--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Rachels, David"
<RachelsDA@...> wrote:
>
> My problem, in part, is that in some way I don't
feel competent when I
> read a graphic novel. That is to say, I feel
competent to read and
> interpret the words on the page, but somehow my
brain does not know what
> to do with all the images.
Man, I feel _exactly_ the same way. I also read extremely
fast but find myself slogging through comics like an eight
year old reading Shakespeare. I have no prejudice towards
comics whatsoever and I have tons of friends who read, write
and love them but I've always felt about them the way that
some people must feel about complex, experimental lit-fic.
Lots of people whose taste you trust tell you how great it
is, but on some fundamental level you always walk away from
it feeling like you didn't really get it. Maybe reading
comics is a separate skill that needs to be learned
(preferably at a young age) just like "regular"
reading.
That being said, I did (very slowly) enjoy Christopher Mills'
GRAVEDIGGER.
- Christa
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