[UA] Books of Magic

[Tucker]

>>"Sandman is a comic by Neil Gaiman" would (I think) be a correct phrasing.
>>(Actually, I guess the term is 'graphic novel' since it's now available as
>>a bunch of bound books, but whatever.)
>Generally, a graphic novel is meant to describe a book that was originally
>released in that format.  Thus, Watchmen is not, since it came out as twelve
>seperate issues, while The Killing Joke is, since it was a one-shot. The
>term 'collected' is used to describe books that were released in serial
>format, and later published as one book.

Makes sense to me.  I keep hearing people talk about "the Sandman graphic
novels" or whatever, so now I can mock them and tell them that "that's 'the
collected Sandman'".

>Of course, there are those people
>who use the word graphic novel to avoid having to admit that he reads comic
>books.

Bah.  It's got panels, it's got cheap paper, it's got a staple down the
middle, it's a comic book.
These are the same people who 'engage in collaborative storytelling
efforts' so they don't have to say they play role-playing games.

>>Hellblazer, like you mentioned earlier in your post.  Mage: The Hero
>>Discovered and Mage: The Hero Defined.  I'd argue against the _Books of
>>Magic_ series-- what I read seemed a little too light.  (The series by
>>John Ney Rieber that spun off the Gaiman miniseries, that is-- the Gaiman
>>rocks, and has all sorts of application.  Plus an intro by Roger Zelazny.)
>
>AAIIIEEEE!  AAIIIEEE!
>
>"A little too light?"  The man followed up this beautiful tale of young love
>between Tim and Molly, by projecting a future where Tim Hunter becomes
>Studboy MagicGuy, and has cloned an army of Mollys, trying to make just the
>right one who isn't too subservient or docile, or too ornery.  And when one
>doesn't make the grade, she's wormfood?

Admittedly I only read the first couple paperbacks.  But I wasn't overwhelmed.
(On the other hand, I was probably looking for something more like
Hellblazer.)

>Transmetropolitan's neat as well.

Transmet is indeed classy, but I'm not too sure how to twist it into UA
without pushing UA beyond recognition.  Although a hitech UA could be
intriguing.

Will: there's a copy at
http://www.mcs.net/~cbickfor/homepage/amber/general/parody.htm
Unfortunately it's only a parody of the first two books, but you take what
you can get.


----
The cards were cold to my touch.  I took them to the kitchen and put them
in the toaster oven for a while until they reached room temperature.
	--_The Dying of Ember_, a parody of the Amber series


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