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Personally, I think the line is fuzzy enough between TP Bs and Graphic Novels, and all that entails (ET: Is Watchman a GN or TPB) to make it an unnecessary distinction
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When I talk about graphic novels, I mean various illustrated novels like say, the The Baby-Sitters Club series, Guts, and Be Prepared - books that are basically stand alone novels (or tied together series) that mostly differ from text novels in that they're illustrated. A lot of them are in the middle-grade lit category nowadays and could be full text but are instead illustrated. Persepolis also is a graphic novel, as is Maus.
I don't know what TPBs are.
Edited by Nethilia I know more about obscure 1990s Middle Grade Literature novels than most people.
The graphic novel concept is one that's restricted to the English language. Other languages usually don't make a distinction between "Comics" and "Graphic Novels", they use the same words for it. So such a sub-category would just be needlessly confusing. (Heck, the "Comic Books" and "Comic Strips" distinction is already stretching things out IMHO.)
Graphic novels go in "Comic Books". Illustrated books (including children's books) go in "Literature". Simple as that.
Then if it's not needed I'll close the query. Thank you.
I know more about obscure 1990s Middle Grade Literature novels than most people.
Asking here cause I'm not sure where it should be suggested on the site.
I think there needs to be a new category for graphic novels as their own sort of genre index under the main Comic Books — as there's been a lot of them listed on the site, such as stand alone and/or middle grade style graphic novels. Where would I make this suggestion? Or is it something I run through TLP since it would be a main akin to Film Comic?
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