Thursday 17 June 2010
THE THRILLER AS COMIC BOOK
"Thriller comics are in the minority in the US, despite prose thrillers taking up a big portion of the book market. Steven Grant pointed out in his column Permanent Damage that this is probably because the mainstream American comics market is superhero-driven, and the superhero genre already assimilates the crime and thriller genres into itself much of the time. Batman and Daredevil are prime examples of this."
There's a rather brilliant and well thought out article on the subject HERE
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