Graphic Novel & Comic Studies: Online Resources Outside the Library

Helpful guide when citing comics/graphic novels in research.

ComicsResearch.org primarily covers book-length works about comic books and comic strips, from "fannish" histories to academic monographs, providing detailed information and guidance on further research.

The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is a nonprofit, internet-based organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use my.comics.org to track and manage your comic collection.

CBR (also known as Comic Book Resources) was founded in 1995 and quickly became the go-to source for comics industry news, discussion, and community. Over two decades, the site has amassed a readership of 60 million-plus users, including 75 thousand members of the CBR community forums.

Known as TCJ, the periodical is known for reviewing comics, graphic novels, and comic strips.

In case you are not aware Comic Book Plus is the original and still the premier site to legally read and download Golden and Silver Age comic books. But there is now so much more with our addition of fanzines and our Non-English section.

Different listed online resources revolving around the research of graphic novels and comics!

THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES (CCS) OFFERS A TWO-YEAR COURSE OF STUDY THAT CENTERS ON THE CREATION AND DISSEMINATION OF COMICS, GRAPHIC NOVELS AND OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF THE VISUAL NARRATIVE.

The “graphic novel” is a format—narrative conveyed through sequential art—not a genre, and as such these works encompass a myriad of genres and artistic styles, as you can see in the images here. While these materials can be read for entertainment—as can much of the literature in the libraries’ collections—they can also be incorporated into research and curricula to illustrate a variety of themes. The examples that follow merely scratch the surface.