Graphic Memoirs Come of Age

William Bradley's article is a breakdown of what graphic novels are and how to differentiate between them and other works.  Bradley's experience with graphic novels such as comic books, then went on to "more significant" works such as Maus.  This comparison that Bradley offers shows that he believes graphic novels should be considered or held in higher regard then comic books.  I do not completely agree with Bradley on this point.  Comics in my eyes, often have scholastic merit.  I think they can be grouped into the same category as Maus and the other Non-fiction graphic novels. I think that this essay gives validity to graphic novels and graphic memoirs.  Often times graphic novels and memoirs are considered to be childish.  when we think of these types of stories we think of picture books for children.  With the last few readings I am finding this to be completely false.  Graphic novels are often scholarly.  Graphic novels have a way of getting the reader to interpret the story in a different and often better way.  With graphic novels when we read something we have a picture along with it that can provide additional information about what exactly is going on.