Influential Graphic Novels
Graphic Novels
A Graphic Novel is a book that is composed of comic material. Graphic novels can include both fiction and non-fiction work. The first works to identify themselves as graphic novels were that of Bloodstar, Beyond Time and Again, and Chandler: Red Tide which were produced in 1976. Graphic novels then found popularity in the 1980's with titles such as Maus, Watchmen, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Graphic novels now account for more than $650 million dollars in sales.
- Graphic NovelsPellitteri, Marco. "Graphic Novels." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, edited by Debra L. Merskin, vol. 2, SAGE Reference, 2019, pp. 697-701. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX7900400266/GVRL?u=uiuc_eiu&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=5df58565. Accessed 23 Nov. 2021.
Selected Graphic Novels
The Killing Joke by Call Number: PN6728.B36 M66 2008xISBN: 9781401216672Publication Date: 2008-03-19Presented for the first time with stark, stunning new coloring by Bolland, BATMAN- THE KILLING JOKE is Alan Moore's unforgettable meditation on the razor-thin line between sanity and insanity, heroism and villainy, comedy and tragedy.
Preludes and Nocturnes by Call Number: PN6737.G3 S26x v.1ISBN: 9781563890116Publication Date: 1993-12-07Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, and Malcolm Jones, III; Painted Cover by Dave McKean A wizard attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. Fearful for his safety, the wizard kept him imprisoned in a glass bottle for decades. After his escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On the way, Morpheus encounters Lucifer and demons from Hell, the Justice League, and John Constantine, the Hellblazer. This book also includes the story "The Sound of Her Wings" which introduces us to the pragmatic and perky goth girl, Death.
Hellboy by Call Number: PN6728.H38 M54 1997xISBN: 9781595824318Publication Date: 2010-03-23Mike Mignola's Hellboy is one of the most enduringly popular comic characters of recent times. As part of the B.P.R.D (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense), Hellboy and his comrades have investigated and combated some of the world's deadliest supernatural villains. Since the release of the Hellboy films (in 2004 and 2008), the character has achieved mainstream popularity along with the respect he was always given by the comic book community.
Wonder Woman Archives by Call Number: PN6728.W6 M38 1998ISBN: 1563894025Publication Date: 1998-05-04The earliest adventures of the most enduring heroine of all time are featured in this hardcover collection, from her beginnings as an Amazon Princess to her 1940s career battling the power of the Nazis. These celebrated, quickly stories made an indelible impression on all those who grew up with them.
The Complete Peanuts 1953 to 1954 by Call Number: PN6728.P4 C53x 2004ISBN: 1560976144Publication Date: 2004-10-17Our second volume is packed with intriguing developments, as Schulz continues to create his tender, comic universe. The majority of these strips are not available in any other in-print book. Introduction by Walter Cr
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