* A. D .: New Orleans After the Deluge, a non-fiction graphic novel about Hurricane Katrina

In 1999, Dark Horse Comics released a graphic novel adaptation of Whedon's original script under the title, The Origin.

* The present-time scene where Batman / Bruce is cornered by Detective Bullock's SWAT Team adheres to a similar setting from the graphic novel as mentioned above ( the abandoned tenement fire from issue # 3 ).

This adheres to a similar setting from the graphic novel as mentioned above ( the abandoned tenement fire from issue # 3 ).

Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever although set during another timespan and adopt some elements directly from the graphic novel.

Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and its sequel The Dark Knight are set during the same timespan and adopt several elements directly from the graphic novel.

* The scene with Bruce Wayne returning from years of training abroad on board a plane reminisces the first page of the graphic novel.

* Tying Falcone up: In the graphic novel Batman ties The Roman in his own house ; in the film, he ties The Roman to a searchlight.

This is taken from the final act of the graphic novel when Batman does the same thing at the abandoned tenement fire.

* The concluding scene where Batman and Gordon are on top of the police headquarters continues, to an extent, the final page of the graphic novel where newly promoted Jim Gordon waits for Batman to arrive.

In 1964, Richard Kyle coined the term " graphic novel " to distinguish newly translated European works from genre-driven subject matter common in American comics.

Will Eisner popularized the term " graphic novel " when he used it on the cover of the paperback edition of his work A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories in 1978.

* Many of the members of Section 9 in the Ghost in the Shell universe, specifically the main characters Major Motoko Kusanagi and Batou, are cyborgs dependent on regular maintenance ; there are several manga ( or graphic novel ) and artbooks set in the GitS universe, as well as two feature-length anime films, three television series and three video games.

* Borgia, by Milo Manara ( artist ) & Alejandro Jodorowsky ( writer ), a comic in the form of serialized graphic novel, depicting the story of the Borgia family.

** Prince Valiant ( a fictional comic book / graphic novel character )

It was republished as graphic novel by the Wildstorm branch of DC Comics.

In June 2009, a graphic novel edition of the book was published.

A barely veiled satirical interpretation of Castaneda's work, Viaggio a Tulun was published in 1989 as a graphic novel with artwork by Milo Manara and as Trip to Tulum in America in 1990.

Neil Gaiman's acclaimed graphic novel series The Sandman influenced goths with characters like the dark, brooding Dream and his sister Death.

This novel method of upgrading the color count did result in graphic artifacts in certain games ; for example, sometimes a sprite that was supposed to meld into the background would be colored separately, making it easily noticeable.

The Underground has also featured in music such as The Jam's " Down in the Tube Station at Midnight " and in literature such as the graphic novel V for Vendetta.

* The Magic Goes Away, graphic novel illustrated by Jan Duursema, DC Comics

Shang-Chi had two more short series: the Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black graphic novel ( 1990 ) and the MAX miniseries Master of Kung Fu: Hellfire Apocalypse ( 2002 ) ( with artist Paul Gulacy on art again ).

Several Martian landmarks appear in a section of the famous graphic novel, visited by the superhuman Dr. Manhattan and human Laurie Juspeczyk.

* In the graphic novel Scarlet Traces-the Great Game ( 2002 ), Olympus Mons is the main base of the British Mars Expeditionary Force.

Because of its graphic violence and terror, the original version of the movie was banned in several countries, including Finland, Germany, Iceland and Ireland.

Alien ( 1979 ) combined the naturalistic acting and graphic violence of the 1970s with the monster movie plots of earlier decades, and used science fiction.

Because of its scenes depicting intensely graphic violence, sadism, and sexual depravity, the movie was extremely controversial upon its release, and remains banned in several countries.

In 2000, some conservative associations sued the government for granting the movie Baise-moi, which contained graphic, realistic scenes of sex and violence, a non-X classification.

He also features prominently in the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller, as well as the movie adaptation ( portrayed by Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro ), in which he is represented as a giant god-king.

Although the term " slasher " may be used as a generic term for any horror movie involving graphic acts of murder, the slasher as a genre has its own set of characteristics which set it apart from related genres like the splatter film.

* April 9, 2004: The Regular Guys of WKLS 96 Rock in Atlanta, Georgia were fired after a graphic interview with porn movie actress Devin Lane was accidentally aired over a Honda commercial.

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 59 % gave the film positive reviews, based on 267 reviews total ; with the consensus that " the graphic details of Jesus ' torture make the movie tough to sit through and obscure whatever message it is trying to convey.

The condensed version was used in the 2011 role-playing video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, as well as being used extensively throughout the Watchmen graphic novel as well as the movie based on it.

" Kneale asserts that movie mogul Dino De Laurentiis, owner of the film's distribution rights, did not care for it and ordered more graphic violence and gore.

* There is also at least one scene which appears in the promotional trailer for the movie, as well as the novel and graphic novel.

* A graphic novel adaptation of the movie was also released by Penguin books in 1995.

Textures designed by Celestia graphic artists were used in the movie The Day After Tomorrow and the 2008 miniseries, The Andromeda Strain.

Due to its extremely graphic content, the Broken movie was never officially released, but was leaked as a bootleg which became heavily traded on VHS in the 1990s, and more recently via the Internet.

The movie was given an X rating by the MPAA in 1987 due to its graphic violence.

Roger Ebert said, " This is a movie so paltry in its characters and shallow in its story that the war seems to exist primarily to provide graphic visuals ".

Hot Topic often negotiates exclusive licensing arrangements with musical artists, movie studios, and graphic artists.

The movie was considered highly risqué for its time based on its violence, as well as its graphic depiction of female slavery, including a scene depicting naked young women in pens being auctioned like beef cattle.

* Road to Perdition, a movie based on the graphic novel of the same name

He then wrote and drew the graphic novel The Seven Samuroid ( 1984 ), a science-fiction takeoff of the movie classic Seven Samurai.

Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a series of drawn images ( an animated cartoon ), or by repeatedly making small changes to a model ( see claymation and stop motion ), and then photographing the result.

An Evans and Sutherland computer was used in the creation of the Project Genesis simulation sequence in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, which was one of the first computer graphic sequences ever used in a movie.

During his graphic design studies at the Ecole de la recherche graphique in Brussels, he also became friend with André Bonzel and, together with Rémy Belvaux, realized in 1988 Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel, his first movie, a short student film ( which he co-directed and co-wrote ).

Harron ’ s second movie, American Psycho, released in 2000, is based on the book of the same title by Bret Easton Ellis, notorious for its graphic descriptions of torture and murder.