Original sentence: Chandler: Red Tide is a 1976 graphic homage to film noir and hard-boiled detective novels that was written and illustrated by former Marvel Comics cartoonist Jim Steranko.However, since Steranko is a prominent comics artist and the graphics are integral to the story rather than merely illustrating the text, Red Tide is often described as a graphic novel.This has led some critics to dispute that it is a graphic novel, instead describing it as an illustrated novel
Edited sentence: Chandler: Red Tide (1976) is a graphic homage to film noir and hard-boiled detective novels by former Marvel Comics cartoonist Jim Steranko.However Jim Steranko is a legendary graphic innovator and, since the graphics are integral to the story rather than merely illustrating it, Red Tide must be firmly placed in the graphic novel category.This has led some critics to dispute that it is a graphic novel