graphic novels

plural of graphic novel

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphic novels
comic strips
Noun
  • He was featured in tiny comic strips wrapped around pieces of Bazooka bubble gum.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The postwar best-seller Tezuka borrowed heavily from American newspaper comic strips and Walt Disney; Hayao Miyazaki has long praised France’s Mœbius.
    Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Graphic novels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphic%20novels. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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