Bibliography

This bibliography collects materials that are likely to be relevant to comics librarianship, with links (in progress) to this site's reviews, publisher sites when items are still in print, and WorldCat.

If there's something missing, please suggest it in the comments!


Books and other print resources
Abel, Jessica, and Madden, Matt. Drawing Words and Writing Pictures
  publisher site | WorldCat
Abel, Jessica, and Madden, Matt. Mastering Comics
  publisher site | WorldCat
Barry, Lynda. Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor
  review | publisher site | WorldCat

Beaty, Bart, and Weiner, Stephen, editors. Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Heroes & Superheroes
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Beaty, Bart, and Weiner, Stephen, editors. Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: History, Theme, and Technique
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Beaty, Bart, and Weiner, Stephen, editors. Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Independents & Underground Comics

  review | publisher site | WorldCat

Beaty, Bart, and Weiner, Stephen, editors. Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Manga
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Beaty, Bart, and Woo, Benjamin. The Greatest Comic Book of All Time: Symbolic Capital and the Field of American Comic Books
  publisher site | WorldCat
Brenner, Robin. Understanding Manga and Anime.
  publisher site | WorldCat
Brunetti, Ivan. Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice
  publisher site | WorldCat
Chute, Hillary. Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics, and Documentary Form

 publisher site | WorldCat
Chute, Hillary. Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics

  publisher site | WorldCat
Chute, Hillary. Outside the Box: Interviews with Contemporary Cartoonists
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Chute, Hillary. Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Chute, Hilary, and Jagoda, Patrick, editors. Comics & Media: A Special Issue of "Critical Inquiry"
  publisher site | WorldCat
Cohn, Neil. The Visual Language of Comics

  publisher site | WorldCat
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. CBLDF Presents Manga
  publisher site | WorldCat
Czerwiec, MK, et al. Graphic Medicine Manifesto
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Drew, Jenny. Cartooning Teen Stories: Using Comics to Explore Key Life Issues with Young People
  publisher | WorldCat
Duncan, Randy, Smith, Matthew J., and Levitz, Paul. The Power of Comics: History, Form, and Culture
  publisher site | WorldCat
Eisner, Will: Comics and Sequential Art
  publisher site | WorldCat
Eisner, Will: Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative
  publisher site | WorldCatFitzgerald, Ali. Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Gabilliet, Jean-Paul. Of Comics and Men
  review | publisher site | WorldCat

Goldsmith, Francisca. The Readers' Advisory Guide to Graphic Novels
  publisher site | WorldCat
Goldsmith, Francisca. Graphic Novels Now: Building, Managing, and Marketing a Dynamic Collection
  publisher site | WorldCat
Gomez, Betsy, editor. She Changed Comics
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Gorman, Michele. Getting Graphic! Comics for Kids
  publisher site | WorldCat
Gorman, Michele. Getting Graphic: Using Graphic Novels to Promote Literacy with Preteens and Teens

  publisher site | WorldCat
Graham, Richard. Government Issue: Comics for the People, 1940s-2000s
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Gravett, Paul. 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Gravett, Paul. Comics Art
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Gravett, Paul. Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know (alternatively titled Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life)

  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Gravett, Paul. Mangasia: The Definitive Guide to Asian Comics
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Groensteen, Thierry. Comics and Narration

  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Groensteen, Thierry. The System of Comics
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Hart, Tom. The Art of the Graphic Memoir: Learn to Tell Your Story and Change Your Life
  publisher | WorldCat
Hart, Tom. How to Say Everything
  publisher | WorldCat
Hart, Tom. The Sequential Artists Workshop Guide to Creating Professional Comic Strips
  publisher | WorldCat
Hatfield, Charles. Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature
  publisher site | WorldCat
Heer, Jeet, and Worcester, Kent, editors. A Comics Studies Reader
  publisher site | WorldCat
Horrocks, Dylan. "Inventing Comics: Scott McCloud's Definition of Comics" (essay)
  review | website | printable PDF
Howard, Sheena. Encyclopedia of Black Comics

  publisher site | WorldCat
Jackson, Tim. Pioneering Cartoonists of Color

  publisher site | WorldCat
Kannenberg, Gene. 500 Essential Graphic Novels
  WorldCat
Karasik, Paul, and Newgarden, Mark. How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels

  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Karp, Jesse, and Kress, Rush. Graphic Novels in Your School Library
  publisher site | WorldCat
Madden, Matt. 99 Ways to Tell a Story

  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Maslon, Laurence and Kantor, Michael. Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture
  publisher site | WorldCat
Mazur, Dan and Danner, Alexander. Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
McCloud, Scott. Making Comics
  publisher site | WorldCat
McCloud, Scott. Reinventing Comics: The Evolution of an Art Form
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Miller, Ann. Reading Bande Dessinée: Critical Approaches to French-language Comic Strip
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Miodrag, Hannah. Comics and Language: Reimagining Critical Discourse on the Form
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Nicholson, Hope. The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen
  publisher site | WorldCat
Pawuk, Michael and Serchay, David. Graphic Novels: A Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More

  publisher site | WorldCat
Robbins, Trina. Pretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists, 1896-2013
  publisher site | WorldCat
Sabin, Roger. Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art
  publisher site | WorldCat
Salkowitz, Rob. Comic-con and the Business of Pop Culture
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Scott, Randall W. Comics Librarianship: A Handbook
  WorldCat
Screech, Matthew. Masters of the Ninth Art: Bandes Desinees and Franco-Belgian Identity
  out of print | WorldCat
Serchay, David S., and Pawuk, Michael. Graphic Novels: A Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More
  publisher site | WorldCat
Serchay, David S. The Librarian's Guide to Graphic Novels for Adults
  publisher site | WorldCat
Serchay, David S. The Librarian's Guide to Graphic Novels for Children and Tweens

  publisher site | WorldCat

Smolderen, Thierry. The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Sousanis, Nick. Unflattening
  publisher site | WorldCat
Spires, Kendal, Toth, Gabriela, and Hugger, Maria. Graphic Novels Core Collection
  publisher site | WorldCat
Thompson, Jason. Manga: The Complete Guide
  publisher site | WorldCat
Walker, Brian. The Comics: The Complete Collection
  publisher site | WorldCat
Walker, Mort. The Lexicon of Comicana
  publisher site | WorldCat
Weiner, Robert G, editor. Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives 
  review | publisher site | WorldCat
Weiner, Stephen. 101 Outstanding Graphic Novels (previous editions titled The 101 Best Graphic Novels)
  publisher site | WorldCat
Wolk, Douglas. Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean

  publisher site | WorldCat
Wood, Matthew. Comic Book Collections and Programming: A Practical Guide
  publisher site

Periodicals
The Comics Journal

  website | WorldCat
Chute, Hilary, and DeKoven, Marianne, guest editors. MFS Modern Fiction Studies vol. 53 no. 4, winter 2006 - special issue: graphic narrative
  website | WorldCat
Comic Art
  WorldCat

Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society
  website | WorldCat




Video and Film

Comic Book Confidential
  IMDb
She Makes Comics
  IMDb
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle

  IMDb
Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines
  IMDb


Podcasts
Comic Book Decalogue
  review | website
Graphic Novel TK
  website
Secret Stacks
  website
Slate Magazine's Working
  review | website
TCJ Talkies
  review | website
The Virtual Memories Show
  review | website


Online Resources
The Beat
  website
Comic Book Librarian blog

  website
The Comics Journal online
  website
Comics Research Bibliography
  website
ComicsResearch.org
  website
The Comics Studies Society
  website
The Consortium of Pop Culture Collections in the Midwest
  website
The Gay League
  website
Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society

  website
No Flying No Tights
  website

NoveList Plus database
  website
Queer Comics Database
  website
Wilson Core Collection: Graphic Novels database
  website