Graphic Novel

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A woman leans against a book with text reading "TEXT AND THE CITY" in the background.

Text and the City: ‘Persepolis’ by Marjane Satrapi draws girlhood in ink and defiance

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Nov. 16
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A woman is seen with only her head and shoulders, in front of a grassy green.

‘Spent’: Alison Bechdel’s newest novel shows she’s still one to watch out for

Madisyn Cunningham
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June 2
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Ecy King poses with a copy of her CS 106A-themed graphic novel, "Bit By Bit."

In ‘Bit by Bit,’ alumna Ecy King sketches CS 106 in comics

Catherine Wu
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Nov. 7, 2024
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A copy of the book "Weirdo" stands upright against a soft yellow background.

Tony Weaver Jr.’s ‘Weirdo’ ushers in the hero’s mental health journey

Sebastian Strawser
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Oct. 6, 2024
Screen
cartoonish drawings of a girl eating pasta with her love interest, flying and holding hands with him with a bright yellow background that says "florence"

Interactive graphic novel ‘Florence’ is the perfect heartbreak for $2.99

Kyla Figueroa
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March 14, 2023
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Photo: DC Comics

‘Swamp Thing: Twin Branches’ and stepping through the one-way door

Erin Woo
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Oct. 18, 2020
Arts & Life
Sherlock Holmes would be shocked if he read "City of Glass." Paul Auster's story deconstructs classic detective fiction (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

In constructing a deconstruction — ‘City of Glass’ as the detective novel’s autopsy

Mark York
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April 4, 2019
Craig Thompson muses on memory in his graphic novel "Blankets." (Courtesy of Craig Thompson)

Listening to the silence of memory in Thompson’s ‘Blankets’

Lily Nilipour
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Nov. 12, 2018
Courtesy of Kevin Berne

TheatreWorks’ ‘Fun Home’ is good but never quite gets there

Olivia Popp
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Oct. 20, 2018
(Courtesy of Shimon Tanaka) Wong Chin Foo, our main character, was criticized by both the Chinese-American community he fought for (for exposing vice) as well as the white forces of racism through the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Stanford Graphic Novel Project creates American Heathen

Skylar Cohen
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May 25, 2015
Chris Ware and Marjane Satrapi discussing graphic novels at Cemex auditiorum. Photo by Gabriela Groth.

Graphic novelists Chris Ware and Marjane Satrapi discuss their work

Marty Semilla
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Nov. 10, 2014
The Stanford Daily

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