Graphic novels: history & criticism books

Best known for her long-running comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, illustrated fiction, and graphic novels, the art...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging survey of how comics have portrayed southern ways of life  Read More >>

Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists...  Read More >>

A history of the modern sequential comic form from the late nineteenth century through today, focusing on the unique...  Read More >>

A history of the modern sequential comic form from the late nineteenth century through today, focusing on the unique...  Read More >>

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Jack Kirby (1917-1994) is one of the most influential and popular artists in comics history. With Stan Lee, he created...  Read More >>

Deals with two pop-culture visionaries who created the ""Fantastic Four"". Calling on his years of research, and...  Read More >>

Conventional wisdom holds that comic books of the post-World War II era are poorly drawn and poorly written publications,...  Read More >>

From 1985 to 1995, the syndicated comic strip Calvin and Hobbes followed the antics of a precocious six-year-old...  Read More >>

Ron Garney knows how to tell a story on the comics page. He can draw cinematic blockbuster action with the best...  Read More >>

It was none other than Langston Hughes who called Oliver Wendell Harrington America's greatest black cartoonist.<p>Yet...  Read More >>

A group of intertwining stories that culminates in the historic 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the...  Read More >>

Since Superman first appeared on the cover of Action Comics #1 in 1938, the superhero has changed with the times...  Read More >>

Looks at the prolific Golden Age publisher which spawned a treasure trove of beautiful art and classic characters,...  Read More >>

One of the most eclectic and distinctive writers currently working in comics, Grant Morrison brings the auteurist...  Read More >>

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A troubled childhood in Iran. Living with a disability. Grieving for a dead child. Over the last forty years the...  Read More >>

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Nationalist superheroes such as Captain America, Captain Canuck, and Union Jack often signify the nation-state for...  Read More >>

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Since its debut manga RG Veda, CLAMP has steadily asserted itself as one of the most widely renowned teams of manga...  Read More >>

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