In Which I Coin A New Term.
From a Newsarama article about NYCC that Mike Sterling pointed out:
No offense to anyone at Marvel, but I'm failing to see how pulling a Roy Thomas on a series of Stephen King novels is elevating the "art form."
"[Joe] Quesada went on to say that publishing the Dark Tower comic book has been the coming out party for the comic book industry, noting that this project will be able to reach far out into the mainstream, and show that comics are a serious art form, and 'an art form to be reckoned with.'"I guess this means we're forgetting that just in the last year or so, Fun Home was named Time's Book Of The Year and that American Born Chinese was both nominated for a National Book Award for Young People's Literature as well as winning the ALA's Michael L. Printz award. A little closer to Quesada's sphere of influence, there's also the little matter of Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times bestowing multiple kudos on Brian Wood and Richard Burchielli's DMZ. These are just a few examples because I've not had coffee yet, but I think you see where I'm going here.
No offense to anyone at Marvel, but I'm failing to see how pulling a Roy Thomas on a series of Stephen King novels is elevating the "art form."
