"I have a confession to make: I had my first legal drink before I read my first graphic novel. Luckily, I’ve since amended this, casting aside my graphic novel virginity with Marjane Satrapi’s memoir, Persepolis."

The Harris Campaign blurred too many lines, and not just by playing the song “Blurred Lines.”

The year was 2013, and I had amassed an impressive CD collection: Justin Bieber’s My World 2.0, Taylor Swift’s Red, and, last...