From: Hendon, Alison <A.Hendon_at_BrooklynPublicLibrary.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:46:41 -0400

The problem as I see it is that calling all sequential art "comics" brings an unfortunate picture to the eye of the general public. A comic to most people is a small, paperbound, weekly disposable (or collectible) item. Calling "Fun Home" a comic really (IMHO) belittles it.

Alison

Alison Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon_at_brooklynpubliclibrary.org


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From: Elliott batTzedek
 Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:23 PM To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu Subject: RE:
 Graphic Novels

Scott McCloud, comics theorist genius, says we ought to call all sequential art work "comics," which is a format, not a genre. Within that are every kind of book imaginable, textbooks to the most literary of fiction (ala Bechdel's Fun Home). "Graphic novel" was an early, unfortunate choice of labels.

Graphic nonfiction is nonfiction. The best of the history comics are excellent sources of information, as well-documented as prose nonfiction. I don't think these books belong in a segregated area at all.

Elliott batTzedek

Lecturer on Publishing for Children

Rosemont College

From: Nel
 Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 11:10 AM To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu Subject:
 Graphic Novels

Adding graphic novels to the list raises a question. "Novels" are fiction. Is it the "graphic" part that makes them "nonfiction"?

Because many of the graphic books coming out these days are not fiction, I've decided to use the term "graphic narratives" for both fiction and nonfiction. That would make them fit into this category.

Nel Ward

Newport, OR

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