6 Responses for "Do you think comic books/graphic novels are looked down upon?"

1. christine b March 29th, 2009 at 3:47 am 1

   yeah i get what you mean, sometimes if I’m reading a manga people look at me like “why the heck is this chick reading this junk?” XD lol well i think they think its dumb because its like a cartoon sort of and they think its just for little kids ( yeah right)… thats my theory because i usually get the same reaction when i try to talk to some one about anime… -_- i guess they just don’t get it lol
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2. Seriously, WHY? March 29th, 2009 at 4:07 am 2

   yeah

   unfortunately

   I tried to get my english teacher to read Death Note

   but he dismissed it as childish the second I said it was a graphic novel

   even though it’s more engaging than anything he’s prolly ever read

   I think he’s a huge hypocrite because he gets mad at us when he dismiss anything without trying it (reading wise)

   My sister was going to read watchmen, but she couldn’t concentrate enough to read a graphic novel. lol XD
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3. pikachu! March 29th, 2009 at 4:20 am 3

   no, don’t worry, because it all depends on a person’s taste. Maybe most people around you are just into books or something like that. Many people are still graphic novel lovers. I read both books and mangas. Other people just think reading comic books is dumb because, well, more than half of it is covered with pictures-reading books without pics help the imagination grow, and comics have a direct sort of language so it’s easier to understand. Books, on the other hand, are told to be ‘boring’ by other people because there are just words, words, and words.
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4. HOPLITE2501 March 29th, 2009 at 5:03 am 4

   In America comics and graphic novel are synonymous with juvenalia and are readily dismissed , erroneously so . These forms of media are indeed legitimate vehicles for plot-lines and literature and should not be discarded as ephemera .
   :0)
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5. Josh O March 29th, 2009 at 5:11 am 5

   I know what you mean and I think that the problem is that people think that comics are just for little kids, before I really started getting into them I know that I did. And it’s really a shame that people jump to this conclusion because like you said they automaticlly think that a masterpiece like watchmen is just not worth their time and they are really missing out on alot.
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   My favorites are:
   Watchmen
   V for Vendetta
   Hellblazer
   The Walking Dead
   Batman: The Killing Joke

6. dustin w March 29th, 2009 at 5:30 am 6

   yes their are 2 people who do that and their names are mom and dad
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