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C I C I H H P P A A R R G G S S N N O I O I T T A TA PT AP DA A AD A look into recent graphic novel adaptations on the small screen and why some work and others don’t.
WRITTEN BY
ILLU S TRATED BY
Joscelyn Ervin
Asha McClendon
L
ast semester, Fall 2019, I took a class
graphic novels are childish, I tend to disagree. Graphic
called “Popular Culture.” I didn’t really
novels have always been a source of fun, beautiful
know exactly what we would be focusing
stories that are sometimes simple, but often complex
on other than writing about, you guessed
as well. I’ve always been a huge fan of most graphic
it, pop culture. What I first imagined was
novels that I’ve come across. This seems to be true
journalistic papers that discussed current events,
for others as well. Graphic novels have become an
movies, shows, etc., that might fall under this cat-
obviously huge part of pop culture with various show
egory. Instead, this class highlighted something a
and movie adaptations like the Marvel and DC Cin-
little less broad—graphic novels. Similar to a comic
ematic Universes, “V for Vendetta,” “The Walking
book, graphic novels are a series of comics that create
Dead,” and more.
an in-depth and artistic story. Graphic novels tend to
In the past year or so, however, it seems to me that
be longer than comic books, or even a collection of comics from a series. Even though some people think comic books and
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these have become a little more popular than usual—so of course, I made a list of some of the most recent and notable graphic novel adaptations.
