The Ballad of the Salty Sea
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The Ballad of the Salty Sea is a graphic novel, the first episode of the adventures of Corto Maltese, a Maltese sailor. This story was written and drawn by the Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt. I
Former Fijian catamaran – 19th century
Ramu River, aerial photo
Traditional outrigger boat of L'Île-des-Pins, New Caledonia
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A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term graphic novel is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is
The Ballad of the Salty Sea
…The Ballad of the Salty Sea is a graphic novel, the first episode of the adventures of Corto Maltese, a Maltese sailor. This story was written and drawn by the Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt…
The digest-sized "picture novel" It Rhymes with Lust (1950), one precursor of the graphic novel. Cover art by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin.
Detail from Blackmark (1971) by scripter Archie Goodwin and artist-plotter Gil Kane
Sabre (1978), one of the first modern graphic novels. Cover art by Paul Gulacy.
Will Eisner in 2004