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Graphic Novels vs. Comic Books
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Comic Books...
Graphic Novels...
- are much longer and tend to be more complex
- are longer works that tell a single story from the beginning to the end
- have their story lines wrapped up in only one or two books
- got a reputation as being gritty, explicit, and for mature audiences
- tell a story over many issues
- are relatively short and tell the story of the book's heroes or heroines over a long period of time
- there are usually many issues of a successful comic book, and the stories unfold over months and sometimes years
- were regulated to more mainstream popularity, and have long carried their own stigma of being a childish, immature, guilty pleasure at best.
Graphic Novels
vs.
Comic Books
Types of graphic novels
Types of comics/comic books
Like traditional novels there are endless ways to categorize different graphic novels. There are as many genres and sub-genres as in traditional fiction and non-fiction.
Comic strips: usually short, multipanel comics that appear in newspapers; typically in black and white.
ex) Garfield, or Snoopy in The Peanuts,
Comic books: thin periodicals usually published in color.
ex) the original Superman from 1938
Gag and editorial cartoons: usually a single panel, often incorporating a caption or speech balloon.
ex) political cartoons
SIDE A
graphic novels
SIDE B
comic books
Manga: the Japanese word for "comics"; is read from top to bottom and right to left
ex) Death Note
Superhero Story: superhero GNs have taken the popular form of comics and turned the once brief episodic adventures into epic sagas
ex) Batman: Dark Knight Returns
Personal Narrative (Perzines): are autobiographical stories written from the author's personal experiences, opinions, and observations.
ex) The Quitter
Non-Fiction: are similar to perzines, but the author is generally using their own experience to touch upon a greater social issue.
ex) Maus, Persepolis, Pedro and Me
Quick Write
March 2, 2015
Graphic Novel vs. Comic Book
Write one difference that you learned between graphic novels and comic books.
Give one type of graphic novel and one type of comic discussed in this presentation.