Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Of course! Anyone who doesn't think Archie has as much literary merit as War and Peace is obviously a moron.
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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.Of course! Anyone who doesn't think Archie has as much literary merit as War and Peace is obviously a moron.
Of course! Anyone who doesn't think Archie has as much literary merit as War and Peace is obviously a moron.
Of course! Anyone who doesn't think Archie has as much literary merit as War and Peace is obviously a moron.
doppelgänger;1520925 said: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.
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.
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.doppelgänger;1520925 said: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.
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).
I feel the same way about Crime and Punishment.
I get a deeper catharsis from reading The X-Men.
I was thinking it would have been a good idea for TreyOfDiamonds to suggest the last comic people have read before posting their thoughts.
Personally, I consider comic books to be more of an art form, rather than literary efforts.
I have to disagree. It's all about the writing. The best art in the world won't save a bad story, but great writing forgives a myriad of artistic sins.
I read several graphic novels/comics in my English seminar. In fact, my thesis was on graphic novels as literature. I referenced Maus, a graphic adaptation of Paul Auster's City of Glass, and Krazy Kat.
I have to disagree. It's all about the writing. The best art in the world won't save a bad story, but great writing forgives a myriad of artistic sins.
I have to disagree. It's all about the writing. The best art in the world won't save a bad story, but great writing forgives a myriad of artistic sins.
However, some art is simply so distracting that one can no longer concentrate on the writing, as it tends to suck everything into a black hole of incompetence. I call this the Liefeld exception.