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-- One hundred years of American newspaper comics1996., Gramercy Books Call No: 741.5 HOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Includes historical information on comic strips from Charlie Brown and Dick Tracy to Doonesbury and Garfield.
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2015., Touchstone Call No: GN B LEE Edition: First Touchstone hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Comic-book legend Stan Lee shares stories of his life, Marvel career, and the creation of some of the world's most beloved superheroes, including Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the Fantastic Four.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Graphix Call No: GN SMI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A handbook for Bone fans everywhere.
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c2000., Pre-adolescent, Lucent Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the lives and achievements of seven cartoonists who have made a major impact on society through their art and wit: Mort Walker, Chuck Jones, Charles Schulz, Garry Trudeau, Cathy Guisewite, Matt Groening, and Scott Adams.
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2000., Lucent Books Call No: 741.59 STE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History makersSummary Note: Discusses the lives and achievements of seven cartoonists who have made a major impact on society through their art and wit: Mort Walker, Chuck Jones, Charles Schulz, Garry Trudeau, Cathy Guisewite, Matt Groening, and Scott Adams.
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2012., Juvenile, Lucent Books Call No: 741.5 USC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Eye on artSummary Note: "These books provide a historical overview of the development of different types of art and artistic movements; explore the roots and influences of the genre; discuss the pioneers of the art and consider the changes the genre has undergone"-- Provided by publisher.
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c2007., Juvenile, Twenty-first Century Books Call No: 741.5 9730904 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: People's historySummary Note: Uses newspaper articles, historical overviews, and personal interviews to explain the history of American comic books and graphic novels.
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2016., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: WRITERS NF MAR Edition: 1st ed. 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Respected anthologist Leonard S. Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these pages to create their own word-and-picture narratives. Here are their ... stories: true tales from the crucible of creative struggles that led each to become a master of one of today's most vibrant art forms. The book also contains an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city" from each of the artists, a mini-comic set in a cityscape of their choosing--present-day, historical, or imaginary"--Amazon.com.
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c2007., Juvenile, Abdo Pub. Co. Call No: 741.5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cool collectionsSummary Note: This book gives a brief description of the history and then details about what to look for when starting a comic book collection.
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c2007., Juvenile, ABDO Pub. Co. Call No: 741.5 PRI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cool collectionsSummary Note: This book gives a brief description of the history and then details about what to look for when starting a comic book collection.
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2016., DK Publishing Call No: GN DC Edition: First American edition, all-new edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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-- Rise of the graphic novel[2012], NBM Publishing Inc. Call No: 741.5 WEI Edition: Second edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Provides the history of the graphic novel including the first comics, the themes of the 1950s and 1960s, the comic book stores of the 1970s, the publication of the first graphic novel in 1978, and the continuing growth of the genre. Describes important works such as the mysteries of Gaiman's "Sandman" and the superheroics of Miller's "Batman: The Dark Knight."
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c2008., Linworth Books Call No: 741.509 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents plot descriptions and ISBNs for graphic novels appropriate for six- to twelve-year-olds, including fiction, nonfiction, and manga.
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1999., Chronicle Books Call No: 741.59 ROB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the history of girl comics from the forgotten artists of the 1940s through the outrageous characters of the 1990s.
![Girls to grrrlz : a history of [women's] comics from teens to zines](/LibraryG/images/~imageCT183365.JPG "Girls to grrrlz : a history of [women's] comics from teens to zines")
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2003., Fantagraphics Books Call No: 741.5 Fei Edition: 1st Fantagraphics Books ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents cartoonist Jules Feiffer's 1965 essay on comic books of the 1940s and 1950s in which he examines their commentaries on American society, their appeal for boys like himself who read them, and the writings of those who opposed them.
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By Howe, Sean[2012]., Harper Call No: 741.5 HOWE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Interweaves history, anecdotes, and analysis with more than one hundred interviews with Marvel insiders to reveal how Marvel, which introduced brightly costumed caped crusaders in the 1960s, became one of the most dominant pop cultural forces in contemporary America.
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-- Ultimate guide to the Man of Steel2006., DK Call No: Graphic Novel 741.5 BEATTY Edition: Rev. ed., Updated ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A fully updated edition of DK's classic guide to sixty years of Superman comics that contains illustrations from the original comics, and full-color spreads that chronicle Superman's super powers, his weaknesses, his enemies, and his friends.
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1994, c1993., Juvenile, HarperPerennial Call No: 741.5 MCC Edition: 1st HarperPerennial Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Examines the art-form of comics, how they are defined, how we understand them, and more.
