47134-Graphic Novels
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47134-Graphic Novels
I'm just curious if anyone here, you know, reads graphic novels or comic books.
(I do...if you were curious)
(I do...if you were curious)
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Re: 47134-Graphic Novels
Does Midsummer's Night Dream count as graphic literature by chance? I'm reading that for an English class.Humble Master wrote:I'm just curious if anyone here, you know, reads graphic novels or comic books.
(I do...if you were curious)
I will when the semester is out.
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aww... that would have been an intriguing list!!Azriel wrote:There was going to be such an awesome answer on "Graphic" novels, but I didn't have it in me. The energy was... lacking. Also ideas. The Bible and the Book of Mormon made it to the list, but it didn't get any further than that.
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I didn't read this question before it posted, or I would have put in a plug for Blankets by Craig Thompson. I'm not a huge comic person (though thanks to mega-fan friends in high school I have read this one plus Sandman -- also brilliant -- in its entirety), but this is a great story. It's very well-done. It's good. Like, life-changing good. So I thought, at least.
Anybody read it?
http://www.amazon.com/Blankets-Craig-Th ... 956&sr=8-1
Anybody read it?
http://www.amazon.com/Blankets-Craig-Th ... 956&sr=8-1
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Naazju, what's your stance on parentheses?Naazju wrote:I really only read what I can sneak in during a visit to the bookstore. It's usually anime, though. And sometimes they're pretty darn funny.
Once, I found the first half of First Nephi in a graphic novel while at Deseret Book. That thing was awesome.
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I'm trying to cut back.xkcd *** wrote:Naazju, what's your stance on parentheses?Naazju wrote:I really only read what I can sneak in during a visit to the bookstore. It's usually anime, though. And sometimes they're pretty darn funny.
Once, I found the first half of First Nephi in a graphic novel while at Deseret Book. That thing was awesome.
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I did not see it, but I'm guessing to do with Kerry Soper's research (correct me if I'm way off base there). I know Dr. Soper and have seen him present on Doonsbury before.Fredjikrang wrote:I read an online comic, but that is about it.
BTW Humble Master, did you see the thing about Doonsbury (sp?) in the Daily Universe? Pretty interesting.
Ah, the glories of the National Comic Art Collection. If only you were a librarian where that is housed.Katya wrote:The tough thing about graphic novels is that they're really hard to get through inter-library loan, so I may have to be extra patient.
I've read extremely positive reviews of it, but I have not read it, thus it was not put on the list.Foreman wrote:I didn't read this question before it posted, or I would have put in a plug for Blankets by Craig Thompson.
That series, which seems to have been put on hold, was scripted and drawn by Mike Allred, a very well-known comic book artist (he's done work on the Fables series I mentioned in my answer, as well as other high-profile work for Marvel, DC, and Image comics) who happens to be Mormon. I wish he'd finish the series.Naazju wrote:Once, I found the first half of First Nephi in a graphic novel while at Deseret Book. That thing was awesome.
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