Vainamoinen: The most important graphic novel of the last 10 years, I think, is Shaun Tan's
The Arrival. And if you're into the social justice stuff, ain't we all, try Craig Thompson's
Habibi or
Blankets (warning, both explicit at times). That would give you a more well rounded view of the medium.
Thanks for the recommendation; I looked those up and Habibi in particular stood out. Maybe I'll find the time to sit down with one of those at some point.
Vainamoinen: We had already agreed on the problems of universal outrage culture. And particularly as the outcry here centered not on a franchise, but on one individual creator, and comprised far too many articles, it wasn't a cause I could get behind in any way. Of course, the death threats the protesters received, I couldn't get behind those as well.
Sigh, there are always death threats whenever something controversial happens, aren't there? But yeah, I wasn't accusing you or anything, and I remember that we agree on the outrage thing. I just thought that incident fit into the random puritanical outrage that seems to be the modus operandi of the culture crusaders someone had mentioned earlier using
the acronym that shan't be written.
YaTEdiGo: Here it comes the puritan, LOL
Is it really necessary to antagonize someone just because you disagree with them? Besides, Vaina linked me to some fairly explicit artsy stuff, so I think you might be a bit off the mark. They're kind of taking it from all sides, lately, and I think the least we could do is appreciate that someone's still around to disagree and keep
us from turning into the same kind of echo chamber we've spent the past year decrying.
I'm not asking that we all magically become
best friends forever, but a little decency toward even those we disagree with would go a long way.