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From: Mark L. Williams <scribe>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:46:55 -0700
Really enjoying this discussion, and despite having written comics prior to writing books -- or do I need to specify "narrative prose?" -- I'm learning a few things.
Want to echo the numerous recommendations here -- Maus, the Jew of New York, Stuck Rubber Baby, pretty much anything Neil Gaiman, manga, etc., etc. It's all vibrant and interesting (well, the best of it is), and I've even found it useful when I teach fiction writing. Often, my "grown up" students will not have read any graphic novels, so I tend to put them on the syllabus by way of exemplifying new narrative techniques in printed storytelling. I often suggest Alan Moore's work, especially the epochal "Watchmen," which hasn't been mentioned here yet (unless I missed it?). Of course, as far as student reading, most of Moore's work would be classified as YA.
And as someone working on a prose series now -- and enjoying it -- I really want to add my own enthusiastic nod to Monica's suggestion that publishers
-- not just comic book publishers -- consider graphic novel series, with recurring characters, as well.
cheers, Mark L. Williams
www.dangerboy.com
Received on Sun 11 Apr 2004 09:46:55 PM CDT
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:46:55 -0700
Really enjoying this discussion, and despite having written comics prior to writing books -- or do I need to specify "narrative prose?" -- I'm learning a few things.
Want to echo the numerous recommendations here -- Maus, the Jew of New York, Stuck Rubber Baby, pretty much anything Neil Gaiman, manga, etc., etc. It's all vibrant and interesting (well, the best of it is), and I've even found it useful when I teach fiction writing. Often, my "grown up" students will not have read any graphic novels, so I tend to put them on the syllabus by way of exemplifying new narrative techniques in printed storytelling. I often suggest Alan Moore's work, especially the epochal "Watchmen," which hasn't been mentioned here yet (unless I missed it?). Of course, as far as student reading, most of Moore's work would be classified as YA.
And as someone working on a prose series now -- and enjoying it -- I really want to add my own enthusiastic nod to Monica's suggestion that publishers
-- not just comic book publishers -- consider graphic novel series, with recurring characters, as well.
cheers, Mark L. Williams
www.dangerboy.com
Received on Sun 11 Apr 2004 09:46:55 PM CDT
