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Other Graphic Novel Genres
"Manga," is the Japanese word for Graphic Novel. Depending on which interpretation you prefer, the term roughly translates as "picture book," "motionless picture entertainment," or "random pictures." In the United States, manga refers to Japanese comics that have been translated into English. The phrase "Ameri-manga" is a term coined to describe Graphic Novels written and drawn by westerners in the Japanese style. Shoujo-manga refers to manga written and drawn for a female audience, especially comics suitable for younger girls.
Crime Comics
100 Bullets (DC)
Hitman (DC)
Powers (Image)
Punisher (Marvel)
Sam & Twitch (Image)
Scene of the Crime (DC)
Sin City (Dark Horse)
Stray Bullets (El Capitan)
Top 10 (D.C. America's Best)
Whiteout (Oni Press)
Real-Life Comics
American Splendor (Dark Horse)
Box Office Poison (Antarctic)
Strangers in Paradise (Abstract Studio)
Historical Fiction
Berlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
From Hell
The Kents (DC)
The 300 (Dark Horse)
Literature, Myths, and Legends
The Age of Bronze: Story of the Trojan War (Image)
Legends of Camelot (Caliber)
Ring of Nibelung (Dark Horse)
Sherlock Holmes Reader (Caliber)
Tales of the Cherokee (Mandalay)
Women of Fable
Nonfiction
(Most nonfiction comics are published as trade paperbacks. The few titles which appear in traditional Graphic Novel form. are typically issued as one-shots or mini-series.)
The Art of Frederic Remington (Caliber)
Blockade (Quadre)
The Life and Death of Jesus Christ
True Spy Stories (Caliber)
Educational Comics
Beginning in World War II, the U.S. Army utilized the talents of Will Eisner and other comics professionals to create training manuals in Graphic Novel form. The Armed Forces continue to use the comic medium for training purposes today.
A variety of nonprofit organizations use Graphic Novels to convey messages to the general public in a pleasant, easy-to-read manner. Examples include government agencies, museums, and travel/tourism boards.
Consider the following examples for a glimpse of the diversity of educational and training uses of comics.
Army Equipment Record Procedures
U.S. Army Technical Manual 38-750, January 1964.
M561/M792 GAMA Goat: Operation and Preventive Maintenance
U.S. Army Pamphlet 750-31, November 1970.
What? Me? A Racist?
Office of Official Publications of the European Communities, 1998.
Legend of the Allegheny Traveler
Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission, 1995. Copyright the Rosenbaum Group, all rights reserved.
Niagara Falls Mystery
Niagara Parks Commission, 1992. Copyright Trent Publications, Inc.
