Definition of graphic novel
: a story that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book
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The final talk of the day was hosted by Phil Jupitus, who quizzed Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson on his graphic novel edition of the Communist Manifesto.
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Attendees can learn how to create graphic novels and how to make it in Hollywood.
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Star Trek has a rich and long history that spans 13 motion pictures, 500-plus hours of television, and countless novels, graphic novels, and games.
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Instead, Bystander is designed to look like a graphic novel, the color palette all greens and reds and blues, grand Hyde Park buildings serving as the backdrop.
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At 90, Knight also has two graphic novels coming out in the next two years, one called Olive & Oliver: The Formative Years, written by his nieces, and another autobiographical memoir called Hilary Knight: Drawn From Life.
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Beauty inspired by fantasy is huge right now, and brands are taking cues from movies, books, and graphic novels to create some stellar collections.
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Call them comic books, graphic novels or sequential art--whatever the name, the form has matured over 25 years into the Modern Age of Comic Books, with more publishers and a bigger fan base than ever.
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Riskin, a 54-year-old associate professor of mathematics at Whittier College, used a free image editing program to morph photos of powerful figures in the world of downtown development into cartoon-like illustrations suited for a graphic novel.
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First Known Use of graphic novel
1964
GRAPHIC NOVEL Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of graphic novel for English Language Learners
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: cartoon drawings that tell a story and are published as a book
GRAPHIC NOVEL Defined for Kids
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Definition of graphic novel for Students
: a work of fiction or nonfiction that tells a story using comic strips and that is published as a book
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