Holy Comics, Batman! Graphic Novels, Comics, and Cartooning

 

Cartooning, Caricature, and Political Cartoons


Bailey, John Swartwout. Great Cartoons of the World. Q 741.59 BAI

Basic Cartooning. (video) 741.5 BAS

Coope, Katy. How to Draw Manga. YA 741.5 COO

Danziger, Jeff. What, Me Incumbent? A Third Collection of Political Cartoons from the Christian Science Monitor. 741.597 DAN

Fischer, Roger A. Them Damned Pictures: Explorations in American Political Cartoon Art. 741.5 FIS

Gerberg, Mort. Cartooning: The Art and the Business. 741.5 GER

Glasbergen, Randy. ‘Toons: How to Draw Wild and Lively Characters for all Kinds of Cartoons. 741.5 GLA

Hart, Christopher. Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain: How to Come Up With Jokes for Cartoons and Comic Strips. J Q 741.5 HAR

Heath, Mark. Drawing Cartoons. Q 741.5 HEA

Hess, Stephen. The Ungentlemanly Art: A History of American Political Cartoons. 973.022 HES

Hoff, Syd. The Art of Cartooning. Q 741.597

Janson, Klaus. The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics. YA 741.5 JAN

McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. 741.5 MAC

Markow, Jack. Caroonist’s and Gag Writer’s Handbook. 741.5 MAR

Page, Frank. On the Page: A Collection of Cartoons Published in the Rome Daily Sentinel. 741.597 PAG

Seuss, Dr. Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel. 940.53 SEU

Sheridan, Martin. Classics Comics and Their Creators: Life Stories of American Cartoonists From the Golden Age. 741.509 SHE

Thomson, Ross. How to Draw and Sell Cartoons. 741.5 THO

Westin, Alan F. Getting Angry Six Times a Week: A Portfolio of Political Cartoons. 741.597 WES

 

GRAPHIC NOVELS

LaHaye, Tim. Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind. YA FIC LAH

Miller, Frank. Batman: Year One. FIC MIL

Miller, Frank. The Complete Frank Miller Spiderman. YA FIC MIL

Moore, Alan. V for Vendetta. YA FIC MOO

Ross, Alex. Marvels. YA FIC ROS

Spiegelman, Art.

Talbot, Bryan. The Tale of One Bad Rat. YA FIC TAL

Tolkien, J R R. The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic. YA FIC TOL

Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball. YA PBK

Walter, Virginia. Making Up Megaboy. YA FIC WAL

Winnick, Judd. Pedro and Me. YA 362.196 WIN

 

ABOUT GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COMICS

Amara, Philip. So You Wanna Be A Comic Book Artist? J 808.066 AMA

Beatty, Scott. Batman: The Utimate Guide to the Dark Knight. YA Q 741.5 BEA

Comic Book Rebels: Conversations with the Creators of the New Comics. 741.509 COM

Goulart, Ron. Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History. Q745.1 GOU

Goulart, Ron. The Comic Book Readers Companion: An A-To-Z Guide to Everyone’s Favorite Art Form. 741.5 GOU

Hart, Christopher. Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics. Q YA 741.5 HAR

McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. 741.5 MAC

O’Neil, Dennis. The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics. 808.066 ONE

Weiner, Stephen. 101 Best Graphic Novels. YA SEC. SHELV. 016.741 WEI Ask at Information Desk.

 

GRAPHIC NOVEL AND CARTOONING RESOURCES ON THE WEB

Comic Books, Comic Strips, and Graphic Novel resources from the Yale University Library.

Comic Book Database is a seearchable database of over 20,000 comic books & counting...

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.

Grovel: The source for Graphic Novels

Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon from the Library of Congress.

Indy Magazine - publisher of cool comics and graphic novels.

Marvel Comics

No Flying, No Tights is a useful website offering reveiws on Graphic Novels for teens.


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