Essential Books: 7 Classic Graphic Novels by Masters of the Form

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In recent decades, graphic novels have become recognized as genuine literary endeavors—which is remarkable considering their humble origins. Starting as strips for early-1900s dailies, comics became books, inventing the superhero genre in the bargain. Sophisticates considered them trash, but by midcentury, developments combined to liberate comics from their inf