Comments on: Where Is the Jetpack I Was Promised? http://www.graphicnovelreview.com/?p=78 A look at book-length comics for the casual reader. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:09:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alexander Danner http://www.graphicnovelreview.com/?p=78&cpage=1#comment-21864 Alexander Danner Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:58:10 +0000 http://www.graphicnovelreview.com/?p=78#comment-21864 Certainly sounds like a book I'd like to read, though probably a library borrow rather than a purchase. I do think that it's about time we retired the notion that an essay in comics form requires a half-hearted narrative framework with identification figures. Jay Hosler aside, I've rarely seen that strategy work effectively. There's no shame in just drawing an informative, convincing essay, rather than a story--I'd love to see more creators really delve into straight-up expository comics with no pretense. Certainly sounds like a book I’d like to read, though probably a library borrow rather than a purchase.

I do think that it’s about time we retired the notion that an essay in comics form requires a half-hearted narrative framework with identification figures. Jay Hosler aside, I’ve rarely seen that strategy work effectively. There’s no shame in just drawing an informative, convincing essay, rather than a story–I’d love to see more creators really delve into straight-up expository comics with no pretense.

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