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News & ArtsFriday, November 23, 2012
Books / Nerd The Case Against "Graphic Novels"
Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Robot Six posted this great little interview with Building Stories author Chris Ware. I love how un-television-aware he is; all his facial expressions are clearly the sign of a man who spends most of his waking life communing with a drawing board. I like that Ware prefers the term "comic books" to "graphic novels." I also love this quote: "If you don’t understand a painting, you just think you don’t know much about the history of art, but if you don’t understand a comic book, you just think the comic artist is an idiot."
My review of Building Stories is right here. I think it has to be the best comic book of the year.
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Paul Did you notice in today's NYT that Building Stories was listed under Art Books, rather than Graphic novels, in their recommendations for Xmas gift books? Odd thing. . .
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