But I've never been able to get into graphic novels as a medium.

Me neither! I mean, they're neat and I have nothing against them, but there are way too many pictures and not enough words for me. I've read Persepolis and its sequel for a class (those are really good and enlightening), and in high school I tried Runaways because I'd heard such good things about it, but that's it (other than BtVS, of course). I haven't even touched the really famous ones like Sandman.