OGN

Arts & Entertainment abbreviation · Publishing and Book

OGN
Stands forOriginal graphic novel
CategoriesArts & Entertainment

OGN stands for Original graphic novel, a publishing and book abbreviation.

Book-length comic published directly as a complete volume, rather than collected from previously released single issues.

Example: The publisher announced a 200-page OGN instead of a monthly series.

Usage notes

Middle-grade OGNs such as Raina Telgemeier's Smile and Dav Pilkey's Dog Man series became huge bestsellers. In contrast, a trade paperback collects existing issues.

More publishing and book abbreviations

  • MG – Middle grade
  • MMC – Male main character
  • MMPB – Mass-market paperback
  • MS – Manuscript
  • MSS – Manuscripts
  • NA – New adult
  • OOP – Out of print
  • PB – Paperback
  • POD – Print on demand
  • PRH – Penguin Random House
  • SASE – Self-addressed stamped envelope
  • SFF – Science fiction and fantasy

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