Comics are a culture all by themselves. No other medium is capable of basketball so much in one hit. To anyone who never had the fortune to lose themselves in a graphic novel, they really are missing out on a gem. To the uninitiated, those seemingly static picture boxes appear as basketball drawings. Make no mistake, in the way your imagination takes hold when reading a story. Your entire being gets drawn in when reading a graphic novel.
A good graphic novel will beat a film hands down, nine times out of ten the plot is a hell of a lot better, the characters are more three dimensional (yes there are two dimensional drawings but forget the irony) and the general pace and rhythm of a graphic novel far exceeds most of the pulp available on the big screen today.
The beauty of the comic industry is that all involved aren't doing it because it is a job that pays. You know that each and every sketch artist, inker, writer and editor sweats over their work with obsessive passion. Comic book artists don't just jump on the gravy train and start knocking out comics because it is easy and doesn't require any thought or skill on their part. You know that each novel has had a lot of time and energy put into it. On the other hand, any number of major players in the movies industry don't even need to have a passion for films. They just need to be good at number crunching and making the board meetings on time. Take a look at some of the soulless rubbish that makes it to the big screen and you start to realize it is more to do with a formula than a piece of art. The right A list celebrity, continual bombardment advertising, soundtracks, games, poster, mugs etc.
Graphic novels on the other hand are purely a stand alone affair. Nothing else exists to prop up a latest release, yet the fan base is big enough to keep comics alive.
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