User talk:Jfpierce

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Comics Collaboration of the Fortnight

As a member of WikiProject Comics, I thought you might be interested in the Comics Collaboration of the Fortnight we have set up. Please feel free to vote on the articles listed, although bear in mind that a vote for a particular article means you are pledging to help improve the article. The goal of the collaboration is to improve articles to Featured Article status, as we feel Comics is under-represented in that area. Thanks for your help. Steve block talk 15:41, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

re: Graphic novel

Yes, true enough. However, "graphic novel" has the connotation of being, well, fiction. Not to mention that the author doesn't use the term (here, paragraph nine) for his work, and for reasons I personally agree with. I think that the word is basically marketing jargon and should be avoided if possible unless it is actually a work of fiction, intended for adults, and the work is usually referred to as such. For example, The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman. I never think of that as a graphic novel, and I remember Neil disliking the term, but as that's exactly the kind of work that "graphic novel" has come to refer to, I accept that other people will use it on the 'pedia. However, works like Maus, American Splendor, and, in this case, Palestine, I argue do not make the "graphic novel" definition as they are not works of fiction. Likewise, I'd say the same for Tintin or Asterix as they are not intended for adults (although we still read them :)). Snoutwood (talk) 17:12, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean add a "graphic album" cat to Palestine? I don't know, I've honestly never heard of that phrase. What's wrong with just plain old "comic"? I don't really see a need to separate book-comics from comic-comics, especially seeing as that's what Palestine was to begin with. Snoutwood (talk) 06:33, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

Good job starting an article on Richard Bradford. Red Sky rawks!

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