#ScribesAndMakers day 8: How do you define a book? Do audio books and graphic novels fit your definition?
Audio books yes, graphic novels no. To my mind, the addition of all that art makes the graphic novel a different form. Not worse (or better), just different.
Kagan MacTane (he/him)
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