Saturday, May 17, 2008
I'd heard of "graphic novels", mostly from young people. My reaction has been negative. A politically correct name for a longer comic book. Pablum for people who can't commit to or don't have the attention span or skills for reading a real book. Snort.
Well, I'd been hearing good things about Persepolis and Persepolis 2, by Marjane Satrapi, the story of her childhood and young adulthood in Iran during the Iranian Revolution and war with Iraq. There's the movie, and the graphic novels. I searched for the movie - not for sale yet. I gave up and bought the books.
You know how they say that a picture is worth a thousand words? The books are well written, with the thoughts, conversations, and some explanatory text, and the rest of the thousands of words are in the pictures. It works. And you can read one of them in an evening.
I also read her Embroideries, shorter and lighter, but amusing. (Although when you find out what's getting embroidered, it's not so amusing. It's flinch-worthy.)
So, ok, I relent, some graphic novels are worth picking up.
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This house is so cute! Gypsy, you especially must see this!
http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm
I'd love to see the county code inspector's face, though....
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A thought - if they did The Lord of the Rings as a graphic novel, maybe I'd be willing to make a fourth stab at it. (Hmmm. Maybe not. I had difficulty staying awake with the movies.)
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1 comment:
oooohhhh oooohhhhhhh i know of a book you HAVE to read....
its by jodi pocult and the book is called the tenth circle... i cant remember if its spelled out or in numbers and ive lent it to someone, but its a regular old book... a very book book, but it also has a graphic novel within it... its amazing! im not a huge graphic novel person, i find that i get distracted by looking at too many little things and dont look at the big picture, but this thing was amazing!
check it out. for real. its awesome. in fact, you should check out all of her books because they are all amazing.
:)
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