graphic novel

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Recent Examples of graphic novel Comic books, graphic novels, short stories, and epic poems will count. Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025 Those 1950s newspaper comic strips and subsequent graphic novel collections are practically a national treasure in Argentina, and the list of filmmakers trying to deliver its doomsday sci-fi story in other mediums was long and impressive. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 May 2025 Alessandro and Carroll, White’s widower, had adapted the autobiography into a graphic novel for Top Shelf Productions in 2023, and have been co-developing the series pilot with Dreifuss. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 June 2025 It will soon be turned into a graphic novel with an October 2025 release. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for graphic novel
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Noun
  • The superhero film comes as a sequel to its 2020 predecessor Old Guard, based on the comic book of the same name by Leandro Fernández and Greg Rucka.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 28 June 2025
  • The movie is expected to be based on the comic books by Grant Morrison that explored the Bat-Family and their many dramas, namely the relationship between Bruce Wayne and his son, Damian Wayne.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 9 Jul. 2025.

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