It\u2019s not you, it\u2019s me.<\/p>\n
I want to fall in love with you, I really do. All of my friends say that you\u2019re really great. And you are great, really. I\u2019m just not feeling it.<\/p>\n
I just can\u2019t get into the way that you tell stories.<\/p>\n
As far back as I can remember, I\u2019ve always been attracted to text. I like well built paragraphs, with broad metaphors and strong descriptions that can carry a story safely across the great divide between author and reader. A clever simile, a well-crafted pun, will always make me smile. I have kind of a Thing for a confident narrative that introduces me to fascinating characters and takes me to exotic places. The right novel comes along, and I\u2019m lost.<\/p>\n
I have experimented with comics in the past. Some of my favorite authors, particularly Neil Gaiman, are bi-genre, and in their company I\u2019ve dipped my toe in the graphic waters. But I can\u2019t pretend any more.<\/p>\n
When I open a graphic novel, I\u2019m faced with page after page of lavish illustration, but all I can really see is the text. Unfortunately the text isn\u2019t quite enough to carry the story. It\u2019s mostly just dialog, with perhaps a dash of exposition. The lion\u2019s share of description, mood, and theme are carried by the artwork, and I just don\u2019t see it. Instead of carefully examining each page, each panel, I\u2019ll find myself madly flipping pages, looking only at the speech bubbles, and by the end of the book I\u2019ll be groaning in unfulfilled expectations, crying out, \u201cThat\u2019s it? That\u2019s all you can give me?\u201d Excited by the prospect of a great story, only to have it come to a premature and unsatisfying end.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, on a second go around, I can force myself to go slow, carefully examine the artwork. I know you\u2019ve worked hard on your appearance, comics, and I\u2019d like to give you mad props for it, but I\u2019m just not that kind of a girl.<\/p>\n
A novel, on the other hand, is long, and thick, and carries the promise of great satisfaction. A novelist knows how to create the mood, set the pace, and tickle my fancy just right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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