Book
Last night I finished a graphic novel/photo book about a photographers first assignment embedded with MSf aka. Doctors Without Boarders during the Afghanistan war against the Soviet Union. The Photographer
The book is found in the Asian history section of my local chain book store. Maus by Art Spiegelman is in the European history section of this bookstore. I am wondering if the act of placing these graphic books in this section causes them to get lost among the countless dry reads in the history section perhaps defeating the authors attempt to reach a wider audience. Or does the documentary basis of the works keep it out of the comic/manga/graphic novel because it in non-fiction? Anyone know?
The book is found in the Asian history section of my local chain book store. Maus by Art Spiegelman is in the European history section of this bookstore. I am wondering if the act of placing these graphic books in this section causes them to get lost among the countless dry reads in the history section perhaps defeating the authors attempt to reach a wider audience. Or does the documentary basis of the works keep it out of the comic/manga/graphic novel because it in non-fiction? Anyone know?