American Graphic Novel Study

The American Graphic Novel is naturally evolved from American comics, and which also means a lot to the development of the American comics. Graphic novel is one kind of comic creation and publishing. There are adult characteristics in graphic novel, and it is more complete and longer in story, diverse in drawing, comparing to the mainstream American comics. The American graphic novel emphasizes in the combination of comics and fiction, but it has a higher literary level. At the same time, it is a comic publication of a paperback book. This paper attempts to define the graphic novel, elaborating the history of the American graphic novel and analyzing its impact on American comic art. When generally describing the definition, the paper also studies in a number of cases in order to summarizing the characteristics of American graphic novel. This paper tells successful experience from the history of American graphic novel for China in comic creation, comic industry, and other related industry. Expecting the paper could provide comic model and theoretical basis for the Chinese graphic novel. Chinese modern comic could learn from the successful development experience of the American Graphic Novel and strengthen the deep-level literature and comic cooperation, expand the topic of comic, rich cartoon drawing style, and establish its own distinctive characteristics and improve the level of international exchanges, and promote the brand Comics of the birth and development, so as to contribute to China's cartoon industry, and promote cultural soft power as part of the prosperous development of Chinese animation industry.