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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
haha! I was just thinking Jane Austen was the "junk read" of her time!
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Well, the novel as a form of literature wasn't held in high regard back then, either. Jane Austen, among others, really helped change how people thought of them, even if it did take a generation or two to flush out the general societal biases. Compare that to the modern bias against graphic novels. Things have certainly changed over the last several decades, allowing graphic novels like Maus (the only graphic novel to ever win a Pulitzer) and Persepolis to rise to prominence. However, there is still a common view that graphic novels or comic books are for kids and shouldn't be taken seriously. It may be decades still before people start to go back and realize that certain comics from today have cultural relevance that we're just too close to see.