Graphic Novel

Graphic Novels

• can only be fiction (not true stories)

• can only be non fiction (real stories)

• can be more than one book in a series

• all 3 of these are true

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Parts of a Graphic Novel

• big blocks on the page with pictures and words

• box with words that tell about a character or background information

• space between the panels

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Parts of a Graphic Novel Sound Effects

• usually bigger words, sometimes colored

• dotted lines around a thought bubble

• looks like a cloud

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What is a graphic novel?

• LONG comic book

• Book with a few more pictures than other books

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What is the gutter?

• When an image goes past the border of the page.

• The box around the images.

• When a draft isn't used because it has errors.

• The space between the panels.

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How do you read Graphic Novels?

• bottom to top

• left page to right page (unless anime)

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Parts of a Graphic Novel

panels

• big blocks with pictures and words

• box with words that tell about character or background information

• space between the panels

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What is the term for a graphic or image that extends beyond the edge of a page or panel?

• Foreground

• Margin

• Bleed

• Border

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What is the name for the gap between two panels on a comic page?

• Border

• Background

• Gutter

• Visual weight

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Describe what you know about graphic novels. Have you ever read a graphic novel?

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