Question of the day

[james_davis_nicoll]

Should SFWA consider opening membership to writers of comic books and graphic novels?

[Wow, that was a dull way to frame that. Please add "Why or why not?]

Inspired by a discussion on one of the blogs that I read regularly, which I will not name for the moment so that people will not run over there and have their reactions influenced by the discussions that have already occured.

Comments

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

If the genre the writers of the graphic novels and/or comic books are working in is science fiction or fantasy, and they're selling to paying markets of value comparable to the requirements for novelists, why not?

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

But what if the genre they're working in is superheroes? Written (words-only) superhero fiction is usually lumped in with sf or fantasy; but in comics it's a genre.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

I think it's a sub-genre in writing, too, or becoming one. I've seen enough original superhero anthologies around.