And I have been known to do that on many an occasion.It is too easy to pigeon-hole people, which is why I enjoy disconcerting those that attempt to do so. My job requires a flexibility of thought that is belied by the mundane reality of getting each task done. So I escape through reading, and that reading is often comics and novels. Sometimes that escape is through reading factual reference books that has absolutely nothing to do with what I originally set out to research, but it works for me.
Many classic novels have been adapted for comics (thinking of such books as Treasure Island and The Three Musketeers) so they are fair game for our discussions. An interesting side note would be which classic novel do you think would be a good candidate for adaptation, but no, I am digressing again!
And many comics find their roots in classic novels. Examples such as The Red Circle stories could easily be discerned as having roots in Tom Brown's Schooldays or Rogue Trooper as having roots in Frankenstein (think about it)
I do get annoyed when people try to narrow the medium of comics down to the purview of the sad geek or the kids that never grew up. I would love to ask them to try and apply those labels to Kashgar or Phoenix4ever! Comics is a medium that can carry powerful messages. And the messages that comics carried for me when I was the target audience were so powerful, I am still working now to figure out what those messages were.
