Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal.
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I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.
I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be.
I have a great affection for comics, and I think that people underrate comics as a genre.
I do believe that sci-fi or historical fiction finds an easy home in comics because there are no budget constraints in regards to the necessary world-building or visual effects necessary to bring those stories to life in other mediums.
The audience for comics has shifted dramatically. And the boundaries between books and fine arts have blurred. Maybe it's the globalization of fine art through the Internet - it's easy for certain groups to coalesce around a certain kind of work or medium.
Comic art is just different. It's art on its own terms.
Comics is a great medium to get a lot of stories out.
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.
One of the things about comics is people can linger on images and words as long as they want.
I'm a big illustration and comic book fan. In my eyes, comic books and illustration are the same kind of art forms.
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