![]() ![]() The 1978 release of Will Eisner’s A Contract with God increased the genre’s appeal and collectability. Three books, all released in 1976, continue to lay claim as being the first-ever graphic novel: Richard Cobden’s Bloodstar, Jim Steranko’s Chandler: Red Tide and George Metzger’s Beyond Time and Again. comics historian Richard Kyle to establish a separate category for books that contained comic strip art and stories, but were far different and meatier than comic books or comic strips. ![]() ![]() The term was first coined in 1964 by U.S. Graphic novels have had an official designation in bookstores for nearly two decades. ![]()
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