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