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Literature in English: Graphic Novels and Comics

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Award Winning and Major Graphic Novels & Comics

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel

Ms. Marvel
G. Willow Wilson

Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi

The Sandman
Neil Gaiman

March
John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

Hicksville
Dylan Horrocks

Maus: A Survival's Tale

Maus
Art Spiegelman

Watchmen
Alan Moore

From Hell: Being a Melodrama in Six Parts

From Hell: Being a Melodrama in Six Parts
Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman
Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

Blankets
Craig Thompson

Databases

Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels
Digital collection with full-text comics, graphic novels, and related scholarship from pre-Comics Code era works to modern sequential releases from the US, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, England, Sweden, Norway, Australia, Korea, Japan, and more.

Government Comics Collection
Digitized collection of more than 150 comics; majority published by the federal government and others from the UN and state governments with open access through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Introductory Criticism

The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama

Watchmen as Literature: A Critical Understanding of the Graphic Novel

Watchmen as Literature: A Critical Understanding of the Graphic Novel
Sara J. Van Ness

The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel

The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel
Edited by Stephen E. Tabachnick

Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean

Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean
Douglas Wolk

Library Finding Guide

Locations

Morrison Library: new and popular graphic novels and comics
Main Stacks, Level D: PN and PZ call number ranges
You may also find graphic novels and comics at NRLF, the Art History and Classics Library, online, and elsewhere.

Call Number Ranges

PN6700-6790: comics, fictional graphic novels
PZ7.7: children's graphic novels
NC1300-1766: comics, pictorial humor, caricature
Many graphic works are increasingly cataloged by subject, rather than genre/format.

Subject Headings

Critical Journals

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics

Graphia: The Graphic Novel and Literary Criticism

Graphia: The Graphic Novel and Literary Criticism
English Language Notes (ELN) Issue 24, Vol. 2

Image & Narrative: Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative

Image & Narrative: Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative

International Journal of Comic Art

International Journal of Comic Art

Online Resources

Biblioboard
View the open access version for limited access to comics and graphic novels.

Bonn Online Bibliography of Comics Research
An international bibliography for scholarly literature about comics, graphic novels, manga and related fields. Provides suggestions of chapter titles in books and articles in journals, which can then be used in conjunction with OskiCat.
Comics Research Bibliography
A partially crowd-sourced international bibliography of comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinees, and related topics.
Image TexT: Interdisciplinary Comic Studies
A peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of comics and related media.

Related Library Guides

Graphic Novels & Comics Index

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