Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to the graphic novel: a special type of comic book; 2. Adult comics before the graphic novel: from moral panic to pop art sensationalism, 1945-67; 3. Underground comix and mainstream evolutions, 1968-80; 4. 'Not just for kids': clever comics and the new graphic novels; 5. Understanding panel and page layouts; 6. Drawing and style, word and image; 7. The graphic novel as a specific form of storytelling; 8. The graphic novel and literary fiction: exchanges, interplays and fusions; 9. Nostalgia and the return of history.
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The graphic novel : an introduction by Jan Baetens. ISBN 9781107655768. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
