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graphic novel

book with primarily comics contents
Intangible literary_genre Q725377
graphic novel
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Summary

graphic novel is a literary genre[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,292 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: comic format[3], literary form[4], art movement[5]
  • Subclass of: comics[6], novel[7], comic book album[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Graphic novels[9]
  • Main subject: graphic literature[10]
  • Equivalent class: http://comicmeta.org/vocab/GraphicNovel[11]
  • Different from: visual novel[12]
  • Has list: list of award-winning graphic novels[13]

Why It Matters

graphic novel has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). graphic novel. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/graphic-novel
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  1. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → graphic-novel
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: graphic-novel, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934289|graphic novel (#289934289)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Yso id, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  3. 22w ago · Sofie Geneea · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → graphic literature
    Has list → list of award-winning graphic novels
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Graphic novels
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Iab code: 46"
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