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Graphic Novels
Apisada Chatchonbut
Chalisa Detchanun
Techin Charoenchitrwattana
Kanchanok Chaipitakroj Sine
HISTORY!!!
A graphic novel is a book
made up of comics content.
Although the word "novel"
normally refers to long
fictional works, the term
"graphic novel" is applied
broadly and includes fiction,
non-fiction.
The first graphic novels
Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Alan Moore’s Watchmen Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus
Returns (1986) (1986–87) (1980–86) by Art Spiegelman.
During the turn of the 21th century is the
golden period of the graphic novels. The
creation of the direct-sales market, the
acceptance of comics and graphic novels
into bookshops,
Persepolis
Color - Sadness,
Dark
Illustration -
Make focus on the
story
Maus
Color - Sadness,
Death
Illustration -
Convey emotions,
Tense
American Born Chinese
Illustration -
Children’s book
STRUCTURE!
PANELS
A panel is an individual frame, or
single drawing, in the multiple-panel
sequence of a comic strip or comic
book. A panel consists of a single
drawing depicting a frozen moment.
CAPTIONS
Caption. In a caption,
words appear in a box
separated from the
rest of the panel or
page, usually to give
voice to a narrator,
but sometimes used
for the characters'
thoughts or dialogue.
GUTTERS
Gutters. The space between the panels of the comic
BUBBLES
Bubbles are a graphic
convention used most
commonly in comic
books, comics and
cartoons to allow
words (and much less
often, pictures) to be
understood as
representing the speech
or thoughts of a given
character in the comic.
EFFECT!!!
Panels:
- focus on the events that happen.
Captions:
- easier to understand the story
- give a deeper understanding of characters
and events
Gutters:
- allows for closure to happen
Bubbles:
- know who are speaking
- understand characters’ thought
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