Is Cerebus the only /lit/ graphic novel.

>>>/co/

No, that would be From Hell.

>>24539917 (OP)
Cerebus was ongoing series than ran for 300 issues, that's not a graphic novel by any definition.
If you meant
>Is Cerebus the only /lit/ comic book
Then no, there are many others.

>>24539964

>>24539987
>High Society is a graphic novel
So you're saying Cerebus is not a graphic novel?

Graphic novel doesn't mean anything, it's just a rebranding of the word comic created in order to make it sound less childish. It's not defined by being one issue long, nor by having an adult narrative (whatever that means). Using the term "graphic novel" is retarded and buying into advertising. There are books and there are comic books.

>>24540064
B-but I'm a big boy and I'm not allowed to read comics, but a graphíc nouvélle, ahh, c'est sohpistique-ated!

>>24539917 (OP)
That will be the sandman and lucifer hahaha.

>>24540101
Those aren't graphic novels either

>>24539964
Yeah bro, and Charles Dickens novels aren't novels if they came out serialized in a periodical.

>>24540110
You're equivocating. The word graphic novel was coined specifically to refer to a PUBLICATION FORMAT, while the word novel wasn't. You can't equivocate between the two without being dishonest. Yes, novels have often been published in serialized format. A graphic novel BY DEFINITION cannot be published in serialized format, as it's a specific publication format in and of itself.
I understand that the Dunning-Kruger is strong in you and that it's a huge blow to your ego to admit to being wrong, but the fact is that you just saw a word you recognized (novel) and assumed it meant the same thing in both usages, when it does not.
A novel is much more amorphous and free-form than a graphic novel. A novel can be published in serialized format in magazines or split into many parts like Lord of the Rings was, but this doesn't change their nature as novels since the definition of a novel doesn't take into account how the material is initially published.
A graphic novel by contrast is a specific PUBLICATION FORMAT, and I keep repeating this because I know for a fact that you won't understand it if I don't keep hammering this point home.
A GRAPHIC NOVEL IS A PUBLICATION FORMAT. IT'S A SPECIFIC FORM OF PUBLISHING A COMIC BOOK. IT IS NOT A "NOVEL IN COMIC FORM" LIKE YOU THINK IT IS.
I don't know how I can reach you. It's like I'm talking to a fucking wall. GRAPHIC NOVEL = PUBLICATION FORMAT
Do you get it yet? Do you get it yet you mouthbreathing, knuckledragging, monosyllabic trogdlodyte?

>>24540122
You have been mindraped by pubblishers. It's a comic.

>>24540135
Of course it's a comic, I said so right here
> IT'S A SPECIFIC FORM OF PUBLISHING A COMIC BOOK

>>24540151
I mean it's only a comic. Graphic novel is a cringe nomenclature that tries to give comics literary legitimacy when the medium doesn't need it, as it's already as legitimate as any other. I'm not saying you shouldn't use the term but I invite you to consider how gay it is.

>>24540151
>>24540198
If specifying the difference in format is so important to you (it really isn't), I would go with comic book/series of comic books

>>24540198
>I mean it's only a comic
I agree with you. That's why I'm trying to explain why graphic novel is a PUBLICATION FORMAT and not an indication of quality.
>>24540203
The use of correct language is absolutely imperative for effective communication.

>>24540228
> The use of correct language is absolutely imperative for effective communication.
But who decides what constitutes correct language? A group of marketers introduce new words to suit their bottom line and now that's official language? I don't dig that my guy.

So... Cerebus? Anyone actually want to talk about Cerebus?

>>24540404
Not really, no.

>>24540404

>>24540406
>>24540409
O-okay

>>24540438
Not only have I never heard of Cerberus before but this entire thread goes on the comics board.

>>24540443
>Cerberus
Cerebus.

>>24540122
>A graphic novel BY DEFINITION cannot be published in serialized format, as it's a specific publication format in and of itself.
You're thinking of "original graphic novel" which is a more limited and specialized subset of the broader overall "graphic novel".

what's the difference between a graphic novel and a one-shot?

>>24540404
I do, anon
The final third mostly sucks, but it still has its moments

Akira is pretty /lit/ too.

>>24539917 (OP)
Not the only one, no
>Eisner’s Contract with god
>Richardson and Sakai’s 47 ronin
>mazzucchelli’s asteroids polyp
Come to mind

>>24539955
Fuck of faggot