While Modan has been in the international spotlight for several years now, a lot of comic aficionados had not heard of her prior to the release of Exit Wounds. Despite winning the coveted ‘Best Book of the Year’ at the Eisner Awards, very few readers in India have actually heard of it or read it. Rutu Modan’s Exit Wounds was one of those. While all this catered to the masses, the year also produced some phenomenal work that was critically acclaimed. Then, having established itself as a treasure chest for screenplays (with the benefit of already being storyboarded), the industry saw an influx of capital with rights to various ‘scripts’ being bought. Popular movies even used the medium for promotion by launching novels of their own. First, the success of movies based on them spurred a whole new set of readers to read the original works. 2007 was a good year for the Graphic Novel.
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