Comics, Genre, And Awkwardness

Here's an article about Pulitzer-prize winner Michael Chabon and famous comic-writer Matt Fraction. They talk about the awkwardness they experienced whenever they expressed their enthusiasm for genre and comics. The article mentions the "serious literature" bias plague that Chabon had to go through when he was well into writing "The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay".

“Even writing about genre [has a bias],” Fraction commented. “Not even writing genre but about genre.”

“It was a conversation stopper,” Chabon admitted.

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My thanks to The Bibliophile Stalker for the link. You should visit his blog often, especially for the links he provides.