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Sheena's early adventures in Jumbo Comics are some amazing stuff, and Jumbo Comics #18 from Fiction House is no exception.

What is a graphic novel? Merriam-Webster defines it as “a story that is presented in comic-strip format and published as a book.” Some early historical examples of what we now know as graphic novels certainly followed this model. Swiss cartoonist Rodolphe Topffer’s 1837 comics masterpiece, Histoire de M. Vieux Bois, for instance, became America’s first graphic novel when it was reprinted as The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck in 1841. German painter/illustrator Wilhelm Busch’s Max und Moritz, published in 1865, is a brilliant children’s story with comic illustrations and a graphi...

A slapstick comedy title inspired by the likes of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Dizzy Dames #1 features the work of animator Owen Fitzgerald.

The Golden Age's first Flame-based superhero, Fox Feature Syndicate's The Flame debuted in Wonderworld Comics #3.

CHICAGO — The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) of ALA and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation are pleased to accept applications for the 2023 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries.