How to Use graphic novel in a Sentence

graphic novel

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  • 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
  • Blondie have teamed up with Z2 comics for Against the Odds, a new graphic novel out this fall.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • Which just so happens to be the name of her latest graphic novel, published last fall.
    — Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The game has the aesthetic and charm of a sardonic graphic novel.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 26 Feb. 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
  • 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
  • Strange Adventures Comics & Curiosities Looking for used comic books and graphic novels?
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

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