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Robin Valenza has uploaded the Graphic Novel Companion Hour, a very cool wee animated video which introduces readers to some excellent graphic novels in a very accessible (and amusing) manner, touching on Charles Burns’ Black Hole, Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, David B’s Epileptic, Alisaa Torres’ American Widow, Will Eisner’s Contract with God, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman Season of Mists, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, Alan Moore’s Watchmen, Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Adrian Tomine’s Shortcomings. The animation was created by a group for Valenza’s Graphic Novel course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Graphic Novel Companion Hour from Robin Valenza on Vimeo.