Michael hits the nail squarely on it's head, when he writes
of Penzler. In not reading comics/graphic novels, you miss so
much. Like the work of Ed Brubaker his "Criminal" series, as
well as Scene of the Crime and Sleeper, are all worth reading
and would be enjoyed by all in this group, I believe.
And yes Mickey Spillane did get his start in comic
books, Captain America, Superman, and Batman amoung others I
am sure.
Jon
On 5/1/08, Michael Sharp <
msharp@binghamton.edu> wrote:
>
> I stopped listening to the Penzler interview when he
said flatly and
> without explanation that he didn't read comics or
graphic novels. Some
> of the best, most innovative crime fiction of the
past quarter century
> has been in comics. Moore and Gibbons' Watchmen,
most of Frank Miller's
> work, David Lapham's extraordinary Stray Bullets,
etc. And, I mean,
> Spillane got his start writing for comics, didn't
he? Why would someone
> who is undeniably an expert on crime fiction ignore
a massive and
> undeniably important crime fiction medium? It would
be like saying "Oh,
> I don't watch movies." ???
>
> MDS
>
>
>
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