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what is a graphic novel?

“What is a Graphic Novel?” is a comic I drew for Artbomb.net in 2002. It’s a two-page basic introduction to what comics are and how they work—and an explanation of the term “graphic novel.”

page 1
page 2

It also has been widely used for education in libraries and schools. If you’re an educator, and you’d like to use it, go to this page.

Fun fact: I used the same basic composition and concept as the first three images in this strip for the first three images in Chapter 1 of DWWP, but I substituted Matt for me in the textbook.