Graphic Novels

Possible Graphic Novel/Trade Paperback Collections for WRIT 3030

Graphic novels tell a single, self-contained story with more pages than a single issue comic. Trade paperbacks are compilations of several single-issue comics. Typically, they contain a single “story arc” – a self-contained story within a title, written and/or drawn by the same writer or artist. There is room for overlap between the two forms; both Watchmen and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, for example, are graphic novels originally published in serial comic book form.

The writing assignment for your graphic novel can be found here.

Graphic Novels

Batman: Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean
Batman: Night Cries by Archie Goodwin and Scott Hampton
Perseopolis and Perseopolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, and Frank Stack
Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert
King by Ho Che Anderson
Ethel and Ernest: A True Story by Raymond Briggs
Fallout: Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the Political Science of the Atomic Bomb by Jim Ottaviani
Whiteout by Greg Rucka and Steve Liber
Jack the Ripper by Rick Geary
The Beast of Chicago by Rick Geary
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by Rick Geary
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by Judd Winick
R. Crumb’s America by Robert Crumb
Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood by Will Eisner
The Building by Will Eisner
A Contract with God by Will Eisner
300 by Frank Miller
Star Trek: Debt of Honor by Chris Claremont, Adam Hughes, and Karl Story
Star Trek TNG: Forgiveness by David Brin and Scott Hampton
The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
JLA: A League of One by Christopher Moeller
Enemy Ace: War Idyll by George Pratt
Bigg Time by Ty Templeton
Den by Richard Corben
From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell

Trade Paperback Collections:

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli
Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman and Chris Bachalo
Elfquest by Wendy Pini
Cerebus by Dave Sim (various story arcs)
Bone by Jeff Smith
Preacher collections by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Sandman collections by Neil Gaiman

A list and reviews at: http://www.rationalmagic.com/Comics/GNarchive.html

This page last updated 2/1/06