graphic memoir
Drawn life story
A graphic memoir is an autobiographical work told through sequential art—combining the visual storytelling of comics with personal narrative.
The form gained literary recognition through works depicting trauma, illness, and family history: Maus, Persepolis, Fun Home.
Unlike graphic novels, which may be fiction, graphic memoirs draw from the author's own life.
- life storyAccount of someone's existence
- illustratedShown with images
- panelsFlat rectangular sections
- inkWriting fluid
- sketchesRough, quick drawings
personal · inner life · trauma · mental health · coming-of-age · Persepolis · narrative · drawings · confessional · pages · sequential · childhood · frames · visual · storytelling · hand-drawn · intimate · family
- nonfictionbiographies, history, documentary, essay, essays
- life storiesmemoirs, biographies, personal history, life story, autobiographies
- visual story genresaction, adventure, crime, fantasy, horror
- visual storytellingcomic strip, comic book, manga, picture book, storyboard
- life writingmemoirs, life history, diaries, life story, autobiographies
- biographiesbiographies, autobiographies, memoirs, life stories, life story
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