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Satrapi, who was nine years old when Pahlavi was toppled and Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in 1979, recounted her experiences growing up under the latter’s draconian government in the graphic novel Persepolis.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 June 2026
The life of the Marjane character in the graphic novel mirrors Satrapi’s.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
The Mexican Gothic graphic novel is set to be published in fall 2027.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
And Hilo, another graphic novel series about a gentle-hearted alien robot who lands up on Earth, makes friends, and does battle with a collection of intergalactic bad guys.
—Ian MacKenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 June 2026
The life of the Marjane character in the graphic novel mirrors Satrapi’s.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
The Mexican Gothic graphic novel is set to be published in fall 2027.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
And Hilo, another graphic novel series about a gentle-hearted alien robot who lands up on Earth, makes friends, and does battle with a collection of intergalactic bad guys.
—Ian MacKenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphic novel
Noun
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During our costume panel, Field explained that her designs had to pull equally from comic book and Old Hollywood influences.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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The news comes as Titan1Studios turns ten, with the Unity Farm adaptation on step in plan to expand two distinct comic book universes launched a decade ago in 2016.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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He is credited with shaking up modern photography with narrative forms often told like a comic strip, supplemented with his own, often poetic, handwritten captions and titles.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
11 June 2026
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Greg began creating and submitting comic strip ideas to syndicates, collecting an impressive pile of rejection slips.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Graphic novel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphic%20novel. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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