What makes the Graphic novel significant?

Journey to the Center of the Earth is very significant because of its power to convey to the graphic novel genre. like all the novel read during the course it deals with topics we can all relate to : adventure, fear, and gratification. Graphic novels are particularly impressive to me in that the evoke certain emotions that a regular book or comic can envoke. 
   Obviously the novel adapted by Lewis Helfand is an adventure story. all of us can agree on the fact we have experienced and adventure whether it was pleasurable or miserable. Helfand was able to convey this message through the story. I can only imagine traveling into the center of the earth,but  Helfand  and many graphic novelist make this imagination seem possible. Novelist like him and all those before make the graphic novel genre different by evoking emotions through panels,and images that we can relate to.
    Another theme I have noticed in the genre of the Graphic Novel is fear. true enough all  books can deal with fear, but it is a different type of fear involved when dealing with a graphic novel. Journey to the center of the Earth fear is noticeable once the three characters embark on their journey to find what the map is leading to. The Graphic novel deals with this theme in that the reader can actually feel the emotion come off the pages, which is something I do not believe a simple book can do. 
    Gratification is another theme I have noticed within taking this course. it is o different in the novel that I  decided to do my project on. Professor Von Hardwigg and his nephew Henry get instantly Gratified when they discover the parchment paper that leads to their adventure and the fear that follows once the adventure is taken.
    
 The Graphic novel is significant in that it can convey messages we all can relate to like adventure, fear, and gratification. Some might say it is because of the panels and gutter, but i believe it deals with the emotion that can be felt when reading a novel that sparks the feeling of the actual emotion in a way most branches of literature are not able to do.