/lit/ - Literature

>>15091340
I agree--and hell, Eisner created the modern "graphic novel" (and was fond of the term) after revolutionizing comics with Spirit, etc. Nothing but respect from me, even if his style always reminds me of old mad magazines now.

>>14852968
As everyone has noted, no: it's a different media and genre. Some of it's pretty damn good, though.

>>14803744
Serious fiction? Sure, lots of them these days. More than I can list offhand, and my collection is sizeable. Knowing which graphic novel should be called "literature" is a different story--it's sensible to judge a hybrid work by one aspect alone. It would be as unfair to judge musicals entirely by their dialogue, or ballets by their costumes.