found: Fletcher-Spear, K. Library collections for teens : manga and graphic novels, c2011:p. 4 (A graphic novel is a book-length narrative, of any genre, for any audience, which uses sequential art, either by itself or in combination with text elements, in order to tell a story.)
found: Lyga, A.A.W. Graphic novels in your media center, 2004:p. 17 (GN: An abbreviation for graphic novel. A typical abbreviation in the industry for graphic novel, usually used as part of a title to indicate to a reader or browser that the title in question is not a periodical.)
found: Goldsmith, F. The readers' advisory guide to graphic novels, 2010:p. 3 (The graphic novel, as a narrative publication, can be found on the continuum of sequential art that also comprises comic strips, comic books, and Latin American fotonovelas.)
found: LCSH, Oct. 22, 2014(Graphic novels. UF Comic book novels; Graphic albums; Graphic novellas)