Welcome to Library Guides:  The Graphic Novel

This guide will help you with information about graphic novels that can be used to complete assignments or for your own reading enjoyment.

What is a graphic novel? - http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/pdf/onesheets.pdf

Web Resources:

Graphic Novel Report - http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/

Daily Bits - http://www.dailybits.com/17-sensational-free-and-downloadable-graphic-novels/

AMC - http://www.amctv.com/originals/the-prisoner/graphic-novel/

Creating a graphic novel:

How to create a graphic novel - http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Graphic-Novel

How to write a graphic novel - http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Write-A-Graphic-Novel&id=181581

Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HTZ/is_2_137/ai_n11833638/

Related resources:

Lost literacy: how graphic novels can recover visual literacy in the literacy classroom - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2479/is_2_37/ai_n39298783/?tag=rel.res4

Self Publishing Graphic Novels: Part 1 - http://www.absolutewrite.com/specialty_writing/self_pub_graphic.htm

Graphic Novel Formats - http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/graphicnovels/formats/

Graphic Novel Genre - http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/graphicnovels/genres/

Graphic  Novel Script Format - http://timstout.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/graphic-novel-script-format/

Examples:

30 Essential Graphic Novels - http://www.dccomics.com/sites/essential30/

Marvel Graphic Novel Vol 1: (1982-1993) - http://marvel.wikia.com/Comics:Marvel_Graphic_Novel_Vol_1

Statistics:

Top 10 Graphic Novels - http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1686204_1686244_1692006,00.html 

Top 100 Graphic Novels Actual - http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/1850.html