" was part of a marketing ploy on the part of the comics industry to get bookstores to carry their products. It was tied with the pushing of comics-are-art agenda and the early examples published as whole works, rather than series collections. (Things like, Will Eisner's Contract With God - which is where I first saw the phrase "graphic novel.") Anyway, Sandman kind of blew that distinction out of the water since they've been successfully marketed in bookstores for yonks now, have the imprimatur of ART and are collected trades.
Glamcookie - Jul 12, 2004 11:13:34 am PDT #4729 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
After that was a storyline about Christian's history which isn't essential to the current plot.
Are you mad, man? Since when is graphic monkey love not essential to the plot??
(You know I'm just playing. That issue sucked. I loved the China stuff, though.)
Kalshane - Jul 12, 2004 1:56:58 pm PDT #4730 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2004 3:50:39 pm PDT #4731 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My used trade score today? Two Fables trades, Animal Farm and Storybook Love. And now, they have NML 2-5. Still missing #1. If it does show up there, it's going to be hard to resist picking them all up and buying. Hell, I almost did it now. I don't even have very much idea what it's about or why it's so great. Also, they had Officer Down. Is that one good?
I did some issue-reading. Seaguy is fucking ridiculous. It's relentlessly weird. It's generally enjoyable, but I feel like I'm missing the point. Unless Grant Morrison just feels like having fun.
Sleeper went over my head. I don't know who any of the characters are or what's going on or why it's going on or anything.
Ex Machina is very cool. I'll be following it.
sumi - Jul 12, 2004 6:15:17 pm PDT #4732 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I need to read Officer Down -- I'm guessing that it is a post-NML story.
P.M. Marc - Jul 12, 2004 6:40:48 pm PDT #4733 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I need to read Officer Down -- I'm guessing that it is a post-NML story.
It is.
Post-NML, that is. And yes, you do. I'm not a fan of a lot of the art in it, which is a shame, because I like the writing.
CaBil - Jul 12, 2004 11:59:48 pm PDT #4734 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
DC solicitations are up for October, and there is a guest star in Outsiders that I can't believe
Highlight here for spoilers in Outsiders #17 John Walsh of “America’s Most Wanted” guest stars .
Tom Scola - Jul 13, 2004 3:57:11 am PDT #4735 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2004 4:24:44 am PDT #4736 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, this is weird. What is the Platonic TPB for Superman? What's the Superman: Year One?