retrofish18 said:
"The cinematics and one liners feel like they were ripped from the pages of a graphic novel"
What does that mean. As someone who reads comic books on a regular basis, I've always used the word graphic novel and comic book the same way. Please explain.
OtherSideofSky said:
I object strongly to this insulting use of the term "comic book" as opposed to a superior style of "graphic novel" which is just a way for people who don't want to admit to reading or writing comic books to act smug. We don't have different words for good and bad literature or films and the coexistence of these two terms strikes me as unnecessary, pretentious hipster bullshit unless someone can come up with a legitimate reason for considering these to be two different mediums. "graphic novels" are works of sequential art written, drawn and published in exactly the same way as "comic books" and often by the same people. By perpetuating this segregation we are restraining the creative advancement of comics as a medium and actively preventing their acceptance as a legitimate art form by the culture at large.
I suppose that there isn't a strict distinction, but I think that it's usually the comics that push the boundaries of the medium that are published in a graphic novel form. I'm thinking of Alan Moore's Watchmen or V for Vendetta or the Dark Knight that you can find in a Barnes & Noble or other bookstore. These are more than just standard comic book series, they are presented as being exemplary of their craft so that they can be sold to a different audience than those who might frequent a comics store.
So yeah, the writing in DCUO feels authentic to common serialized comics, but it doesn't touch the nuance and artistry of some of the series that have been published as graphic novels.
