1. Telling a story with a graphic novel

2. What is a graphic novel?
Sometimes referred to as a comic book, a graphic novel is a sequential, comic-style narrative in book form.
It is a medium, not a genre. Many different genres exist within the graphic novel realm.
Graphic novels can be analyzed for both their text and their images.

3. How do I read this?
Like any other text, graphic novels are read from left to right, top to bottom.

4. elements of graphic novels
Panels—squares or rectangles that contain a single scene.
Gutters—space between panels.
Dialogue Balloons—these contain conversations between characters.
Thought Balloons—these contain the thoughts of a single character.
Captions—these contain information about a scene or a character.
Sound Effects—these are visual sound cues (i.e. whap, pow, boom, zip)

5. Panels— squares or rectangles that contain a single scene.

6. Gutters
Space between panels.

7. Contain conversations between characters.
Dialogue Balloons
Thought Balloons
Contain conversations between characters.
Dialogue balloons are read left to right, top to bottom.

9. Sound Effects
visual sound cues (i.e. whap, pow, boom, zip)

11. Must haves in your graphic novel
All elements of a graphic novel (See list)
3 pages long (front side of a SKB page)
Cover page (Epic Title of your Graphic Novel and visual representation of your hero. (Introduction of main Characters) The Beginning. Start story here.
Page 1 (The Beginning)
Page 2 (The Middle)
Page 3 (The End)
1. Story Line and Story Board Due
2. Draft of Cover
3. Draft of Page one
4. THREE Page Graphic Novel (completed)

12. IN your SKB. Write out story line and create a 3 box story board to match.

13. Research Graphic Novelists
Document your findings in your SKB.