I think any argument that states that comics (or radio or film or a musical or the novel or insert your favourite medium here…) by its nature trivialises its subject matter is foolish, shortsighted, dim, lazy and wrong. You can say, “This is a bad comic.” You can’t say, “This is bad because it’s a comic.”

Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) British author, screenwriter, fabulist

Blog entry (2008-02-21), “Coraline Trailer”
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