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Over the past century, with the increasing importance of the graphic and visual media, extensive work has been done in the genre of Graphic Novel. This work has been both in the form of original works (as Graphic Novels, like Sandman, Maus, etc) and also the adaptation of established literary works into the medium of Graphic Novels. The latter is a relatively new field and is growing in import due the promise it has exhibited in the introduction and pedagogy (and teaching) of important literary works to a younger audience, who would have otherwise been bereft of any such exposure, partly due to a decline in reading habit over the past decades and also due to the relatively involved subject matter that these literary works come with. With time, Graphic Novels have evolved into an accepted form of fiction and nonfiction for readers and students. The adoption of the Graphic Novel in classrooms has proven to be a rather powerful tool as an instruction medium for students, promoting the reading habit in even those students who have insofar been hesitant to lift a book.