http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:01:21 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-324880 Charley Parker Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:07:24 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/#comment-324880 I think it has to do with subject matter. European comics have always has a wide variety of subjects and kinds of stories. American comics locked themselves into the image of suprehero comics and the perception that comics were just for kids and teenagers. Even though the variety of kinds of comics available here is changing, particularly among small and independent publishers, the perception lingers. I think it has to do with subject matter. European comics have always has a wide variety of subjects and kinds of stories. American comics locked themselves into the image of suprehero comics and the perception that comics were just for kids and teenagers. Even though the variety of kinds of comics available here is changing, particularly among small and independent publishers, the perception lingers.

]]> http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-324814 Li-An Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:34:27 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/#comment-324814 It's very strange to see how US citizens look at comics when you are European. For the Old Continent , USA is the country where popular culture became art - rock or movie- and why not comics ? It’s very strange to see how US citizens look at comics when you are European. For the Old Continent , USA is the country where popular culture became art – rock or movie- and why not comics ?

]]> http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-321666 oakling Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:54:49 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/#comment-321666 I am proud to have recognized Terry Moore's work from that picture :) And I'm glad that the sentence about the Rockwell museum ended the way it did. I was afraid you were about to say that you'd THINK they'd be aware of these cultural biases, but nooo, they hate graphic art! I am proud to have recognized Terry Moore’s work from that picture :) And I’m glad that the sentence about the Rockwell museum ended the way it did. I was afraid you were about to say that you’d THINK they’d be aware of these cultural biases, but nooo, they hate graphic art!

]]> http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-320264 Charley Parker Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:23:52 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/#comment-320264 Thanks, Dan. I agree. I think comics actually have more in common with film than with either prose or drawing/painting by themselves. Both are means of visual storytelling and share such concerns as establishing scenes, close ups, medium shots, the pacing of changing scenes, etc. Thanks, Dan. I agree. I think comics actually have more in common with film than with either prose or drawing/painting by themselves. Both are means of visual storytelling and share such concerns as establishing scenes, close ups, medium shots, the pacing of changing scenes, etc.

]]> http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-320005 Dan van Benthuysen Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:42:35 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/02/17/litgraphic-the-world-of-the-graphic-novel/#comment-320005 Another great post, Charley, and a thought-provoking one at that. The cultural bias about which you write is, I think, all the more startling when you look at film and how readily that is accepted as an art form, one which also mixes words and images. And the leap between comics and the storyboard work done for film is, well, not a leap at all. Another great post, Charley, and a thought-provoking one at that. The cultural bias about which you write is, I think, all the more startling when you look at film and how readily that is accepted as an art form, one which also mixes words and images. And the leap between comics and the storyboard work done for film is, well, not a leap at all.

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