Although I often find that graphic novels are either too
conservative or too wayward with nothing in between, certain
ones really show up what you can do in the comic that you
can't do in the novel. I can't imagine Alan Moore's FROM HELL
as having anything like the same power in prose. Or anything
by Moore really. There's a graphic novel called WHY I HATE
VENUS that deals with stuff that I wouldn't go near if it was
a novel, but I find for some reason utterly compelling set in
pictures. Then again, most graphic novels are shit.
Then again, most prose novels are shit too.
Charlie.
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Kevin,
>
> Are there other graphic novels and/or comic books
that you do think
> would hold up as prose pieces? Which? Can't imagine
many of my
> favorite Batman comics holding up as prose pieces,
for instance.
>
> Recently, there have been a few writers who have
simutaneously written
> comics and novels (Rucka, Huston, Gaiman, etc). Do
you really see them
> doing the same things in both? Yes, they try to tell
a good story in
> both media, but don't they each have different
requirements, require
> different skills?
>
> Mark
>
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