I wouldn't say they were comics thoughcomics are thin and flimsy, these collected editions are quite thick and heavy in comparison. Perhaps you should work out a correct naming convention based on size and weight.
Novel would definitely be out then as novels in my mind are smaller, in fact a quick measurement shows me the average paperback book (or novel) is about 11 by 17cm.
I suggest you start calling them 'comic omnibuses' for the ones that are simply compilations and perhaps 'illustrated stories' for the ones that are actually graphic novels, like MAUS, Dave Gibbon's The Originals, Willworld and things like that.
(Novel would definitely be out then as novels in my mind are smaller, in fact a quick measurement shows me the average paperback book (or novel) is about 11 by 17cm.
I suggest you start calling them 'comic omnibuses' for the ones that are simply compilations and perhaps 'illustrated stories' for the ones that are actually graphic novels, like MAUS, Dave Gibbon's The Originals, Willworld and things like that.
HappyToast Groat froth,
Tue 13 Jul 2010, 13:49,
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illustrated stories is good,but it makes them sound like something a 5 year old gets in school.
Maybe they should be called.
"Not Graphic Novels because Saner hates the phrase, but they are larger than a novel, but smaller than your everyday newspaper and contain stories aimed at adults who started reading comics when they were younger, ps please make this into a film"
I think its got a good ring to it, and it can be shortened to "NGNBSHTPBTALTANBSTYENACSAAAWSRCWTWYPPMTIAF"
(Maybe they should be called.
"Not Graphic Novels because Saner hates the phrase, but they are larger than a novel, but smaller than your everyday newspaper and contain stories aimed at adults who started reading comics when they were younger, ps please make this into a film"
I think its got a good ring to it, and it can be shortened to "NGNBSHTPBTALTANBSTYENACSAAAWSRCWTWYPPMTIAF"
Saner,
Tue 13 Jul 2010, 13:57,
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