Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a novel told by means of pictures. Graphic novels are to comic books as traditional novels are to short stories.

Notable examples of graphic novels: Some of the below examples are more accurately called Trade Paperbacks which have complete stories originally presented a serial format bound together in one volume

• Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
• Batman: The Killing Joke[?] by Alan Moore, artwork by Brian Bolland[?]
• Billi 99 by Sarah Byam[?] and Tim Sale[?]
• Black Hole by Charles Burns
• Cerebus[?] by Dave Sim
• Creature Tech[?] by Doug TenNapel
• David Boring[?] by Dan Clowes[?]
• The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
• Ed the Happy Clown[?] by Chester Brown[?]
• From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
• Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
• Ghost World by Dan Clowes[?]
• I Never Liked You[?] by Chester Brown[?]
• It's a Good Life, if You Don't Weaken[?] by Seth
• Jimmy Corrigan[?] by Chris Ware[?]
• Louis Riel by Chester Brown[?]
• Maus by Art Spiegelman
• Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind by Miyazaki Hayao
• I Never Liked You[?] by Chester Brown[?]
• Palestine[?] by Joe Sacco[?]
• Poison River[?] by Gilbert Hernandez
• Safe Area Gorazde[?] by Joe Sacco[?]
• Sandman by Neil Gaiman
• The Books of Magic[?] by Neil Gaiman
• Underwater[?] by Chester Brown[?]
• V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
• Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons[?]
• The Man Who Grew Young[?] by Daniel Quinn

See also:

• manga

External links:

• grovel.org.uk: Graphic novel reviews (http://www.grovel.org.uk/)
• Recommended Graphic Novels for Public Libraries (http://my.voyager.net/~sraiteri/graphicnovels.htm)
• Graphic Novels and Comic Trade Paperbacks - An Annotated List (http://www.geocities.com/dawnanik/grnovels.htm)