Resource Guides: Graphic Novels and Comics: Reference Works in Graphic Lit

Reference works in comics and graphic literature available in the stacks through URSUS

500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide by Gene Kannenberg
Call Number: PN 6710.K35 2008
ISBN: 9780061474514
Publication Date: 2008-08-05
Index of seminal long-form graphic texts
The World Encyclopedia of Comics by Maurice Horn (Editor)
Call Number: PN 6710.W6 1977
ISBN: 0380017350
Publication Date: 1982-06-01
Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know by Paul Gravett
Call Number: PN 6710.G738 2005x
ISBN: 9780060824259
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
A tour of one hundred definitive graphic novels documents their growing role in the literary world, showcasing extracts from a range of publications to explore such topics as the history and key contributors of the graphic novel form, the impact of Japanese manga and European albums, and the achievements of recent innovators
Power of Comics: History, Form, and Culture by Randy Duncan; Matthew J. Smith; Paul Levitz (Introduction by)
Call Number: PN 6710.D86 2009
ISBN: 9780826429360
Publication Date: 2009-07-01
Introductory textbook for comic art studies courses