COMIC BOOKS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: A BRIEF HISTORY. -ART IN THE FORM OF SEQUENTIAL PANELS THAT REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL SCENES WITH BRIEF WRITTEN NARRATIVE THAT.

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COMIC BOOKS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: A BRIEF HISTORY

-ART IN THE FORM OF SEQUENTIAL PANELS THAT REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL SCENES WITH BRIEF WRITTEN NARRATIVE THAT IS SOMETIMES IN WORD BALLOONS -ORIGINATED IN 1933 IN THE UNITED STATES -REPRINTING OF NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS IN BOOK FORMAT -1938’S SUPERMAN TURNED COMIC BOOKS INTO A MAJOR INDUSTRY COMIC BOOKS

COMICS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS Golden Age Silver Age Bronze Age

MODERN AGE OF COMIC BOOKS Mid 1980’s to Present

-SUBCATEGORY OF COMIC BOOKS -DEFINITION: FICTIONAL STORY THAT IS PRESENTED IN COMIC STRIP FORM AND PRESENTED AS A BOOK. A GRAPHIC NOVEL IS A CONTINUOUS STORY INSTEAD OF A STAND ALONE SINGLE COMIC. -FIRST TERM OF “GRAPHIC NOVEL” APPEARED IN PRINT IN 1976 THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

-STORY COMPLETENESS: GRAPHIC NOVEL COVERS ONE COMPLETE STORY. -LENGTH: COMICS RUN BETWEEN PAGES WHILE GRAPHIC NOVELS RUN BETWEEN PAGES. -AVAILABILITY: GRAPHIC NOVELS ARE AVAILABLE AT TRADITIONAL BOOKSTORES/LIBRARIES. -MATURITY: GRAPHIC NOVELS ARE MORE GEARED TOWARDS ADULTS. -ADVERTISEMENTS: TYPICALLY MORE ADVERTISEMENTS IN COMIC BOOKS, WHILE GRAPHIC NOVELS DO NOT HAVE ANY. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COMIC BOOKS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS

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