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There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti know graphic novels are - at their best - an amazing blend of art literature and the theater of the mind.

— John Ridley

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm more into graphic novels than comic books.

— Ty Simpkins

I just love comic books. I've always loved comic book art, and I just think it's amazing.

— Zayn Malik

I grew up as a fan of comic books, and I've been reading them for so long that I've never felt an affinity toward just one.

— Katee Sackhoff

People love their comic books.

— Jessica De Gouw

I'm a big illustration and comic book fan. In my eyes, comic books and illustration are the same kind of art forms.

— Mika

I'm a severe graphic novels junkie. People ask me about it, and I say I like the graphic novels. Comic books are for kids, and graphic novels are for adults. But you can't really separate the two.

— Dave Pirner

As much as I devoured comics, I read non-graphic books exponentially more, so I'm not sure I can credit or blame them. Comics, however, taught me a lot about what makes a story arc work and how to bring a story to its natural resting place between issues.

— Lilith Saintcrow

I love comic books. I just do.

— Megan Fox

I think the genre of comics sometimes overtakes the medium, and people assume that they are kind of frivolous. If you have a good, strong story teller, they can be as affecting as any character in literature. Period.

— Chip Kidd

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't like 'graphic novel.' It's a word that publishers created for the bourgeois to read comics without feeling bad. Comics is just a way of narrating - it's just a media type.

— Marjane Satrapi