Graphic Novels Remix

Speaking of graphic novels, I think I understand the difference between a comic book and a graphic novel now. Comic books are graphic cartoons set in a series of stories and strips; the story line continues through multiple editions. A graphic novel is a story in a graphic format where pictures and text tell the story too, but it's a novel vs. shorter strips.

There are lots of graphic novel adaptations now; many of Anthony Horowitz's books have been adapted to the graphic format in the Alex Rider series, and I'll admit, they hooked me: http://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/ . One of my favorite adaptations is Neil Gaiman's book Coraline. Take a look at Gaiman's website, he includes a journal.http://www.neilgaiman.com/

I'll save Manga and other graphic formats for another blog. Until then, stop by the LMC and look at the graphic novels we ordered in the spring, there's a wide range of choices, many set in a series as well. Let us know if you find something you really like, or other titles you'd like. I wonder, how popular will graphic novels be at CHS?

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Hi everyone, thanks for joining Library Logs. This is an opportunity to share some great new books and technology with you from the library. Reading is always fun for me, but technology can be a huge frustration, sometimes with a few surprise victories! I’m learning about web design this summer, and that’s what led me to animoto.com and picturetrail.com. Both sites allowed me to upload pictures and see instant results that I could use on the library web page. I hope you enjoy watching! If you have suggestions for more sites or interactives for the library web page, please send them to me.

I do have a parting question after watching the graphic novels fly by on the video: do we judge books by their covers?