AfterEllen.com has a whole entry about how graphic novels have embraced lesbian writers/illustrators and actually become fairly popular in lesbian circles.

“The graphic narrative is a vivid, potent way of conveying information and experience,” Bechdel said to AfterEllen.com. “It’s an important format for any stories: lesbian stories, conservative Republican stories, Islamic fundamentalist stories, whatever.”

Source.

All jokes aside, I think this speaks a lot about how the graphic novel industry went from just a way for Marvel/DC to tell slightly more mature stories to actually becoming a social movement.  It solidies what Arnold Drake was trying to accomplish with his “picture novels” and what Eisner was attempting to push forward later in his career: comics can be serious, they don’t have to involve people beating the shit out of each other, and are just as personal as any book out there.

But all of these need more Power Girl.