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Seeings as I didn't see a link to scotts site Here it is. As to whether Scott is some poor bastard certain well know comic figures seem to think a little higher of his work. Neil Gaiman in Scott.

How can you have a post on graphic novels without including Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" series? ;)

Seriously, this is some of the most amazing stuff ever to come out, both with respect to storyline and art. Gaiman is a master wordsmith and weaves elements of ancient religion, existential philosophy, and wry british humor into his works. More here, here, and at Gaiman's Blog.

Seriously, check it out. This stuff is awesome :)

-JT

Had it right in their song "20 Minutes of Oxygen":
If I had a brain, here's what I'd do
Build a time door, and visit my youth
This cigar burn is for effect
in the future, you won't forget:
When you're trapped in that airtight room
Flick the RED switch, but not the BLUE

Link.

I mentioned this before, but I will again since the threads I mentioned this on got flamebated: there is a much more interesting case of similarities between "The Books of Magic," written my Neil Gaiman, and Harry Potter than what is found in this current plagerism case. I finally found a news story on a Neil Gaiman fan site here (3rd Item down).

The character design of tween Tim Hunter of Books of Magic and Harry Potter is very similiar, right down to round glasses. Gaiman wrote a 4 issue series about an orphaned boy who finds out he has magical powers in the early 90s, and it became a monthly and was only ended recently.

The above article also tells of similarities between Harry Potter and a 1982 book by Diana Wynne.

For a while there were rumors that Gaiman was going to sue, but neither he nor Vertigo care about the similarites. As a matter of fact, according to the above article, they put in some nods to Harry Potter at the end of the series as a kind of joke.

Anyway... if they were to make a case it would be a lot more credible than the case that is current going down. I don't think it really is plagerism... sometimes you get ideas from something, they get all mixed up, and they come out in a new form. This is the stance Gaiman, Wynne, and Vertigo are taking.

Anybody here like the Sandman graphic novel series by Niel Gaiman?

It won the World Fantasy Award at some point, after which the rules for that award were changed to prohibit any future "comic books" from ever winning the award again.

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...and thought is viscous.

I think I pretty much agre with ajs' sentiments here. Books like Sandman do challenge assumptions and not everyone likes assumptions challenged. Heck (see at bottom of here) when a Sandman issue won a World Fantasy Award, they changed the rules.

However I'm not sure I would call my shelf of graphic novels 'literature'. Poetry is generally respected but isn't called 'literature'.
My enjoyment of either doesn't suffer the missing
label.

And connotations of words do change. Not so long ago "nerd" was always an insult. In fact, with the ever-increasing impact of multimedia (- not a cliche, really it's retro-chic!), I'm almost worried about the fate of old-style "literature".

...and thought is viscous.

I think I pretty much agre with ajs' sentiments here. Books like Sandman do challenge assumptions and not everyone likes assumptions challenged. Heck (see(here) when a Sandman issue won a World Fantasy Award, they changed the rules.

However I'm not sure I would call my shelf of graphic novels 'literature'. Poetry is generally respected but isn't called 'literature'.
My enjoyment of either doesn't suffer the missing
label.

And connotations of words do change. Not so long ago "nerd" was always an insult. In fact, with the ever-increasing impact of multimedia (- not a cliche, really it's retro-chic!), I'm almost worried about the fate of old-style "literature".