http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Graphic_novelGraphic novel - Revision history2026-10-23T20:53:31ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.24.2http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Graphic_novel&diff=14311&oldid=prevKarl Jones: Created page with "A '''graphic novel''' is a book made up of comics content. == Description == Although the word "novel" normally refers to long fictional works, the term "graphic nov..."2016-04-28T19:37:40Z<p>Created page with "A '''graphic novel''' is a <a href="/index.php/Book" title="Book">book</a> made up of <a href="/index.php/Comics" title="Comics">comics</a> content. == Description == Although the word "novel" normally refers to long fictional works, the term "graphic nov..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''graphic novel''' is a [[book]] made up of [[comics]] content.<br />
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== Description ==<br />
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Although the word "novel" normally refers to long fictional works, the term "graphic novel" is applied broadly and includes [[fiction]], [[non-fiction]], and [[Anthology|anthologized]] work.<br />
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It is distinguished from the term "[[comic book]]", which is used for comics periodicals.<br />
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Fan historian [[Richard Kyle]] coined the term "graphic novel" in an essay in the November 1964 issue of the comics [[fanzine]] [[Capa-Alpha]].<br />
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The term gained popularity in the comics community after the publication of [[Will Eisner]]'s [[A Contract with God]] (1978) and became familiar to the public in the late 1980s after the commercial successes of the first volume of [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[Maus]] in 1986 and the collected editions of [[Frank Miller]]'s [[The Dark Knight Returns]] in 1986 and [[Alan Moore]] and [[Dave Gibbons]]' [[Watchmen]] in 1987.<br />
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The [[Book Industry Study Group]] began using "graphic novel" as a category in book stores in 2001.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Artist's book]]<br />
* [[Collage novel]]<br />
* [[Comics studies]]<br />
* [[Graphic nonfiction]]<br />
* [[List of award-winning graphic novels]]<br />
* [[Literature]]<br />
* [[TankÅbon]]<br />
* [[Trade paperback (comics)]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel Graphic novel] @ Wikipedia<br />
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