TELLING A STORY WITH A GRAPHIC NOVEL WHAT

TELLING A STORY WITH A GRAPHIC NOVEL

WHAT IS A GRAPHIC NOVEL? • SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS A COMIC BOOK, A GRAPHIC NOVEL IS A SEQUENTIAL, COMIC-STYLE NARRATIVE IN BOOK FORM. • IT IS A MEDIUM, NOT A GENRE. MANY DIFFERENT GENRES EXIST WITHIN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL REALM. • GRAPHIC NOVELS CAN BE ANALYZED FOR BOTH THEIR TEXT AND THEIR IMAGES.

HOW DO I READ THIS? LIKE ANY OTHER TEXT, GRAPHIC NOVELS ARE READ FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM.

• ELEMENTS OF GRAPHIC NOVELS PANELS—SQUARES OR RECTANGLES THAT CONTAIN A SINGLE SCENE. • GUTTERS—SPACE BETWEEN PANELS. • DIALOGUE BALLOONS—THESE CONTAIN CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN CHARACTERS. • THOUGHT BALLOONS—THESE CONTAIN THE THOUGHTS OF A SINGLE CHARACTER. • CAPTIONS—THESE CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT A SCENE OR A CHARACTER. • SOUND EFFECTS—THESE ARE VISUAL SOUND CUES (I. E. WHAP,

PANELS • PANELS— SQUARES OR RECTANGLES THAT CONTAIN A SINGLE SCENE.

GUTTERS • SPACE BETWEEN PANELS.

DIALOGUE BALLOONS THOUGHT BALLOONS • CONTAIN CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN CHARACTERS. • DIALOGUE BALLOONS ARE READ LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM.

SOUND EFFECTS • VISUAL SOUND CUES (I. E. WHAP, POW, BOOM, ZIP)

MUST HAVES IN YOUR GRAPHIC NOVEL • • ALL ELEMENTS OF A GRAPHIC NOVEL S ( EE LIST) 4 PAGES LONG (FRONT SIDE OFSKB A PAGE) • COVER PAGE (EPIC TITLE OF YOUR GRAPHIC NOVEL AND VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF YOUR HERO. • • • PAGE 1 I(NTRODUCTION OF MAIN CHARACTERS) THE BEGINNING PAGE 2 T ( HE MIDDLE) PAGE 3 T ( HE END) STORY LINE AND STORY BOARD DUE DRAFT OF COVER DRAFT OF PAGE ONE FOUR PAGE GRAPHIC NOVEL (COMPLETED)