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His writing, by turns encouraging and nostalgic, is interspersed with life-drawing sketches and with panels from his graphic novels.
—The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Here is an adaptation of a graphic novel that depicts the same location over millions of years; reviews slam the film for feeling roughly that long.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
In his formally inventive graphic novel, McGuire used frames within frames to visually represent different time periods within one panel.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and based on a graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag, the movie also stars Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito, Stanley Tucci, and Woody Norman, while Woody Harrelson, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate and Alan Tudyk lend their voices.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1964, in the meaning defined above
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“Graphic novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graphic%20novel. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
graphic novel
noun
: a work of fiction or non-fiction that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book
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