Antedating of Graphic Novel

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Apr 21 13:34:30 UTC 2012


But let's face it. After being first mentioned as a concept, the "graphic
novel" as a publishing phenomenon  still took nearly twenty-odd years to
emerge.

JL



On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 08:22:33AM -0400, Amy West wrote:
> > Fred:
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> > I've checked with a grad school pal who's a comics scholar (Gene
> > Kannenburg) and he says the Wikipedia article is correct. I've asked if
> > he can send along citations to you to send along to OED. We'll see if he
> > comes through.
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> That would be much appreciated.
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> Jesse Sheidlower
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