tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post7814689921624755876..comments2023-01-07T19:00:52.526-05:00Comments on the excelsior file: The Graphic Novel Questiondavid elzeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-90529245238104329532007-03-15T02:08:00.000-04:002007-03-15T02:08:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11086639143607218007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-51371666644327278782007-03-13T07:30:00.000-04:002007-03-13T07:30:00.000-04:00Re: The question of awardsDuh, I am forgetting abo...Re: The question of awards<BR/><BR/>Duh, I am forgetting about the Eisner Awards. Still, I'm not sure how much those awards penetrate the mainstream public consciousness. In fact, I'm not even sure most booksellers and librarians are aware of them.<BR/><BR/>I think I'll conduct a little trial this week.<BR/><BR/>-Kristen<BR/>www.pixiestickidspix.comTrailer Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461217753705787494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-75066364092633394932007-03-13T04:50:00.000-04:002007-03-13T04:50:00.000-04:00Again. Hats off to you.Very interesting ideas, and...Again. Hats off to you.<BR/><BR/>Very interesting ideas, and I think I want to write a little more about this, because it is much on my mind as well.<BR/><BR/>I have most of your recommended reading on my shelf now...a holdover from earlier days when I was a devoted collegiate reader of Chris Ware's <I>Acme Comic Library</I>, the original <I>Optic Nerve</I>, and later when I worked as a sales repTrailer Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461217753705787494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-10479749210416804532007-03-12T22:22:00.000-04:002007-03-12T22:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comment.Yes, just as with Harry Po...Thanks for your comment.<BR/><BR/>Yes, just as with Harry Potter and every other bandwagon, this would be the best time to seriously consider the future of graphic novels as children's literature. I wish I had been as clear as all that up front but, in typical fashion, I buried the led.<BR/><BR/>Like I said, that post was a mess, an amalgamation of a lot of info and several previous attempts to david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-72786002132480635682007-03-12T19:45:00.000-04:002007-03-12T19:45:00.000-04:00GREAT post.Over at pixie stix it was definitely no...GREAT post.<BR/><BR/>Over at pixie stix it was definitely not my intention to suggest that the "graphic novel" buzz that is splashed all over the library and MS publishing press means that this just came out of nowhere. Props to a century of great art, yo.<BR/><BR/>I was speaking primarily as a children's book industry person, as opposed to a comic industry person.<BR/><BR/>There's plenty of Trailer Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461217753705787494noreply@blogger.com