Elizabeth B. Thomsen

Time.Comix did an interesting article on the silver anniversary of graphic novels in 2003. Unfortunately for us, the writer highlights the late recognition by librarians of this art/literary form right in the first sentence :

“‘You mean like pornographic?’ queried the startled librarian when I asked for help researching articles about graphic novels. She had never heard the term for book-length comics used before.”

Beyond that, it’s a great article, though, with some links to some other really interesting stuff, like Time’s list of the Best Comics of 2006, a list of Five Gripping Graphic Novels for Grownups, and an article called War on Terror; The Terror of War about “The Pride of Baghdad” and the graphic adaptation of the 9/11 report.

Update:
Unfortunately, on March 18, Time columnist Andrew D. Arnold announced that he’s leaving Time.com and that this is End of Time.Comix. I hope that Arnold starts his own website/blog on this subject (he says he might) or that Time.com finds someone else to continue this work on their site. Or both!