On-Line Bibliographies, Databases, Digital Comics, Etc.
Listed below are some useful on-line bibliographies of comics and comics scholarship.
- Anonima Fumetti’s Site
- A collection of resources in English, French, and Italian.
- Censorship of Comics Bibliography
- Maintained by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, listing “books, articles, case law, and more.”
- The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements
- Maintained by John P. Selegue and F. James Holler of the Chemistry Department, University of Kentucky. Collection of information about comics and chemistry.
- Comics Art Conference
- Annual Scholarly Conference held in conjunction with San Diego Comic-Con
- Comics Research Bibliography.
- Maintained by John Bullough and Mike Rhode. A large and useful collection of references from both academic journals and popular magazines, now searchable.
- The Comics in Canada: An Illustrated History
- A CBC archive providing clips that chart the history of Canadian comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels.
- ComicsResearch.org
- Features Gene Kannenberg’s Comics Scholarship Annotated Bibliographies
- Comics Art/Scholarship Citation Guide
- Features the official citation guide adopted by the Comics Art Area of PCA.
- The Comic Strip Project
- History, Biographies, Articles, Sample Strips. General articles by Paul Leiffer and Hames Ware that include interviews, chronological listings, and references for the study of comic strips.
- Coconino Classics
- Online versions of classic 18th, 19th, and 20th century comics.
- Don Markstein’s Toonopedia
- A hypertext encyclopedia that aims to “cover the entire spectrum of American cartoonery” from cartoons to comics. Contains of profiles of texts, artists, and companies that produce toons.
- Grand Comic Book Database Project
- Ambitious project to compile an annotated list of every comic book ever published.
- Jewish Comics: A Select Bibliography
- Maintained by Steven M. Bergson. Annoteated list of primarily American comics featuring Jewish characters or themes.
- Journal of Popular Culture index
- An index to articles on comics appearing in the Journal of Popular Culture
- Michigan State University’s Comics Holdings
- Maintained by Randall Scott. A large collection, well-indexed. Includes the valuable guide to Comics Research Libraries.
- MSU Online Comics
- Online samples from the MSU collection, including works by T�ppfer, Busch, and Caran d’Ache.
- Mike Rhode’s Comics-Related Indexes
- Featuring: Cartoonists & Comics in Editor & Publisher: a mid-1990s Bibliography; A Look at Comics Artists in The New Yorker; National Public Radio (NPR) on Comics & Cartoons; and Stories Without Words: A Bibliography with Annotations.
- Film & TV Adaptations of Comics by Manfred Vogel & Mike Rhode: Draft available via e-mail: mrhode@hotmail.com.
- Peanuts Book List
- Nat Gertler’s exhaustive listings which track the many publishing incarnations of Charles Schulz’ Peanuts strip.
- Sequential: Comix News and Culture in Montreal and Canada
- A blog dedicated to spotlighting Canadian comic art, business and culture, authored by Bryan Munn, Pierre-Andr� D�ry, and Dave Howard.
- The Ultimate Disney Books Network
- Didier Ghez’ information on books published by and about the Disney empire.
- Vieux Bois
- A page about Rodolphe T�pffer, including an online copy of Vieux Bois, from Leonardo De S�