Are Comic Books Literature? (punishment, choice, preacher, Roman)

[atotalstranger]

Of course! Anyone who doesn't think Archie has as much literary merit as War and Peace is obviously a moron.

[Don Penguinoini]

Depends on the specific comic.

[doppelgänger]

Originally Posted by atotalstranger

Of course! Anyone who doesn't think Archie has as much literary merit as War and Peace is obviously a moron.

Not all literature is "great literature" (which is ultimately in the eye of the beholder anyway). The Scarlet Letter is one in the "canon" that I particularly frown upon, for example. I could easily be convinced to replace it with The Watchmen.

[J Bryson]

Originally Posted by atotalstranger

Of course! Anyone who doesn't think Archie has as much literary merit as War and Peace is obviously a moron.

Let's reverse that, shall we? Anyone who doesn't think that The Da Vinci Code has as much literary merit as Maus is obviously a moron.

[rojse]

Originally Posted by atotalstranger

Of course! Anyone who doesn't think Archie has as much literary merit as War and Peace is obviously a moron.

Dare I ask, but what graphic novels have you read that lead you to make such judgements about an entire genre?

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by doppelgänger

Not all literature is "great literature" (which is ultimately in the eye of the beholder anyway). The Scarlet Letter is one in the "canon" that I particularly frown upon, for example. I could easily be convinced to replace it with The Watchmen.

I feel the same way about Crime and Punishment.

I get a deeper catharsis from reading The X-Men.

[rojse]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

I feel the same way about Crime and Punishment.

That is my opinion of "Pride and Prejudice". Admittedly, I don't like romance novels, but that is the nineteenth-century equivalent of a Mills and Boon novel.

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by rojse

That is my opinion of "Pride and Prejudice". Admittedly, I don't like romance novels, but that is the nineteenth-century equivalent of a Mills and Boon novel.

Never read any Emilie Bronte' (if I'm getting the author right) but I'm crazy about a lot of the authors from that time period.

But I wonder: if H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Victor Hugo to name a few were alive today, what do you want to bet they'd be working for DC or Marvel?

[cardero]

Originally Posted by doppelgänger

Not all literature is "great literature" (which is ultimately in the eye of the beholder anyway). The Scarlet Letter is one in the "canon" that I particularly frown upon, for example. I could easily be convinced to replace it with The Watchmen.

I was thinking it would have been a good idea for TreyOfDiamonds to suggest the last comic people have read before posting their thoughts. For some people I am sure the only lasting experience they have with comics is Hot Stuff, Hi And Lois or Little Lulu which may be a bit juevenile, if not an incomplete study of sequnetial art. Comics have changed and matured over the decades. Some have rightfully been considered works of art. A beautiful marriage between the written word and visual medium.

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

Never read any Emilie Bronte' (if I'm getting the author right) but I'm crazy about a lot of the authors from that time period.

It was Jane Austen, you moron, and the time period isn't even close.

Stop posing!

(just thought I'd do that to myself before anybody else noticed).