VT Christian Reading Challenge discussion

Can anyone tell me, please, just what qualifies a novel to be graphic?

It has to do with the format of the book. A graphic novel is a novel written in comic book style.

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Thank you Becky! That explains it! I had no clue!

It doesn't have to be a novel. Here are some definitions:

Merriam-Webster.com: cartoon drawings that tell a story and are published as a book; a fictional story that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book

Cambridge Dictionaries Online: a ​book ​containing a ​long ​story told ​mostly in ​pictures but with some writing

Oxford Dictionries online: A novel in comic-strip format.


Brittanica has a good article on it at Graphic Novel.

Thanks so much! I didn't think a dictionary would have a definition since it is two word!