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John Bell Invaders From the Guy Delisle Jerusalem: North: How Canada Conquered the Chronicles from the Holy City Comic Book Universe (Ch. 7) 2006 - in essence, a travelogue - a brief synopsis of Canadian authors and books John Lewis et al March: Book 1 - a civil rights memoir Douglas Wolk Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and Tom Hart Rosalie Lightning What They Mean 2007 - a biographical memoir
Scott McCloud Understanding Jeff Lemire Roughneck Comics 1994 - a guide for the basic elements of - a gritty tale of family graphic novel storytelling Miles Hyman adaptation of 5797 Cowrie Street | Sechelt, BC Mike Chinn Writing and Illustrating Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’ the Graphic Novel 2004 - a visual retelling of an estab- T: 604 885 3260 - another explanatory guide of lished novel F: 604 885 5183 graphic novel story components Lucy Knisley Something New: E: [email protected] Tales from a makeshift bride W: Sechelt.bc.libraries.coop Drawn and Quarterly: Twenty-Five - an analysis of wedding culture Years of Contemporary Cartooning 2016 - summary of a Canadian graphic novel publisher (available through InterLibraryConnect) Graphic novel image from the movie ‘Graphic Novel Melbourne’ WHAT IS A GRAPHIC NOVEL? INTERNET LINKS EASY READS
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