How to Use graphic novel in a Sentence
graphic novel
noun-
The film is based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire.
— Tommy McArdle, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024 -
In the graphic novel, Jews are drawn as mice and the Nazis are drawn as cats.
— Chron, 28 Jan. 2022 -
The show is based on a 2017 graphic novel by James Seale.
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 May 2024 -
And over there — far corner of the room — 153 graphic novels.
— Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023 -
Ren hadn’t gotten the idea to run away from a graphic novel.
— Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023 -
How strong will the market for comics and graphic novels be over the next bunch of years?
— Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024 -
Venice Beach is getting its time the sun in a graphic novel that is years in the making.
— Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022 -
The last group of images were scenes from the graphic novel that Toor and Atiya are writing.
— Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 -
This miniseries brings to life the story from the El Deafo graphic novel.
— Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2022 -
David Fincher’s stylish The Killer is based on a French graphic novel.
— Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Maus won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, the only graphic novel to earn that honor.
— Peter Weber, The Week, 26 Jan. 2022 -
The same is true for the popular graphic novels by Dav Pilkey.
— Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024 -
The full-color graphic novel sells for $10, with $1 going to A Way Home for Dogs.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022 -
This graphic novel gives us a glimpse into the back story of the icon herself.
— Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 15 Nov. 2022 -
The graphic novel is full of the same kid-level humor that's made the rest of the series such a hit with young readers.
— Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2023 -
The film is based on Richard McGuire's 2014 graphic novel of the same name and will take place in one living room over the course of a century.
— Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024 -
In a meta move by the series architects, the events of the PBS show turn out to be Arthur's graphic novel memoir.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2022 -
Now, decades later, she’s brought that story to life in both film and graphic novel form.
— Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023 -
In between, there will be a graphic novel, a podcast and a photo book.
— James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024 -
The film is based on a French graphic novel series about the life of an unnamed assassin.
— Milan Polk, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023 -
Sim promised to collect and conclude his saga as a graphic novel.
— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021 -
The series is an adaptation of the graphic novel series of the same name from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
— Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 July 2024 -
It's scheduled to be released as a graphic novel next month.
— Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2021 -
Bourdain and Rose’s first graphic novel in the franchise was published in 2012.
— Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024 -
That very graphic novel was in libraries in some Canyons School District’s high schools.
— Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021 -
Based on a graphic novel, the show follows a family on a road trip that falls victim to a clan of mutants.
— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022 -
He’s drawn some graphic novels that were very well-received.
— Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024 -
The second part of the award-winning graphic novel explores the impact of the Holocaust on survivors.
— Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 -
The Grammy winner spoke to CNN about how her 2012 single inspired her new graphic novel of the same name.
— Chloe Melas, CNN, 10 Mar. 2022 -
Part of the challenge was telling one story in a two-hour feature rather than in a more expansive graphic novel.
— Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024
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