Exit Stage Left

I've only started reading Graphic novels and comics, and boy have I been missing out. I've finally realized what I enjoy so much about them, however: they can be a particularly interesting medium for dissecting big ideas, but are wrapped in a shiny, populist frame that screams “unserious”. Between “Sex Criminals” depiction of mental health and living a good life, to “the Wicked + the Divine's” discussion of fame, fandom, and religion, and now to the Snagglepuss Chronicle's examination of the role of art in public/civic life. A comicbook about an anthropomorphic pink lion has no business being this good, and yet it is utterly brilliant. The subversion of discussing themes at home in literary fiction or the boring movies your English teacher would show you as a “break”, but in such a populist medium is so fascinating.