Book Talks
All About Graphic Novels/Comics
Features of Graphic Novels
Elements of the Genre
Could be Anything
100

The author who created the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series.

Who is Dav Piley?

100

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

100

The sections of graphic novels are called

What are panels

100

In order to fully understand the graphic novel, you need to read both the pictures and the... 

 What are words?

100

This graphic memoir tells the story of a young girl growing up during the Iranian Revolution.

What is Persepolis?

200

Who is the main character of Diary of a Wimpy Kid?

Who is Greg Heffley

200

True/False: Students who have trouble reading can find graphic novels and comics useful

What is TRUE?

200
Characters in comics and graphic novels show their thoughts through
What are thought bubbles
200

Characters in comics and graphic novels show their thoughts using these enclosed shapes.

What are thought bubbles? 


200

Graphic novels can belong to these types of stories, such as mystery, fantasy, biography, or nonfiction.

What are genres?

300

True or False: Graphic novels are strictly meant for young children.


What is False?

300

In DC Comics, this iconic Amazonian princess and warrior holds the Lasso of Truth.

Who is Wonder Woman?

300
True or False: Graphic Novels are only for little kids
What is false
300

The individual framed illustrations or segments on a page are called this.

What are panels?

300

True or False: A graphic novel must be part of a series.

False. Many graphic novels are complete, stand-alone stories.

400

This graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier is about a middle school student dealing with braces and growing up.

What is Smile?

400

Why might an artist choose to make one panel much larger than the others?

What is to emphasize an important moment.

400

This is the space between comic panels that readers mentally fill in.

What is the gutter?

400

This artistic technique uses dark and light areas to create depth.

What is shading?

400

This term refers to the overall visual look of a graphic novel, including line, color, texture, and character design.

What is art style?

500

This graphic novel tells the true story of the Holocaust using mice, cats, and pigs as symbols.

What is Maus?

500

Unlike many comic books, graphic novels usually tell this type of story.

What is a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end?

500

A page where one image fills the entire page is called this.

What is a splash page?

500

Artists often use this to create emotion, mood, or symbolism.

What is color?

500

This award is one of the highest honors given to creators of comic books and graphic novels.

What is the Eisner Award?