Graphic narrative or other illustrated work (MLA)

MLA-97

If a work has both an author and an illustrator, the order of elements in your citation will depend on which of those persons you emphasize in your paper.

Author first: Complete works cited entry

Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman: Overture. Illustrated by J. H. William III, DC Comics, 2015.

Illustrator first: Complete works cited entry

Kerascoët, illustrator. Beautiful Darkness. By Fabien Vehlmann, Drawn and Quarterly, 2014.

Author and illustrator the same: Complete works cited entry

Ulinich, Anya. Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel: A Graphic Novel. Penguin Books, 2014.

General guidelines for the MLA works cited list

Directory to MLA works cited models

MLA-98

How to answer the basic question “Who is the author?”