tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post3052052566324397190..comments2024-03-17T03:19:46.208-04:00Comments on Color Online: Claudia's Rant: Neweek's Review of Hurricane Katrina ComicColor Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-43950222006232496882009-09-16T23:02:59.321-04:002009-09-16T23:02:59.321-04:00Ugh... I hate it when people belittle graphic nove...Ugh... I hate it when people belittle graphic novels! I believe that they can be a legitimate form of literature, just different from entirely textual books. But some people always seem to shun what's different...Paradoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079964912873947188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-69366367806743925312009-09-10T07:19:23.021-04:002009-09-10T07:19:23.021-04:00Thanks, Rasco and Tanita for your feedback on my p...Thanks, Rasco and Tanita for your feedback on my post! I try not to make a practice of being so emphatic about my criticism, but I'm glad, at the very least, that it has brought a little more attention to what a pleasure it is to read graphic novels. And thanks, Susan, for giving me the chance to express these views on your blog (and also for the BBAW award shout-out!)Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067322036695571575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-42904683950715785712009-09-07T14:44:45.992-04:002009-09-07T14:44:45.992-04:00Ooh, thanks for the heads-up on this comic - despi...Ooh, thanks for the heads-up on this comic - despite people getting it wrong about graphics, I think the topics they're free to cover in a new way make them very worthwhile.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-1629433730875749292009-09-07T13:00:46.147-04:002009-09-07T13:00:46.147-04:00Friends, the BBAW shortlist just published. Show y...Friends, the BBAW shortlist just published. Show your support and vote for The Bottom of Heaven for Best Cultural Blog<br /><br /><a href="http://bookbloggerappreciationweek.com/index.php/awards" rel="nofollow">Shortlist</a>Color Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-27556131326755869642009-09-07T12:45:37.787-04:002009-09-07T12:45:37.787-04:00Thank you, Claudia, very well said! I hope you sa...Thank you, Claudia, very well said! I hope you saw this piece recently in the LA Times by Julia Keller who is the cultural critic for the Chicago Tribune. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-graphic4-2009sep04,0,1569620.story<br /><br />I particularly liked her closing paragraph: Some of my anti-comics correspondents claim that reading a graphic novel is not really "reading" at all. They're right. It's something else again. In the case of "Fahrenheit 451," it's more like a life-changing immersion in ideas, words, echoes, symbols, characters, lines, colors, nightmares -- and finally, daybreak.<br /> <br />Thank you again for adding your voice!Carol H Rascohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15129483986450326966noreply@blogger.com