how is it being used in the modern times?
The back-cover blurb of the 30th-anniversary edition of  "Blackmark" calls it, retroactively, "the very first American graphic novel".
Graphic novel
Gil Kane and Archie Goodwin's "Blackmark" (1971), a science fiction/sword-and-sorcery paperback published by Bantam Books, did not use the term originally; the back-cover blurb of the 30th-anniversary edition () calls it, retroactively, "the very first American graphic novel".
who played the weasels in who framed roger rabbit UNANSWERABLE is it movie or a series? It is a live-action/animated comedy-mystery film. what is its plotline? Set in a 1947 version of Hollywood where cartoon characters and people co-exist, the film follows Eddie Valiant, a private investigator who must exonerate Roger Rabbit, a "Toon" who is accused of murdering a wealthy businessman. which actor played the role of the investigator? Eddie Valiant what controversy did the film face? Observers uncovered several scenes of antics from the animators that supposedly featured brief nudity of Jessica Rabbit. did eddie made any appearances in other form of media? Yes, he appeared in a graphic novel of the film. what does this type of novel refer to? It is a book made up of comics content. from where was the term adopted? Fan historian Richard Kyle coined the term - gained popularity after the publication of Will Eisner's "A Contract with God", and the start of Marvel's Graphic Novel line.
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Graphic novel [SEP] Modern era
Gil Kane and Archie Goodwin's "Blackmark" (1971), a science fiction/sword-and-sorcery paperback published by Bantam Books, did not use the term originally; the back-cover blurb of the 30th-anniversary edition () calls it, retroactively, "the very first American graphic novel". The Academy of Comic Book Arts presented Kane with a special 1971 Shazam Award for what it called "his paperback comics novel". Whatever the nomenclature, "Blackmark" is a 119-page story of comic-book art, with captions and word balloons, published in a traditional book format. European creators were also experimenting with the longer narrative in comics form. In the United Kingdom, Raymond Briggs was producing works such as "Father Christmas" (1972) and "The Snowman" (1978), which he himself described as being from the "bottomless abyss of strip cartooning", although they, along with such other Briggs works as the more mature "When the Wind Blows" (1982), have been re-marketed as graphic novels in the wake of the term's popularity.