Definition of graphic novel
: a story that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book
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As an artist, his lasting influence was among cartoonists working in the tradition of alternative comics and graphic novels: Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Ben Katchor, Charles Burns and Daniel Clowes.
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Modern-day tastemakers, unlike their forebears, shower love on comics and graphic novels without a hint of condescension.
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Another graphic novel will tell the story, posthumously, of Hailee Lamberth of Las Vegas, who committed suicide at 14 after being bullied.
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Leibel is best best known for his 2010 graphic novel Syndrome in which a scientist experiments on a serial killer in order to find a cure for evil.
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For example, his 2006 lawsuit against Fantagraphics, a vital independent publisher specializing in graphic novels, seems to have been frivolous and motivated by personal malice.
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Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer, based on the French graphic novel La Transperceniege, was such a sensation in 2013 that TNT decided to give it the TV show treatment.
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The 272-page graphic novel, written by Jim Pascoe, illustrated by Heidi Arnhold, and published by First Second Books, has been described as a mix between The Wind in the Willows and Animal Farm.
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Those included science, technology, engineering and math, graphic novels, large-print books, early literacy and books from lists for participation in state reading programs.
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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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