Dreaming the Graphic Novel: The Novelization of Comics

Dreaming the Graphic Novel: The Novelization of Comics, a single-issue essay from Rutgers University Press (2019–present), explores the cultural and artistic shift as comics evolved into graphic novels. Associated with scholarly analysis rather than a single creator, this work examines how the term "graphic novel" reframed the medium’s identity and market. It matters as a concise, academic take on a pivotal moment in comics history—the moment the form began to be taken seriously as literature.