Comics or Graphic Novels

Comics or Graphic Novels or TPB? I like Graphic Novels the most because it sounds like I'm reading something important.

I've been reading comics on and off for years now. I started when I was about 5, with my friends Daniel Nokes and Alex Kolliopolis. I still have the first Punisher comic I ever owned, I traded Daniel a few baseball cards for it. Punisher War Zone #2. This comic changed my life. I never knew how someone else must have felt to have EVERYTHING TAKEN FROM ME and now why I wanted REVENGE on all.
It is a great day for me to know that everyone suffers in this world. Its not the suffering that makes it great. Its to know I'm not alone. Its true I'll die alone but at least it won't be that bad now.