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RE: Graphic novels and Hollywood - 6/26/2008 1:41:25 PM

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Oh Lord Vendeval, I have a lot of old comic books. My mother used to drag me and my little brother to yard sales when I was a kid. I always bought old comic books and paperbacks when I was there. I had a few Superman comics from the fifties. I had a bunch of those Disney comics from the 50's and 60's. I was a big fan of the Archie comics, so I have a lot of those. When Return of the Jedi came out, Marvel did a comic book series that I bought.

I didn't take very good care of them. But I looked through them about a month ago. A lot of them are pretty good shape.

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RE: Graphic novels and Hollywood - 6/26/2008 2:38:14 PM

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Oh Lord Vendeval, I have a lot of old comic books. My mother used to drag me and my little brother to yard sales when I was a kid. I always bought old comic books and paperbacks when I was there. I had a few Superman comics from the fifties. I had a bunch of those Disney comics from the 50's and 60's. I was a big fan of the Archie comics, so I have a lot of those. When Return of the Jedi came out, Marvel did a comic book series that I bought.

I didn't take very good care of them. But I looked through them about a month ago. A lot of them are pretty good shape.

You should give some thought to either selling those before they detiorate further or getting them all into better storage. Without seeing them its hard to say but based on what you say you have your collection could be worth hundreds to thousands of dollars.

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RE: Graphic novels and Hollywood - 6/26/2008 4:07:46 PM

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The difference between graphic novels and comics is so blurred these days because the novels are serialised initially even tho the story may be finite; Wanted is a perfect example of this, a 6 issue mini-series by Mark Millar that then became a "graphic novel" then a movie that's been hacked into non-recognition by most phanboys who've actually read the story.

the OP asked why they are popular and that's very simple: The West is under siege from without and within and these are modern day stories and fables of heroism and great deeds, success against great odds. They ring true for so many... added to which, Stan Lee, Frank Miller, Alan Moore et al are fucking great story tellers and came up (or reworked old legends for a modern audience) with some wonderful wonderful tales that your average 40something has grown up with all his life.

What's not to like?

Why now? Because only recently has the technology been available to tell the tales as well on the big screen as well as it can be told on the small page.

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RE: Graphic novels and Hollywood - 6/26/2008 4:41:26 PM

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I also think this trend is going on because the new directors and producers coming into hollywood grew up on this stuff, so naturally they want to make it super-uber-awesome.

True. You always see reviews of comics & graphic novels in Entertainment Weekly now, it's a given that you can get quality storytelling, for adults, from the medium.

Their current 1000th anniversary issue has 5 comics works listed in the Top 100 Books of the last 25 years:

Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware at #54
Sandman by Neil Gaiman at #46
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi at #37
Watchmen by Moore and Gibbons at #13
Maus by Art Spieglman at #7

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