/lit/ - Literature

>>6439294
>Nah, "graphic novel" was historically invented to make comics sound like they could be sellable to adults.
Well, yes: BDs. And it came to describe (albeit less cliché laden) single shot comic books for children along with a couple of heavily "artsy" ones from such artsy places like New York. It is similar to how the early "serious" BDs were done to please the choicy critics back in the 1950s/1960s France. Basicly French comic books had to prove what they're worth at that time. If there was a sex scene it was a fucking Egon Schiele painting retraced; they tried to get established authors to write the plot or they paid tribute to some classic piece of literature. They had to prove their "cultural value" a lot until it became a medium war veterans, for instance, could describe their memories with. But now the French preferent webcomics and mangas just like everyone else. Sure, their romance with BDs did alter their TASTE but pure BDs are nowadays just something for the MILFs and for their lovers. Just look into any online forum and you'll see what I mean.