1. COMIC BOOKS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: A BRIEF HISTORY

2. -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

3. COMICS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS Golden Age 1930-1950 Silver Age 1956-1970 Bronze Age 1970-1985

4. MODERN AGE OF COMIC BOOKS Mid 1980’s to Present

5. -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

6. -STORY COMPLETENESS: GRAPHIC NOVEL COVERS ONE COMPLETE STORY. -LENGTH: COMICS RUN BETWEEN 21-24 PAGES WHILE GRAPHIC NOVELS RUN BETWEEN 60-120 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