Graphic Novels Bust-Out (Or Write-off) Announcement May 31 '11 (Updated Feb 11 '12)    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet Popular Products in Books Mildred D. Taylor - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: A Literature Unit From $8 Olivier Dunrea - Ollie From $7 The Bottom Line Thanks, everybody, for your great entries! Hey, I thought it might be fun to have a write-off of just graphic novels, especially translated French ones, because I've recently been really enjoying Joann Sfar's novels. I've also enjoyed reading reviews of the late Rene Goscinny's novels by epinionater texas-swede who is hosting this write-off with me, but I'm not sure if they're graphic novels or comic books. I found reference on his amazon.com biography as to his books being both. In 1959 the magazine "Pilote" was launched. Goscinny found his place in the editorial team among some of his faithful friends from World Press. The aim of "Pilote" was to change radically the way that the graphic novel ("the BD") would be perceived in France, and competed with "Tintin" and "Spirou" magazines on their own territories. These two authors have so many wonderful books between them, for kids and young adults, that the write-off could just include their books. You might also check out Emmanuel Guibert and Lewis Trondheim who have collaborated with Sfar. Amazon.com has some interesting graphic novels in their top ten list of 2010, such as The Art of Jaimie Hernandez and X'ed Out by Charles Burns. There's a lot to choose from. Graphic novels are becoming more and more popular, but I only recently started enjoying them and some readers have never tried them. This write-off is a challenge for those of you who have never read one or given them much of a chance. Maybe you could explore the history of graphic novels and how they're different from comic books. You could pair up with another epinionater to challenge each other with novels you choose or just join in if you're a new member. If you can't find the title in the epinions' database, you can fill out a SAP form with Books Cls pestyside or dramastef, then send me or texas-swede the review link to our comments' section. Also please link your review to this or texas-swede's announcement where entry links will be posted. Starting Date: Mid June or Father's Day Ending Date: end of November! Entries: As many as you want to write Name: Graphic Novels Bust-Out Texas-swede (Thomas) and I have had great experiences with graphic novels, but that doesn't mean you have or will and we still hope you'll join in to share your opinion. We hope you'll have fun no matter what and look forward to your entries. Thanks! texas-swede entry 1, Sfar's Klezmer: Tales of the Wild East Klezmer: Tales of the Wild East Stephen_Murray entry 1: GB Tran's Vietnamerica Vietnamerica jankp entry 1: Trondheim's Approximate Continuum Comics ACC Stephen_Murray entry 2:Fun House jankp entry 2:Wordless Books texas-swede entry 2:Edgar Allan Poe Graphic Classics elvisdo entry 1:Vietnamerica jankp entry 3:Lynda Barry's What It Is elvisdo entry 2: Adventures of Tintin in the Orient texas-swede entry 3: He Done Her Wrong elvisdo entry 3: Watchmen texas-swede entry 4: Jules Verne Graphic Classics jankp entry 4:Barry's Picture This texas-swede entry 5: Graphic Classics Gothic Classics Collection jankp entry 5:A.D. New Orleans elvisdo entry 4:Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall jankp entry 6;Lehman's Red Book talyseon entry 1: Black Wade texas-swede entry 6:Martian Chronicles artemis8 entry 1:Amelia Earhart jankp entry 7:Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker jankp entry 8:Anne Frank:...Authorized Graphic Biography texas-swede entry 7:Graphic Classics: Frankenstein texas-swede entry 8:Graphic Classics: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea jankp entry 9:Blood Work: An Original Hollows Graphic Novel jankp entry 10:Raina Telgemeier's Smile texas-swede entry 9:Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep Vol. 1 texas-swede entry 10:Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep Vol. 2 texas-swede entry 11:Do...Sheep Vol. 3 texas-swede entry 12:Do...Sheep Vol. 4 texas-swede entry 13:Do...Sheep Vol. 5 texas-swede entry 14: Do...Sheep Vol. 6 luqillo entry 1: Batman: Shaman luqillo entry 2:Batman: The Dark Knight Returns luqillo entry 3:Batman: Year One luqillo entry 4:Planet Hulk jankp entry 11:Art Spiegelman's Breakdowns jankp entry 12:Jeremy Love's Bayou jankp entry 13:Howl: A Graphic Novel wrdnik3 entry 1:Neil Gaiman's Murder Mysteries texas-swede entry 15:Graphic Classics' Odyssey kairosdreaming entry 1:Diana Gabaldon's The Exile bilbopooh entry 1:Mickey Mouse and the World to Come bilbopooh entry 2:Monsters, Inc.: Laugh Factory texas-swede entry 16:Last of the Mohicans Graphic Novel texas-swede entry 17:Gilgamesh Epos jankp entry 14:Emmanuel Guibert's The Photographer jankp entry 15:Bayou Vol. 2 carstairs38 entry 1:Darkwing Duck: F.O.W.L. Disposition bilbopooh entry 3:Wizards of Mickey: Mouse Magic texas-swede entry 18:Feynman jankp entry 16:The Walking Dead Book 1 jankp entry 17:Dickens' A Christmas Carol: The Graphic Novel bilbopooh entry 4: Muppets jankp entry 18: Trondheim and Robin's Li'l Santa jankp entry 19: Wonderland texas-swede entry 19:Suspended in Language French graphic novels reviewed by jankp before write-off: The Rabbi's Cat The Professor's Daughter The Little Prince Vampire Loves Little Vampire

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