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This post was written by Eric on February 1, 2010
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“Graphic Novel” is a bullshit, made up, fairy tale term for comic books that evil marketing people utilize to sell their wares to intellectual assholes who think they’re too cool for comics.
The term “graphic novel” was first used by authors to describe non-serialized works that were larger than the standard 22 pages, but the phrase is now used to describe any collection of words and pictures a publisher wants to smash together between two covers (everything from Spider-Man to Watchmen). It’s a meaningless, embarrassing, shell of a word & I wish people would stop using it.
If you want to sound super extra hip: call monthly periodicals “singles” or “floppies” & the bound collections “albums”.
OH GOD I SOUND LIKE A CRAZY PERSON.