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Ayande-ye No

In reaction to the 2007 film 300, an adaptation of Frank Miller's 1998 graphic novel, was widely criticized for its portrayal of Persian combatants at the Battle of Thermopylae.

Bone Wars

Besides being the focus of historical and paleontological books, the Bone Wars has been the subject of a graphic novel, Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards, by Jim Ottaviani.

Christina Weir

In comics, they have written several graphic novels and miniseries for independent publisher Oni Press, including Skinwalker, Three Strikes, Maria's Wedding, The Tomb, Once In A Blue Moon the Amy Devlin Mysteries, Frenemy Of The State (written with Rashida Jones), and the upcoming Bad Medicine.

Cyann

Cyann is the central character of a science fiction graphic novel series, The Cyann Cycle by François Bourgeon.

De wederopstanding van een klootzak

Guido van Driel, a cartoonist from Amsterdam, was assigned a graphic novel related to Saint Boniface, on the occasion of the 1250 anniversary of his martyrdom, by the Dongeradeel municipality in which Dokkum is located, the place of the saint's martyrdom.

Dead Man's Chest

Alan Moore made a play on the song in the 1986 graphic novel Watchmen, the chapter is called "One man on fifteen dead men's chests."

Easter Rising

Blood Upon the Rose is a graphic novel by Gerry Hunt published in 2009, which depicted the events of the Easter Rising.

Ebony White

In reference to his graphic novel Fagin the Jew, Eisner acknowledged parallels between Charles Dickens' use of racial stereotyping for that character (which Eisner criticized) and Eisner's own portrayal of White, but asserted that his own work had not "capitalized on" the stereotype.

Enrique Badía Romero

In 2002, Romero was commissioned to draw a graphic novel adaptation of the Modesty Blaise short story "The Dark Angels"; this work was initially published exclusively in Scandinavia but was later reprinted in a special issue of Comics Revue in the United States.

Fear and Bullets

Fear and Bullets was an album created through a collaboration between James O'Barr and longtime friend John Bergin as a soundtrack to O'Barr's graphic novel The Crow.

Gil Formosa

More recently, Formosa returned to comics, illustrating three Steampunk graphic novels featuring the character of Robur created by Jules Verne: With writer Jean-Marc Lofficier, he began the Robur series at Albin Michel in 2003.

Gipi

His graphic novel Appunti per una Storia di Guerra (Notes pour une histoire de guerre, Notes for a War Story), published by Coconino Press, appeared in France and was published in the United States by First Second Books.

Green Lantern: Willworld

Green Lantern: Willworld is an original graphic novel written by J. M. DeMatteis and illustrated by Seth Fisher released by DC Comics in hardcover in July 2001.

How to Make Money Like a Porn Star

How to Make Money Like a Porn Star is the first graphic novel published by ReganBooks/HarperCollins, written by New York Times bestselling author Neil Strauss and illustrated by artist Bernard Chang.

I, Frankenstein

I, Frankenstein is a 2014 Australian-American fantasy action film written and directed by Stuart Beattie, based on the graphic novel and original screenplay by Kevin Grevioux.

Jimbo's Inferno

Jimbo's Inferno is a 2006 graphic novel written by Gary Panter, though it is actually Jimbo #7 from 1997 reformatted to the format of its sequel story, Jimbo in Purgatory.

Lauren Montgomery

Lauren has also done storyboard work for the second DC Universe film production, Justice League: The New Frontier, based on the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke, DC: The New Frontier.

Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl

Lenore Volume I consists of three hardcover graphic novels that include 12 issues of the original Lenore Series originally published by Slave Labor Graphics but in full color: Noogies (Issues 1-4), Wedgies (Issues 5-8) and Cooties (Issues 9-12).

Life Sucks

Life Sucks is a graphic novel by Jessica Abel and Gabe Soria and illustrated by Warren Pleece.

Live from the Short Attention Span Audio Theater Tour!!

It was recorded live on a tour of his previous album, Some of My Best Friends Are DJs and his graphic novel, Nufonia Must Fall.

Logicomix

Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth is a graphic novel about the foundational quest in mathematics, written by Apostolos Doxiadis, author of Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture, and theoretical computer scientist Christos Papadimitriou of the University of California, Berkeley.

Lunch lady

Jarrett J. Krosoczka wrote and illustrated a Lunch Lady series of children's graphic novels beginning with Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute in 2009; a Universal Studios movie based on the series will feature Amy Poehler in the lead role.

Maldroid

Their first video, "He Said, She Said," is a combination of simulated live performance, background subway scenes from the BART rail system, and graphic novel-style cartoons hand-animated over the course of several months by Divine.

Mars Ravelo

Mars Ravelo (born October 9, 1916 in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines - September 12, 1988) was a Filipino graphic novelist who created the characters Darna, Dyesebel, Captain Barbell, Lastikman, Bondying, Varga, Wanted: Perfect Mother, Hiwaga, Maruja, Mariposa, Roberta, Rita, Buhay Pilipino, Jack and Jill, Flash Bomba, Tiny Tony, and Dragonna among others.

Marshall, Missouri

In October 2006, a resident of Marshall attempted to have the graphic novels Fun Home by Alison Bechdel and Blankets by Craig Thompson removed from the Marshall Public Library.

Maya Herrera

Her first on-screen appearance was in the episode "Four Months Later...", though the character was featured earlier in the graphic novel "Maya y Alejandro".

Mothers Talk

The other idea is inspired by the anti-nuclear cartoon book When The Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs.

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals is a point and click adventure game developed by White Birds Productions and based on the graphics novels of Enki Bilal's The Nikopol Trilogy.

North of the Yukon

Gemstone Publishing later reprinted the story again in 2005 for a Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge graphic novel with another story inspired by this one called "Somewhere in Nowhere".

Nufonia Must Fall

Nufonia Must Fall (ISBN 1-55022-558-8) is a graphic novel written by prominent turntablist Kid Koala.

Pedlar Press

Pedlar's authors include poets Souvankham Thammavongsa and Brian Henderson, graphic novelists Lorenz Peter and Fiona Smyth, and novelists Martha Baillie and Camilla Gibb, who published her debut novel with Pedlar.

Ray Osrin

In 1950 Osrin worked as an inker on It Rhymes with Lust, a newsstand publication that was a precursor of the graphic novel.

Salamander Dream

Salamander Dream (ISBN 0-9721794-9-6) is an original graphic novel by Hope Larson, her first, released by AdHouse Books in 2005.

The Art of War: Five Years in Formula One

The Art of War: Five Years in Formula One is a graphic novel created by former Williams F1 CEO Adam Parr.

The Deep: Here Be Dragons

The all-ages graphic novel won the Aurealis Award, Australia's premier speculative fiction literary award, for Best illustrated book/graphic novel in 2012 and was also nominated for Best children’s illustrated work/picture book.

The Lil' Five

The Lil' Five is a South African graphic novel/comic series about the Big Five as young kids who get involved in various adventures.

The New York Trilogy

City of Glass was adapted in 1994 into a critically acclaimed experimental graphic novel by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli.

The Wicked West

The Wicked West is a graphic novel series written by Todd Livingston and Robert Tinnell and Illustrated by Neil Vokes.

The World's Greatest Super-Heroes

The World's Greatest Super-Heroes is the name to the oversized slipcased hardcover collection, consisting of six oversized graphic novels all done by writer Paul Dini and artist Alex Ross.

Vi veri universum vivus vici

The phrase has been made popular as a result of the movie version of the graphic novel V for Vendetta.

Vinea

Vinea is a fictional planet that appears in the Yoko Tsuno graphic novel series by Roger Leloup.

Werewoman

The transformation is also forced in the graphic novels Curse of the Were-Woman by Jason M. Burns and Christopher Provencher, where an inveterate womanizer is cursed by an angry jilted lover and witch, causing him to become a woman at night.

Yali Dream Creations

Written by Shamik Dasgupta, The Caravan is the first graphic novel published in print by Yali Dream Creations and widespread distribution in India.


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A Boy and His Dog

Ellison later expanded the story cycle in the graphic novel collection Vic and Blood, illustrated by Richard Corben.

Adventures of Captain Marvel

In 1994, comic book writer/artist Jerry Ordway wrote and painted a graphic novel, The Power of Shazam!, and an ongoing comic book series spin-off which ran from 1995 to 1999.

Aimee Friedman

Recently, Friedman has also published, along with artist Christine Norrie, a graphic novel entitled Breaking Up which details the complicated dynamics of Junior year in an arts school in New York.

Alex Robinson

Robinson's first major work was Box Office Poison, originally serialized by Antarctic Press and then collected into graphic novel form in 2001 by Top Shelf Productions.

Bob Byrne

This character first appeared in a short story in MBLEH! in 2003, and was so well received that he followed the story with the graphic novel.

Chaos terrain

In the graphic novel Watchmen, Dr. Manhattan ponders upon the alternative viewpoints of existence, and says that Mars did not choose life, but rather "chaotic terrain".

Christos Papadimitriou

He has also co-authored the textbook Algorithms (2006) with Sanjoy Dasgupta and Umesh Vazirani, and the graphic novel Logicomix (2009) with Apostolos Doxiadis.

D101

Demonology 101, an online graphic novel written and drawn by Faith Erin Hicks

Egyptian cigarette industry

Egyptian cigarette advertisements are parodied in Hergé's graphic novel Cigars of the Pharaoh.

El Papagayo

The graphic novel also explains why Papagayo despises Hex so much; as a young man growing up in the wilderness of Mexico, his family collected and trained parrots which they would later sell to Americans and the rich of Mexico City.

Em Stone

She was also involved in the artwork for 160-page original graphic novel anthology, Lloyd Kaufman Presents the Toxic Avenger and Other Tromatic Tales.

Emma Vieceli

She is currently working on two graphic novel series; The Avalon Chronicles with Nunzio Defilippis and Christina Weir for Oni Press, and Vampire Academy with Richelle Mead and Leigh Dragoon for Penguin Books.

Frame 137

The short film which was produced by Tilyard and Liz Tomkins features an animated sequence of new original artwork from James O'Barr as well as a cover of 'Dog Food', the Iggy Pop song referenced in the original graphic novel, from Mondo Generator and featuring Nick Oliveri and Dave Grohl, the track was created for the short film.

Giacomo Scarpelli

Other scripts by Giacomo Scarpelli are: Tempo di uccidere (1989, Time to kill, directed by Giuliano Montaldo, with Nicolas Cage), Testimone a rischio (1997, An eyewithness account, directed by Pasquale Pozzessere), Opopomoz (2003, a cartoon directed by Enzo D’Alò) N. Io e Napoleone (2006, directed by Paolo Virzì), Christine Cristina (2009), the first film directed by Stefania Sandrelli and Tormenti (2011), from the graphic novel by his father Furio Scarpelli.

God Loves, Man Kills

X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills, a graphic novel published in 1982 by Marvel Comics

Immortel

Immortel (ad vitam), a 2004 English-language, French-produced science fiction film, based upon the graphic novel La Foire aux immortels (The Carnival of Immortals).

Jack Falls

Based on the graphic novel of the same title by Paul Tanter, the movie is a contemporary film noir shot in London in high contrast black and white with splashes of colour particularly reminiscent of the Robert Rodriguez film Sin City, but with a harder, grittier edge.

Jillian Tamaki

She is best known for her work in The New York Times and The New Yorker and also for her award winning collaborative graphic novel Skim with Mariko Tamaki.

Ken Penders

In December 2011, Penders announced plans to utilize Echidna characters he created for the comics in a graphic novel series entitled The Lara-Su Chronicles.

Mack White

In 2011, White collaborated with author Mike Kearby on Texas Tales Illustrated, a graphic novel about the Texas Revolution (Texas Christian University Press).

Marvel Zombies

In July of the same year, a one-shot graphic novel, Marvel Zombies: Dead Days provided more story details, and the zombies also appear in a three-part storyline in Black Panther vol.

Niko Henrichon

Henrichon's first major work was a graphic novel titled Barnum!, written by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman, but he also did work for Fables, New X-Men, Sandman, and Spider-Man.

Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel

Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel is a graphic novel based on the franchise created by Jordan Mechner.

Rosa 'Violet Carson'

The flower has been notably featured in the graphic novel V for Vendetta, but in the movie version, is renamed to the fictitious "Scarlet Carson" which Valerie grows for her partner and V grows during his imprisonment in the Larkhill Resettlement Camp.

Sam Lake

For the sequel, the budget increase allowed the team to hire professional actors to model for the graphic novel cutscenes and Lake was subsequently replaced by actor Timothy Gibbs.

Sandy Jimenez

Sandy Jimenez began collaborating with writer Jon Papernick in 2007 to adapt his book Who by Fire, Who by Blood, into a graphic novel.

SEK Studio

Canadian animator and cartoonist Guy Delisle documented his experiences whilst working at the SEK Studio in his graphic novel, Pyongyang: A Journey into North Korea.

Snowpiercer

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Steve Ahlquist

His most recent work is The Weirdly World of Strange Eggs, an all ages graphic novel based on the Strange Eggs concept, and Oz Squad: March of the Tin Soldiers, a novel continuing the Oz Squad comic book series.

Steve Oliff

More work with Preiss's publications followed, including a job on a Howard Chaykin graphic novel, which in turn led to Oliff getting his first Marvel Comics' job, coloring Bill Sienkiewicz's first Moon Knight story in The Hulk! magazine.

Story City, Iowa

Bill Willingham's 2012 graphic novel Fable: Werewolves of the Heartland is set entirely in Story City, Iowa.

Sumatra PDF

The graphics design of Sumatra is a tribute to the cover of the Watchmen graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

The Duckberg Times

One of the founding editors of The Duckberg Times was John K. Snyder III, who would later pursue a successful career as a comic book and graphic novel illustrator.

The Sandman: Worlds' End

When asked, Stevens said that he drew his own 'Mona' character from his Hardcore graphic novel, published by Piranha Press in January 1990.

Tim Fish

Fish ran the daily web comic anthology Young Bottoms in Love, published by Poison Press in graphic novel form in 2006, featuring work by comic artists such as Howard Cruse, Paige Braddock, Abby Denson, Robert Kirby and Jack Lawrence.

Uglies

Steven Cummings illustrated Uglies in a manga-style graphic novel written by Westerfeld and Devin K. Grayson called Shay's Story which tells the story from Shay's perspective.

Wayne Alan Harold

Guests included P. Craig Russell, Jill Thompson and other artists of the graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book.

Welsh-language comics

Y Mabinogi is a graphic novel adaptation of the 2003 film, which is in turn based on the classic Welsh tales known as The Mabinogion.

William Mandella

He is the protagonist of the novels The Forever War and Forever Free, and is also the main character of the graphic novel Forever War.

William Scott Wilson

Sean Michael Wilson's homepage - includes manga/graphic novel versions of William Scott Wilson's books.

Yalcin Didman

Didman's masterwork is The Bear Rider, which was introduced to the reader in a 121-pages long first graphic novel adventure, Minus Eighty.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

In 2003, Moonstone Books has adapted the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar radio program into a graphic novel illustrated by Éric Thériault and written by David Gallaher.