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The term is also used by creators and readers who want to differentiate the work from lighter works intended for children. It has been noted that the format appears to have taken an aura of respectability that comic books could never obtain with major book stores and public libraries carrying titles.
Often a graphic novel is a collection of individual comic books, which may or may not have been written as part of a larger story. Usually, though, a graphic novel implies that a significant fraction of the product is given over to a single long-form story.
The term generally implies that the book is published in a higher quality format than a traditional comic book, which was for decades published on newsprint and bound with staples. However, high quality binding is neither necessary nor suficient to make a work a graphic novel.
The term was coined by artist Will Eisner.
The graphic novel form is a newer development than the the similar Japanese form of graphic literature known as Manga. Manga first came to Europe in the 19th century and influenced the work of popular European artists such as Toulouse Lautrec. In the 20th century another great European artist, Max Ernst, invented the collage novel.
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