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Feiffer’s 1979 work Tantrum, the story of a 42 year-old man starting his life over as a 2-year old told in a series of single-frame images, was one of the first graphic novels from a major publisher (Alfred A. Knopf), and one of many that Feiffer produced over the succeeding decades.
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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V for Vendetta the film is based on a series of graphic novels by Alan Moore, who also happened to be the creator behind another incredible text: Watchmen.
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 20 Jan. 2025
Under the deal, Green will adapt Sycamore’s upcoming Doctor Dolittle movie as a graphic novel.
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
This graphic novel follows Satrapi and her childhood in Tehran throughout the Islamic Revolution.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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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 10 Feb. 2025.
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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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