Today in class we talked a lot about Mythic Stories, literature that is used to help us understand the world around us, and how could be one of the better ways of classifying religious texts, since once you get rid of the argument of which one is the absolute truth, it really becomes a debate about which stories have the best role models for living one's life by.
I think this is a good idea, not just because it would make talking about religion a lot saner, but also because it opens up the use of characters and stories from all time periods and mediums, leading (hopefully) to everyone realizing that no matter what the medium a story is told, if it is a good story, then it has the same value as an equally good story told in another medium. This would be a really good turning point for comic books and animation of all types, as they are still sometimes regarded as a less art form simply because they are a newer creation.
So in all, I think accepting that not only everyone has different mythic stories that they use to understand the world around them, or at least figure out rules for living in this world, is a really good idea. Not only would it promote understanding among our species, but also equality in various forms of art.
Well said. However, I think some people reject comic books (excuse me, graphic novels) not because they are new, but because most of them just aren't very good. I've been reading them for years, hoping the medium will make a breakthrough in literary form and hence content, but the very best of them (Spiegelberg, Satrapi, etc.) are for the most part pretty lame. I think comics have yet to find their Shakespeare, or even their P.G. Wodehouse.
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