I'd noticed the format myself, in the Google results. One of the reasons I invoked what had inadvertently become Sulu's (and George's) catchphrase. Although I'd have called it a "graphic memoir," rather than a "graphic novel," based on what little I saw: "graphic novel" implies a work of fiction.
Meanwhile, I stalled a few pages shy of finishing chapter 2 of Anabasis, because I was nodding off, and needed plenty of sleep because tonight's a concert night at the Bowl: Beethoven's Triple Concerto, and Fifth Symphony, along with a short work by a living composer. (It takes me well over an hour each way just to get to Hollywood and Highland, and another 15-20 minutes to walk up Highland Hill from the Red Line Platform to my subscription seat, and 12-15 minutes to get back down to the station platform after the concert.)