graphic novel adaptation

Comics-to-screen version

A graphic novel adaptation is a work converted into or from graphic novel format.

Most commonly, it refers to a comic-format retelling of a novel, film, or other source: the graphic novel adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale.

The term also applies when graphic novels become films or television series: Watchmen began as a graphic novel adaptation.

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Film story not adapted

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