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Examples of graphic novel in a Sentence
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The movie’s Spanish writer-director, Pablo Berger, making his first foray into animation, reimagined the friendship from a 2007 graphic novel by American artist Sara Varon.
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
In adapting Sara Varon’s graphic novel of the same name, Spanish director Pablo Berger has made a movie that feels, in the best way, like the last day of summer: radiant, bittersweet, redolent of memories in the making.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 June 2024
Buy Now 11 of 14 'The Deep and Dark Blue' by Niki Smith
In this gripping graphic novel, Hawke and Grayson — twins who must escape a coup in their magical hometown — must undertake the new identities of Hanna and Grayce for their safety.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
The series, based on the graphic novel by My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, is about a set of estranged, super-powered siblings, who come back together after the death of their slightly megalomaniacal father.
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Lucy Ford, TIME, 23 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1964, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near graphic novel
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“Graphic novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graphic%20novel. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
graphic novel
noun
: a work of fiction or non-fiction that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book
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