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	Graphic novel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The evolving term "graphic novel" is not strictly defined, and is sometimes used, controversially, to imply subjective distinctions in artistic quality between graphic novels and other kinds of comics.
		The term "graphic novel" began to be popularized two months later after it appeared on the cover of trade paperback edition (though not the hardcover edition) of Will Eisner's groundbreaking A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories (Oct. 1978).
		Eddie Campbell has issued a manifesto (2004) to the effect that the "graphic novel" is more the product of an artist, and that it follows that the term is therefore better used as a description of an artistic movement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Graphic_novel (2099 words)

	Graphic novel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A serialised work of similar length may occasionally be called a "graphic novel" regardless of whether it has been published in collected form, by analogy to the works of writers such as Charles Dickens, which were first serialized and were (arguably) "novels" regardless of their publication format.
		The term "graphic novel" is commonly used to disassociate works from the juvenile and/or humorous connotations of the terms "comics" and "comic book".
		The term "graphic novel" was popularized by Will Eisner after it appeared on the cover of the trade-paper edition of A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories (Baronet Books, published October 1978), a mature, complex work focusing on the lives of ordinary people in the real world.
	www.cottagegrove.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Graphic_novel (1269 words)

	BOOOM: Graphic Novel Explosion @ Your Library
		For instance, it was hard for graphic novels to find their way into the cataloguing department, as the comic industry's distribution system differed from that of regular publishing houses.
		This results in two problems: it ignores the fact that graphic novels are complex narratives dealing with both fiction and non-fiction subject matter; and, it makes the assumption that all graphic novels are meant for children or young readers.
		Graphic novels are a tie-in for the regular collection; readers will be exposed to new literature and different treatments of subjects.
	www.slais.ubc.ca /courses/libr517/04-05-wt2/projects/booom/print.html (2585 words)

	Graphic
		Graphic novels -- sometimes characterized as “comic books for adults” -- came along many years later, in the 1980s and 1990s.
		Superhero stories are a staple of the graphic novel, but the form has demonstrated greater flexibility than the comic book.
		But Collins’s most successful graphic novel to date is The Road to Perdition, about Michael O’Sullivan, the “Angel of Death,” who turns against the mob and goes on the run in order to save his own son, who inadvertently witnessed a gangland murder.
	www.crimeculture.com /Contents/GraphicNovel.htm (3491 words)

	Graphic Novels at CCPL
		Graphic novels are exactly what the title implies: full-length, original stories presented in a visual format.
		This is entirely appropriate, as graphic novels evolved from the comic book format; sequential art combined with dialogue and transitional text used to tell a story.
		As such, graphic novels should not be dismissed as simple “junk literature.” Graphic novels are written for all ages and encompass many different themes and subjects, just like books, movies and other forms of popular entertainment.
	www.clermont.lib.oh.us /graphic_novels.html (358 words)

	COMICON.com: What exactly is a graphic novel?
		There are a lot of definitions of graphic novel, but in my opinion the silliest of them is the one that decides on the basis of whether or not the material is original.
		The comic novel attempts a more ambitious strip in book form, but since comic novel can also mean a funny prose novel the term graphic novel has been devised and commonly, if grudgingly, accepted.
		The dictionary says that a novel is "a fictional prose narrative of considerable length." A graphic novel would therefore be a comic of considerable length.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic;f=17;t=000111;go=newer (3389 words)

	ImageTexT -- Alan Moore and the Graphic Novel: Confronting the Fourth Dimension -- Mark Bernard and James Bucky Carter
		Though comic books and graphic novels are earning more serious academic consideration than ever, in relation to one of the foremost goals of twentieth century art and literature, comic books may be more important and innovative than even the most open-minded of scholars have yet to realize.
		Comics, graphic novels, and sequential art belong to a rich artistic and literary tradition due in no small part to their ability to utilize the techniques of cubism and futurism.
		Throughout the graphic novel, Manhattan struggles with his humanity; he seems to be losing touch with human experience as we know it due to his amazing ability to never age and to be aware always of the past, present, and the future.
	www.english.ufl.edu /imagetext/archives/volume1/issue2/bc (5225 words)

	Discovering The Elephant: An integralist approach to understanding graphic novels, part one
		In surveying the landscape of critical opinion on the matter, theory on the graphic novel has followed the contour of modern criticism in general by settling into a number of consecutively developing, and ultimately adversarial, schools of thought.
		Graphic novels share vital components with the comic books from which they emerged but also offer advantages (density, sophistication, audience perception of value and substance) that comic books could not.
		Simply put, the higher critical holons regarding the graphic novel will inevitably include more possibilities than those that preceded it until the idea itself will merge with nearby dynamic relatives to produce something singularly new that cannot be mistaken for merely a graphic novel or any other of its component elements.
	www.ninthart.com /display.php?article=679 (1576 words)

	Graphical Novels \| TIME Magazine - ALL-TIME 100 Novels
		This semi-autobiographical novel set in the snowy hinterlands of Wisconsin tells the story of a lonely, artistic young man who struggles with his fundamentalist Christian upbringing when he falls in love.
		One of the best-selling graphic novels of all time, this fl comedy version of Batman's latter days masterfully combines satire with superhero antics without betraying it's central character's core of danger.
		A kind of über graphic novel that collects a series of smaller graphic novels all situated in a small town "somewhere south of the U.S. border," this giant tome by a seminal comic artist will likely be the author's magnum opus.
	www.time.com /time/2005/100books/0,24459,graphic_novels,00.html (1119 words)

	what's the deal? -- the lair -- graphic novel reviews
		They tend to be the same size as graphic novels and often draw together one plotline from a comic book series.
		For an example, one of the most famous graphic novels, Art Spiegelman's Maus, won the Pulizter Prize and is widely recognized as an important memoir of the Holocaust.
		Graphic novels usually list a writer (for the script), a penciler (who sketches the artwork), an inker (who inks the sketches), and a colorist (who adds the color).
	lair.noflyingnotights.com /what.html (2782 words)

	Literature: Graphic Novels as Serious Art - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com
		Graphic novels are moving out of the hobby shop and into the mainstream.
		Polish graphic artists are commemorating the country's upcoming 25th anniversary of Solidarity with a slew of new comics.
		The term "graphic novel" was popularized by Will Eisner, one of the first artists to elevate the medium beyond pulp fare with his 1978 work "A Contract With God," depicting his childhood in a Bronx, New York, tenement.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8941787/site/newsweek (830 words)

	Parents' Guide to Graphic Novels for Teens
		Most graphic novels are original stories, though many classic works of literature have been adapted in graphic format.
		Graphic novels, with their wide range of subjects and visual appeal, are attractive to reluctant readers.
		Most graphic novels for young adults are classified as nonfiction at the Duluth Public Library because of their emphasis on visual art.
	www.duluth.lib.mn.us /YouthServices/GraphicNovelsParents.html (474 words)

	V for Vendetta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The series, including Moore's "Behind the Painted Smile" essay and two "interludes" outside the central continuity, was then collected as a graphic novel, published in the US by DC's Vertigo imprint (ISBN 0930289528) and in the UK by Titan Books (ISBN 1852862912).
		This series is the source of "The Land of Do-As-You-Please" and "The Land of Take-What-You-Want" alluded to throughout the novel.
		This contained pre-recorded video clips of scenes from the graphic novel, such as the bombing of the Houses of Parliament, a scene from the racist sci-fi TV show Storm Saxon, scenes of torture at Larkhill, and Finch's revelation at the camp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/V_for_Vendetta (2873 words)

	Technorati Tag: graphic novel
		Graphic Novels Find the graphic novels you're looking for all at great prices.
		ICV2 is reporting that Nancy Drew graphic novels will soon be appearing in the checkout lanes of “hundreds of supermarkets”.
		Graphic Novels for Children Visit Zaldiva.com to buy graphic novels and actions figures.
	www.technorati.com /tag/graphic+novel (521 words)

	Graphic Novels
		Graphic Novels are a fast growing segment of the entertainment industry.
		Graphic Novels in the classroom are a tool that teachers can and do use to deal with the challenges of No Child Left Behind.
		In our continuing efforts to help inform and educate the world about graphic novels in the library, we have tapped the incredible wisdom of Seeressa the Sage, a super hero librarian who stands as a protector of graphic novels for libraries throughout the universe.
	www.graphicnovels.brodart.com (833 words)

	TIME.com -- Andrew Arnold: The Graphic Novel Silver Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But "graphic novels" in name and in form have reached their 25th anniversary in 2003.
		Something seems to be working because graphic novels have finally reached a point of critical mass in both popular consciousness and sales.
		Then you are left saying, 'well it's got a seriousness of purpose' that the phrase 'graphic novel' alone won't offer." On the positive side, the public awareness of these books has vastly increased, creating a kind of renaissance era of intense creativity and quality.
	www.time.com /time/columnist/arnold/article/0,9565,542579,00.html (1246 words)

	Comics Links
		Graphic Novels for Librarians -- a short resource page by Jennifer McIntosh of the East Greenbush, New York Public Library.
		graphic novel recommendations by April Spisak (of the Clark County, OH Public Library) and Ria Newhouse: a page created when they were graduate students in the Library and Information Science program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
		GNLIB-L: Graphic Novels in Libraries -- owned by Steve Miller (no, not THAT Steve Miller -- at least, I don't think so) and hosted by topica.com, this is a discussion list for librarians and other book-related professionals about problems and joys of getting comics and graphic novels into library collections.
	my.voyager.net /~sraiteri/comicslinks.htm (1661 words)

	pomo graphic novels
		Alan Moore who previously extended the stylistic boundaries and length of a graphic novel to cinematic proportions in V for Vendetta (figure 5) would team up with illustrator Dave Gibbons for the seminal, height of the cold war, post-modern masterpiece the Watchmen (figure 6).
		This Film Noir style graphic novel follows the actions of a vigilante dressed as Guy Fawkes, a martyred English conspirator who plotted to blow up parliament in 1605 but was foiled the day before the bombing and executed.
		The maturity level of this graphic novel isn’t measured in violent content but instead it is the metaphysical content which is maddening and torturous.
	www.psu.edu /dept/inart10_110/inart10/cmbk9pmgn.html (5984 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Nancy Drew' finds clues in graphic novel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Frank and Joe are starring in their own new graphic novel series from Papercutz, starting with The Hardy Boys: The Ocean of Osyria, also in stores.
		Graphic novels, like traditional comic books, combine illustrations with word balloons.
		Sales of graphic novels have been soaring in the USA and Canada, up from $165 million in 2003 to $207 million a year ago.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/news/2005-04-18-nancy-drew_x.htm (529 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Light Fantastic: The Graphic Novel: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Despite the various recurring characters most of the Discworld books effectively work as standalone novels - The Light Fantastic is the exception to the rule, as it follows on from the ending of The Colour of Magic as a direct sequel.
		As with the first Discworld novel, Pratchett is having fun satirising the fantasy genre here rather than dealing with any weightier issues - highlights include Rincewind's visit to the house of Death and the debut of the orang-utan Librarian.
		Plot wise this is perhaps even slighter than The Colour of Magic, with the danger of the Discworld seemingly on a collision course with a star ultimately revealed as a bit of a red herring, but there's plenty of fun to be had along the way.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0552141593 (1299 words)

	Society of Biblical Literature
		Using a different literary frame than the Masoretic Text (MT), the Samson Graphic novel (GN) opens with a series of flashbacks from the wretched Gaza prison where Samson languishes as a ruined, failed leader.
		Since the process of movement from narrative text to the graphic novel format is very much akin to that of book to film, requiring much more detail about the characters, more dialogue between them, etc., than the biblical text gives, midrashic thinking may be the key to uncovering that deeply implicit detail.
		Nevertheless, the art [in Graphic Novels] simultaneously re-inscribes the already deeply entrenched and arguably more dangerous stereotypes that tie significance to specific images of the body â€” cut, muscular men and svelte, voluptuous women.
	www.sbl-site.org /Article.aspx?ArticleId=249 (3886 words)

	Amazon.com: Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat: The Graphic Novel: Books: Faye Perozich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Collected for the first time, here are the twelve extraordinary illustrated volumes that form the graphic novel of The Vampire Lestat.
		I saw the graphic novel of The Vampire Lestat in a used bookstore a month or two after I read IWTV and I looked through it.
		If you absolutely must have an Anne Rice graphic novel, buy "The Tale of the Body Thief", which is just as good a story, and much, much better art, which reminds me of P. Craig Russel at times and focuses on the lushness and beauty of Anne Rice's world.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345373944?v=glance (2018 words)

	Notes on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1
		At the end of the novel, however, she was again human, and with Jonathan and their son seemed to be a family.
		This novel might also include the first use of the taduki leaves, which were featured in at least two others of the Quatermain novels (both with Lady Ragnall): The Ancient Allan [1920] and Allan and the Ice Gods [1927].
		Given that (a) Allan's death was faked, and (b) there are a couple of instances in the novels where Lady Ragnall is believed dead but actually wasn't, I'd suggest that her death was as fake as his.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Olympus/7160/league1.html (8095 words)

	Salon Books \| "From Hell" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When DC Comics published "Watchmen's" 12 issues in the mid-1980s, comics were viewed as the bottom of the pop culture barrel, no more than adolescent fantasies of brightly-costumed characters in never-ending, rock 'em-sock 'em fight scenes.
		But creating an encore to an instant classic is a tricky business, and Welles never equaled "Kane." After "Watchmen," the Moore's most significant graphic novel is "From Hell," an epic autopsy of the Jack the Ripper slayings, serialized through the 1990s and now finally being published in book form by Eddie Campbell Comics.
		That's what happened with Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer-Prize winning "Maus," which was originally published in installments in the arty comic "Raw." "From Hell" is the only graphic novel since "Maus" to rival its ambition and historical depth.
	www.salon.com /books/feature/1999/10/26/moore (724 words)

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