(urth) Wolfe and Gaiman

[António Pedro Marques]

Lee Berman wrote (04-01-2011 16:18):
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>> Gaiman is, IMO, a superior comics author. Those are not so easy to come by.
>> Of course comics are seen as a lesser art compared to proper Literature.
>> Gaiman of course doesn't claim to be on the same league, even in his
>> non-comics stuff.
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> I'd like to suggest the adjective "comics" be changed to "visual arts" or
> something like that. Neil has had more than one of his works transferred
> (through an obviously very expensive process) to the big screen. After 40
> years we may need to accept that Wolfe's work just isn't seen as amenable
> to this process.
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> I think it would be quite a mistake to think that Wolfe looks down his nose
> at authorial work which translates well to visual. 		 	   		

'Irregardless', that's how it's seen, a minor form of art.