Comments on: To Do tonight, Brooklyn: SHORTCOMINGS release party http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/10/03/to-do-tonight-brooklyn-shortcomings-release-party/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:53:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: dan cooney http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/10/03/to-do-tonight-brooklyn-shortcomings-release-party/#comment-24169 dan cooney Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:05:04 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/10/03/to-do-tonight-brooklyn-shortcomings-release-party/#comment-24169 I like Tomine's work and was disappointed to find that this "original graphic novel" is reprinting issues 9 - 11. Isn't this technically a trade paperback? Are you using the term graphic novel too loosely these days? Nevertheless, I liked the smaller format, hardcover edition and maybe there were some new pages added to the story. From a marketing standpoint it's genius, repackaged as something new and original. As a longtime fan of his work, I felt a little disappointed that this is something I already have read. When I released my trade paperbacks in the past, I've always called them from what they are, even with new art and some re-editing of my writing. I guess my main beef is not with Tomine but with how we use the term "graphic novel" that is more sophisticated than trade paperback. The term is aimed at the general masses that read prose and are more familiar with the term than explaining what a trade paperback is? I know it's a hard cover, but we wouldn't call it a trade "hardcover" which does sound weird. I think I need some coffee to clear my head. I like Tomine’s work and was disappointed to find that this “original graphic novel” is reprinting issues 9 – 11. Isn’t this technically a trade paperback? Are you using the term graphic novel too loosely these days? Nevertheless, I liked the smaller format, hardcover edition and maybe there were some new pages added to the story. From a marketing standpoint it’s genius, repackaged as something new and original. As a longtime fan of his work, I felt a little disappointed that this is something I already have read.

When I released my trade paperbacks in the past, I’ve always called them from what they are, even with new art and some re-editing of my writing. I guess my main beef is not with Tomine but with how we use the term “graphic novel” that is more sophisticated than trade paperback. The term is aimed at the general masses that read prose and are more familiar with the term than explaining what a trade paperback is? I know it’s a hard cover, but we wouldn’t call it a trade “hardcover” which does sound weird. I think I need some coffee to clear my head.

]]> By: michael http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/10/03/to-do-tonight-brooklyn-shortcomings-release-party/#comment-24168 michael Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:26:28 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/10/03/to-do-tonight-brooklyn-shortcomings-release-party/#comment-24168 Great insightful article by Gothamist! Thanks Heidi! :) Great insightful article by Gothamist! Thanks Heidi! :)

]]> By: Chris http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/10/03/to-do-tonight-brooklyn-shortcomings-release-party/#comment-24167 Chris Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:53:55 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/10/03/to-do-tonight-brooklyn-shortcomings-release-party/#comment-24167 Evidently Tomine doesn't believe in air conditioning. Evidently Tomine doesn’t believe in air conditioning.

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