A graphic novel is a book-length comic published complete, rather than serialized into monthly issues and collected afterward. Blankets, Fun Home, and most bookstore-first work from Drawn & Quarterly, First Second, and Fantagraphics belong here. VerseDB files original graphic novels separately from collected editions, which reprint material that already ran as issues, so the distinction stays visible. Browse graphic novel series with their creators, publishers, page counts, covers, and release dates.
Graphic Novels
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Top publishers for Graphic Novel
1,821 series catalogued, published between 1912 and 2026.
- Dark Horse Comics 307 series
- DC Comics 221 series
- Boom! Studios 118 series
- Image Comics 96 series
- IDW Publishing 91 series
- Oni Press 61 series
Longest runs for Graphic Novel
- The Little Prince (2012) 24 issues
- Teen Titans Go! To Camp (2020) 16 issues
- Teen Titans Go! Roll With It! (2020) 11 issues
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2012) 9 issues
- A Treasury of Victorian Murder (1987) 9 issues
- All Star (2014) 8 issues
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Graphic Novel FAQ
- How is a graphic novel different from a collected edition?
- A graphic novel is published complete as a book. A collected edition reprints issues that shipped monthly first. Both are books; the publication history is what separates them.
- Why does a graphic novel have only one issue?
- The single issue represents the book itself. That keeps the cover, page count, and release date attached to the same entry as the series.
- Are manga and bande dessinée books listed here?
- No. Those are separate mediums in VerseDB. Use the manga and bande dessinée pages to browse them.
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