Graphic Novels and Comics: BOOKS & JOURNALS
Books
- Critical Survey of Graphic Novels byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781587659584Publication Date: 2012-10-01Gives great overview of comic genres, time periods, foreign language traditions, social relevance, and craftsmanship such as penciling and inking. Part of a series that also covers Manga, Superhero, and Alternative comics
Understanding Comics by Call Number: PN6710 .M335 1994ISBN: 9780060976255Publication Date: 1994-04-27A bit old now, but still one of the best books on the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning (and it's drawn like a comic)
Reinventing Comics by Call Number: PN6710 .M34ISBN: 0060953500Publication Date: 2000-07-25The sequel to Understanding Comics charts how technology and art are revolutionizing how comics are created, read, and perceived today.
Comics as History, Comics as Literature by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781611475562Publication Date: 2013-12-11Examines comics through themes important to international history and literature, such as nationalism, sex and gender, censorship, etc.
Masterful Marks by Call Number: NC1305 .M37ISBN: 1451649193Publication Date: 2014-09-02Biographies of 16 visionary comic artists and cartoonists, written in comic form - Walt Disney, Dr. Seuss, Charles Schulz, The Creators of Superman, R. Crumb, Jack Kirby, Winsor McCay, Herg, Osamu Tezuka, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Hirschfeld, Edward Gorey, Chas Addams, Rodolphe, Lynd Ward, Hugh Hefner.
Comics and Sequential Art by Call Number: NC1764 .E47ISBN: 0961472812Publication Date: 1994-04-01Based on a popular sequential art course at New York's School of Visual Art, comic legend Will Eisner demonstrates the principles of story-telling through comics.
Of Comics and Men by Call Number: PN6725 .G33ISBN: 9781604732672Publication Date: 2009-12-15Thorough, interdisciplinary overview of the development of the American comic book industry from the 1930s to the late 2000s - also discusses critical biographies and comic book production
COMICS JOURNALS
- Comics Grid
An open access, open peer review academic journal dedicated to comics scholarship - International Journal of Comic Art
"International and multidisciplinary in scope, IJOCA aims to publish scholarly and readable research on any aspect of comic art, defined as animation, comic books, newspaper and magazine strips, caricature, gag and political cartoons, humorous art, and humor or cartoon magazines" - European Comic Art
The first English-language scholarly publication devoted to the study of European-language graphic novels, comic strips, comic books and caricature. Published in association with the American Bande Dessinée Society and the International Bande Dessinée Society, European Comic Art builds on existing scholarship in French-language comic art and is able to draw on the scholarly activities undertaken by both organizations.
Subjects: English, Juvenile Literature, Writing
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