"... in a world that is going more and more with digital content, graphic novels are one of the last varieties of the printed form that are gaining in popularity as each year goes by” (R. Weiner 5).
WHAT IS A GRAPHIC NOVEL?
- "Graphic novel" refers to FORMAT, not content. It is a MEDIUM, not a genre.
- A graphic novel is “’storytelling through …sequential art’ with distinct beginning and end, even when told in multiple volumes, while comic books are serials with a limitless number of episodes’” (Goldsmith as quoted in Williams & Peterson).
- Graphic novels encompass a “wide range of genres and themes … [including] adventure, legends, fantasy, memoirs, comedy, horror, social issues, religion, and biography.” (Baird & Jackson 5).
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Presented by: Lauren Blanford, Margaret Janavicius, & Kirsten Rusinak
Dominican University LIS: 722 Library Materials for Young Adults Spring 2012.