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Originally Posted by ratbastid
I'm not really into comic books, but I love graphic novels.
Go read Watchmen or Maus or Y: The Last Man and try to tell me that isn't literature. Part of what I love is that it's the intersection of art and literature. Brilliant stuff.
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I'm not really into graphic novels, I prefer
Tankobon.
I'm just kidding. In fact, I'm making fun of your distinction between "comic books" and "graphic novels." Indeed,
Watchmen was a comic book series before it was compiled into a graphic novel...
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
But what the hell is it with some geeks and COMICS? They're fuckin' drawings. Of superheroes and dumb shit like that. Or Anime? There's all these otaku nerds who love everything japanese, including poorly dubbed anime that doesn't make any fucking sense.
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Unfortunately for me, Val_1 pretty much said what I was going to say on the subject.
However, let me just say that I love a good story. I don't particularly like reading but some of the world's best stories are novels, so I have read some novels. Similarly, some of the world's best stories are anime or manga, so I have watched some anime and manga. Indeed, your characterization of comic books being about "superheroes and dumb shit like that" indicates either flamebait or you know little about comics.
In particular, you might be surprised by the quality of stories told in
manga. Because it forms more than 30% of the Japanese print industry, there's a very wide variety of manga stories ranging across all genres...
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
I love graphic novels and manga because they have STORIES, and I love stories. Better yet--stories with pictures! ratbastid makes a good recommendation with Maus. Graphic novels, especially, are gaining popularity in academic study, which I think is fantastic. I introduced the English class I'm teaching to both graphic novels and manga--one, because I wanted them to see how a high-quality story can match with great art, and two, because I love ninjas.
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If you like ninjas, have you read
Naruto?
...oh, wait. I saw your post in the preview so I couldn't see your avatar.
I guess that's why you say you like ninjas? Well then... What about pirates? I prefer
One Piece over Naruto, myself...