The term ‘graphic novel’ was popularised by Igor Goldkind, a publicist employed by UK publisher Titan Books in 1985 to promote comic books to an adult audience.[1] ‘My job,’ he said, ‘was to develop a semantic the general public and the book trade could understand’ (quoted in Sabin, 1993: 87). Goldkind exceeded his client’s brief … Continue reading The Invisible Medium: Comics Studies in Australia – Kevin Patrick