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Only primary sources; no demonstration of notability. Appears to fail
WP:NBOOK.
Mikeblas (
talk) 00:47, 23 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Merge and delete This is a fairly notable book in the comics world, but unless more can be said about it, it belongs in the article
Scott McCloud.
Shii(tock) 00:56, 23 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep The book was reviewed in the New York Times by
Garry Trudeau. Though I can't find the full review itself online, I did find a letter to the editor published by the NYT about the review, verifying that it was published. Snippets from the review are widely available online. The
author's website also mentions reviews in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Publisher's Weekly. As the book was published 21 years ago, it is difficult to find sources, but I believe that the book is notable.
Cullen328Let's discuss it 05:03, 23 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Belief doesn't carry much; we need references from reliable third-party sources. --
Mikeblas (
talk) 12:57, 23 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep. This book is incredibly influential and the sources are out there. I'm finding where it's been used as a source for various things but also where it's discussed in several peer-reviewed journals, textbooks, and books like
this one and especially
this book, which refers to it as groundbreaking. I'm adding them to the article as I speak.
Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 14:45, 23 June 2014 (UTC)reply
I really can't emphasize enough how incredibly influential this is. (More sources:
[1],
[2],
[3],
[4],
[5])
Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 14:53, 23 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Good sources. I looked into this and discovered two serious, in-depth academic studies which discuss the book at length: The Language of Comics: Word and Image (University Press of Mississippi, 2007) and Comics and Culture: Analytical and Theoretical Approaches to Comics (Museum Tusculanum, 2000). There are apparently multiple chapters in both books that either build on or critique this book. I recommend keeping this article so that this can be expanded on.
Shii(tock) 18:01, 23 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Strong Keep: this book is widely covered and cited by other sources. It floors me that someone would even try to get this deleted.
Curly Turkey ⚞
¡gobble!⚟ 20:00, 23 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Strong keep per the last several comments; recommend withdrawal of nomination.
Newyorkbrad (
talk) 22:24, 27 June 2014 (UTC)reply
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