Comments on: Read these http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/read-these/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Konstantin http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/read-these/#comment-2478764 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:46:55 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/read-these/#comment-2478764 Theres no canon because the real question is can you sell it. I figure if that's what you care for than that's your canon. If it's not then there's no canon other than your own taste and effort. Theres no canon because the real question is can you sell it. I figure if that’s what you care for than that’s your canon. If it’s not then there’s no canon other than your own taste and effort.

]]> by: Konstantin http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/read-these/#comment-2478765 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:46:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/read-these/#comment-2478765 Theres no canon is because the real question is can you sell it. I figure if that's what you care for than that's your canon. If it's not then there's no canon other than your own taste and effort. Theres no canon is because the real question is can you sell it. I figure if that’s what you care for than that’s your canon. If it’s not then there’s no canon other than your own taste and effort.

]]> by: gene phillips http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/read-these/#comment-2465887 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:20:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/read-these/#comment-2465887 I believe the word "canon" was bruited about as a possible use for the Journal's best 100 English-language comcis, so I guess one exists, depending on how seriously you take that list. I believe the word “canon” was bruited about as a possible use for the Journal’s best 100 English-language comcis, so I guess one exists, depending on how seriously you take that list.

]]> by: DBL http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/read-these/#comment-2453141 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:30:20 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/10/read-these/#comment-2453141 Asking why there is no modern comic book 'canon' is like asking why there is no Vatican for the internet. The literary world was already moving beyond the idea of the value of elite writers getting together to define a 'canon' according their tastes, and this was already happening long before comics started to be taken seriously as a work of art. Escaping the era of the 'canon' unscathed is a good thing. Attempting to replicate a literary philosophy that fell out of favour decades ago would make the world of comics seem provincial and small. Asking why there is no modern comic book ‘canon’ is like asking why there is no Vatican for the internet. The literary world was already moving beyond the idea of the value of elite writers getting together to define a ‘canon’ according their tastes, and this was already happening long before comics started to be taken seriously as a work of art.

Escaping the era of the ‘canon’ unscathed is a good thing. Attempting to replicate a literary philosophy that fell out of favour decades ago would make the world of comics seem provincial and small.

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