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Depending on aesthetic preference and intellectual inclination, one either hates the term "graphic novel" or finds it a useful way of describing comic books of a certain length with a certain artistic - linguistic and visual - ambition. Many authors who found glory and fortune through creating such books sneer at the term - the magical and marginally mad Alan Moore, considered by many the best comics writer of all time, thinks the term is just a synonym for "expensive comic book", one he's not "very comfortable with" - while, in contrast, Jeff Smith, creator of the acclaimed Bone series, thinks it makes sense to use the term "graphic novel" for comic books that have "a more traditional literary structure".
Samantak Das
Published 01.06.18, 12:00 AM