Re: The Great Salinger May Not Be Universal
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 10:06:00 +1000
> Writing that does not deserve to be takne seriously tends to
> >merely shoot for a visceral effect (like pornographic lit, romance lit,
> >most horror fiction, comic books, etc) without linking that to something
> >more meaningful than the twinge in the gut itself.
> >
>
> just so everyone out there knows that deep down i'm just a comic book
nerd, i
> have read some comics that were actually quite insightful and a few that
were
> life shaping (at least moreso than, say, _The Scarlet Letter_).
Examples: Sin
> City, Peter David's work on X-Factor, and the infinitely
under-appreciated
> Hellshock by Jae Lee.
I agree that it's unfair to include comic books in that assumption - some
of the best, most original, personal and subversive stuff comes out in
comic books. I don't mean Superman in his silly blue wetsuit type stuff; I
mean photocopy-at-your-Dad's-work, sell-your-kidneys-for-staples type gems
of people just wishing to get their message out there.
Camille
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