Book Talks
The author who created the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series.
Who is Dav Piley?
In order to fully understand a graphic novel, you need to read both the BLANK and the BLANK
What is the PICTURES and the WORDS
The sections of graphic novels are called
What are panels
In order to fully understand the graphic novel, you need to read both the pictures and the...
What are words?
This graphic memoir tells the story of a young girl growing up during the Iranian Revolution.
What is Persepolis?
Who is the main character of Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
Who is Greg Heffley
True/False: Students who have trouble reading can find graphic novels and comics useful
What is TRUE?
Characters in comics and graphic novels show their thoughts using these enclosed shapes.
What are thought bubbles?
Graphic novels can belong to these types of stories, such as mystery, fantasy, biography, or nonfiction.
What are genres?
True or False: Graphic novels are strictly meant for young children.
What is False?
In DC Comics, this iconic Amazonian princess and warrior holds the Lasso of Truth.
Who is Wonder Woman?
The individual framed illustrations or segments on a page are called this.
What are panels?
True or False: A graphic novel must be part of a series.
False. Many graphic novels are complete, stand-alone stories.
This graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier is about a middle school student dealing with braces and growing up.
What is Smile?
Why might an artist choose to make one panel much larger than the others?
What is to emphasize an important moment.
This is the space between comic panels that readers mentally fill in.
What is the gutter?
This artistic technique uses dark and light areas to create depth.
What is shading?
This term refers to the overall visual look of a graphic novel, including line, color, texture, and character design.
What is art style?
This graphic novel tells the true story of the Holocaust using mice, cats, and pigs as symbols.
What is Maus?
Unlike many comic books, graphic novels usually tell this type of story.
What is a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end?
A page where one image fills the entire page is called this.
What is a splash page?
Artists often use this to create emotion, mood, or symbolism.
What is color?
This award is one of the highest honors given to creators of comic books and graphic novels.
What is the Eisner Award?