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Comic Books & Graphic Novels

Comic Books & Graphic Novels. A Brief History. Comic Books. art in the form of sequential panels that represent individual scenes that have brief descriptive prose and written narrative. Usually include word balloons. Orginated in 1933 in The United States

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Comic Books & Graphic Novels

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  1. Comic Books & Graphic Novels A Brief History

  2. Comic Books art in the form of sequential panels that represent individual scenes that have brief descriptive prose and written narrative. Usually include word balloons. Orginated in 1933 in The United States Reprinting of newspaper comic strips in book format 1938’s Superman turned comic books into a major industry Different types: graphic novel, manga, etc.

  3. Bronze Age 1970-1985 Golden Age 1930-1950 Silver Age 1956-1970

  4. Modern Age mid 1980’s to Present

  5. The Graphic Novel Subcategory of comic books Definition: fictional story that is presented in comic strip form and presented as a book. Sometimes used to create a distinction between works created as stand alone stories, in contrast to collections or compilations of a story arc from a comic book series published in book form. First term of “graphic novel” appeared in print in 1976

  6. Differences between Comic Books & Graphic Novels http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p87GVlCoutY Story completeness (gn covers one story in its entirety) Length. Comics run between 21 and 24 pages, graphic novels run between 60-120 pages. Availability. GN are available at traditional bookstores/libraries. Maturity. GN more geared towards adults. Advertisements. Typically more advertisements in CB’s, none in GN.

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