Are they even literature? Are they too mixed media? Do you think they rely too much on visual stimulus to convey emotion and plot? yes. For people who scoff at comics, I've had the same emotional impact from reading graphic novels as well as traditional books.
Thoughts?
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" Someone came up with the term graphic novel. These readers latched on to it; they were simply interested in a way that could validate their continued love of Green Lantern or Spider-Man without appearing in some way emotionally subnormal. This is a significant rump of the superhero-addicted, mainstream-addicted audience. I don't think the superhero stands for anything good. I think it's a rather alarming sign if we've got audiences of adults going to see the Avengers movie and delighting in concepts and characters meant to entertain the 12-year-old boys of the 1950s.""
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I'm not a huge fan of superhero movies as well but The Incredibles is GOAT
The writers constantly changing on books makes the characters not consistent and it leads to having 500 different versions of heroes
I don't want to speculate on what can be done in graphic novels but I gave it my best shot and found the very best of them to be about the same quality as an above good novel. Not great, not amazing, but better than average. I gave Sandman, Swamp Thing, Transmetropolitan, Watchmen and V for Vendetta a shot (plus a few other ones that aren't as famous) before giving up on the medium.
Comics aren't literature: different art form, but some may be considered art. The bad rep is due to capeshit.
Do they have to be similar?
I like both Comics and Books, but for entirely different reasons. When I want to quickly read something, get lost in the art, and maybe have a chuckle or something I read comics. When I want to sit down for a few hours, get lost in a world and flex my imagination muscles I read a book.
Because comics are either simplistic capeshit for manchildren or shallow slice of life hipster garbage.
Marvel was aiming for the college aged audience by the mid 60s.