Rob
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Those aren't even the ones.
That's what I'm interested in.
So I made that book in 2018, Penguins.
There's this emphasis on important comics and lesser important and that graphic novels are like,
It's got novel in the title.
I mean, it's like... Serious.
Yeah, it's telling a serious... Typically autobiographical.
It's like heavy subject matter.
And I tried to wrap my head around that as a way to tell a story.
And I was sort of blocked for years until I did the new one, Pear Shape.
I just decided that's not who I am.
I want to do a comic that's just a pure comic.
And it could only be in this medium.
It couldn't be adapted into a film ever.
It's not a graphic novel.
It's a comic book.
And I think those distinctions are important.
There's a place for graphic novels.
I love them.
But I love what you're saying where this thing could only be this thing.