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Recent Examples of graphic novel
This year’s participants ran the gamut with shows based on video games, graphic novels, comics and iconic novels, as well as genres ranging from thrillers and mysteries to sci-fi, comedies and dramas.
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The Deadline Team, Deadline, 12 May 2025
In her latest graphic novel, Simplicity, Lubchansky leans further into Surrealism.
—Isle McElroy, Vulture, 21 May 2025
The film is based on the 2017 graphic novel from Rucka, which is illustrated by Leandro Fernandez.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 May 2025
It's suggested the next season of the fantastical saga, centred around Dream’s quest to rebuild his own realm of the Dreaming, is going to delve into the fourth volume of the original graphic novel, where Dream returns to Hell and is reunited with his dysfunctional siblings.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025
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The Deadline Team, Deadline, 12 May 2025
In her latest graphic novel, Simplicity, Lubchansky leans further into Surrealism.
—Isle McElroy, Vulture, 21 May 2025
The film is based on the 2017 graphic novel from Rucka, which is illustrated by Leandro Fernandez.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 May 2025
It's suggested the next season of the fantastical saga, centred around Dream’s quest to rebuild his own realm of the Dreaming, is going to delve into the fourth volume of the original graphic novel, where Dream returns to Hell and is reunited with his dysfunctional siblings.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphic novel
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Sinuous lines hold everything together, a joyous stew of colors and floral patterns that sit inside and outside the blocky human and animal figures that could have dropped in from a comic book or a prehistoric cave painting.—
Dodie Kazanjian,
Vogue,
5 June 2025
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The Saw franchise not only grossed over $1 billion at the global box office from 10 movies, but spawned comic books, video games, theme park attractions, toys, masks and clothing.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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The once notoriously secretive Ministry of State Security now commands a massive following on Chinese social media, with near-daily commentaries, short videos or even comic strips sounding the alarm about supposedly ubiquitous threats to the country.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Save your comic strip, and create another one next year and others in years to come.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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“Graphic novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphic%20novel. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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