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Old 07-25-2019, 12:55 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Tom Guycott View Post
Hm. I always took the term graphic novel generically to mean a collection of a serialized story (unless the story was written and released that way to begin with, which they sometimes are). Sorta like a piece of eight technically making a whole coin. Like, if I bought all the Secret Wars stuff off the news stand monthly when I was a kid as opposed to just going to a bookstore now and picking up the whole story in a single binding. Didn't know there was contention behind the term.
what you're describing is a trade paperback. these tend to collect single story arcs (about 5-6 issues in length) from ongoing comic books or event series.
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