What is the difference between Graphic Novels and Comics?
Let me clarify and/or refute the points everyone else made. "Novels have a realistic story, comics are about superheroes or talking animals." No, it's not exclusive to either. Graphic novels can be about superheroes, and comic books can be realistic! "Graphic Novels are for adults, comics are for kids." In a sense, this is true - books like Sandman, Violent Messiahs, The Watchmen should not be read by kids - however, this doesn't mean that there aren't any novels that kids can't read, and that adults don't read comic books! Billtucker is correct in his assessment. "The two words mean the exact same thing." Oh, no they don't. There are lots of subtle differences between the two, and some have already been mentioned. jcmahal is also correct. And now, my two cents: It is true that graphic novels are self-contained stories and that they can be stand alone, but keep in mind that sometimes graphic novels can be a reprint of a storyline in a comic book. Like say, the "Maximum Carnage" story that spanned 12 issues of various Spider-man titles. The graphic novel would have all 12 issues bound into one book - thus making it simpler to read the story; saving you from having to grab all 12 issues to find out what happened! I also have to point out that in this case it's not self-contained - obviously, there were other issues of Spider-man before the Maximum Carnage story, and there are more issues that came out afterwards. Sometimes Graphic Novels can be of comic books that were printed; but the comic book was a limited series or had a small series of issues. Case in point - "Preacher" or "Watchmen". While these graphic novels did indeed come out in comic book form, they had a beginning and they had an end in their print run. If you had bought the graphic novel, you would have the entire story. (Or 8 books in the case of "Preacher".) You couldn't do that with a comic book-based graphic novel like those of Spider-man or Wolverine.
What is the difference between a comic book and a graphic novel?
In the strictest terms, the difference is in how the pages are bound in the printed versions. But story length is also a defining factor in how the two phrases are commonly used.A comic book is stapled ("saddle stitched" in printing terms). Most comic books are between 20-40 pages. The pages can go way higher than that (for example, the "giant" comics Marvel and DC used to publish), but they normally don't for financial reasons.Graphic novels are typically perfect bound (like paperback novels). A graphic novel tends to be a single complete work of 60 pages or more. Technically speaking, something that was previously published as single issues (Dog Man #5-9) would be called a trade paperback when the issues are collected and republished in a perfect bound book (Dog Man vol. 2).Watchmen, for example, was a 12 issue comic book series that was later collected into a trade paperback. People call it a graphic novel and for common purposes, sure, you can call it that.But traditionally a graphic novel is a longer work that was meant to be published only in its full form. Craig Thompson's Blankets, for example.Then there's something like Maus, which was serialized as chapters in a comics anthology and then collected into a graphic novel... or is it a trade paperback? I don't know! Haha.With digital comics becoming a bigger part of the end goal for creators, I think the definitions between comic books and graphic novels are becoming more difficult to apply. Truth be told, comic books and graphic novels both fall under the classification of "comics" regardless of everything else.Comics is the overarching medium, while comic books and graphic novels are just two formats of comics.
Back when comic books were comic books and not graphic novels, what ones do you remember the most?
Superman, Bambi, Chip and Dale, Huey Dewey and Louie, Richie Rich, Little Devil, Archie, and Casper the friendly ghost. They were the 10 and 15 cent comics from my childhood. A little later, there were a series of giant $1.00 comics that were spectacular!
Looking For name of Graphic Novel/comic series?
It had a main character that looked like jar jar binks but different who's from a culture that decides their next king based on who comes back in 12 months with either the most riches or the best stories. Who then meets a prince that was turned into a humanoid rat and a robot that crash lands on the planet.
What is the difference between comics, graphic novels, and mangas?
Comics are illustrated periodicals, published weekly, monthly or bimonthly, that tell you a story by publishing multiple issues. They're comparatively short, consisting of about 20-40 pages.A graphic novel, on the other hand, is a standalone work, rather large in size and encompassing the entire story in that single book. Sometimes an entire comic book arc can be compiled together to make a graphic novel, too.Hence, it's safe to say that comics and graphic novels are pretty similar, going hand in hand with each other.Manga are basically Japanese comic books, but with a more distinctive art style and differences in linework. They also tend to publish issues on a periodic basis. While comics and graphic novels are read from left right, you have to read manga from right to left. They're generally inked in greyscale, as opposed to coloured pages.For reference, here's a page from a comic book (pages from graphic novels are just about the same):And here's a page from a manga:Plenty of differences, right?
Looking for specific graphic novel/comic?
When I was younger a read this story about a bunch of kids that ended up in a fantasy type world and I don’t remember many details (like the name) but I do remember they were against so sort of whispy shadow creatures and there was one girl they met in the world and one of the main characters ended up crushing on her and then she was killed by one of the shadow things that was her brother(?) and then she ended up a shadow thing(?) and she came back to help them a few times I think. That’s most of what I remember and this is kinda a shot in the dark but any help is appreciated.
Are GRAPHIC NOVEL and COMIC BOOK different???
Yes and No. A graphic novel is self-contained and non-serialized story, generally between 60 and 120 pages, examples include Warren Ellis' Crecy and Grant Morrison's Arkham Assylum. One of the earliest examples of the format is Will Eisner's A Contract With God. A Graphic novel is a format of comic book, comics are the entire medium. Most comics come in 22-48 page stories, and aren't self contained, like your average Superman comic, or are apart of a series such as Archie. The graphic novel format it pretty much dead, very few come out anymore. When you go into a bookstore, the term graphic novel is used to refer to what are generally called Trade paperbacks, which are just a collection of single issue stories.