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Comic Books & Graphic Novels in the AAE Library
Comic books and graphic novels are a popular as well as an important part of the University of Michigan Library's Collection. Some professors have incorporated comics and graphic novels into the curriculum. They serve the university on many levels including literary, cultural, artistic and political. The Art, Architecture and Engineering Library houses a growing number of comic books and graphic novels. Most of this collection is available on the second floor of the Duderstadt Center in the PN 6700 call number range. The collection's strengths include independent comics, mini-comics, international comics and other unusual materials.
To search for comics and graphic novels in the library's collection, use the library's Catalog Search and search on the phrase "Comic books" in the subject. You can then further limit your search by language, date of publication, etc. using the options in the left sidebar.
Selected Reference Books
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500 Essential Graphic Novels by Gene Kannenberg
Call Number: PN 6710 .K36 2008ISBN: 9780061474514Publication Date: 2008-08-05 -
Black Images in the Comics by Fredrik Stromberg
Call Number: PN 6710 .S77 2003ISBN: 1560975466Publication Date: 2003-08-01 -
Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels by Roger Sabin
Call Number: PN 6725 .S22 1996ISBN: 0714830089Publication Date: 1996-10-17 -
Holy Sh*t! by Paul Gravett; Peter Stanbury
Call Number: PN 6710 .G736 2009ISBN: 9780312533953Publication Date: 2008-10-28 -
Comic Arf by Craig Yoe (Editor); Milt Gross (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN 6720 .C655 2008ISBN: 9781560979128Publication Date: 2008-05-27 -
Comic Art Now by Dez Skinn
Call Number: PN 6710 .S54 2008ISBN: 9780061447396Publication Date: 2008-05-27 -
Comic Books and America, Nineteen Forty-Five to Nineteen Fifty-Four
by
William W. Savage
Call Number: PN 6725 .S338 1990ISBN: 0806123052Publication Date: 1990-11-01 -
Comix : the underground revolution by Dez Skinn
Call Number: PN 6714 .S59 2004ISBN: 9781560255727Publication Date: 2004-05-20 -
A Complete History of American Comic Books by Shirrel Rhoades; Steve Geppi (Afterword by)
Call Number: PN 6724 .R49 2008ISBN: 9781433101076Publication Date: 2008-01-07 -
A Concise Dictionary of Comics by Nancy Pedri; Chuck Howitt
Call Number: PN 6707 .P43 2022ISBN: 9781496838056Publication Date: 2022 -
Encyclopedia of Black Comics by Sheena C. Howard
Call Number: PN 6707 .H69 2017ISBN: 1682751015Publication Date: 2017-09-15Also available online. -
Erotic comics : a graphic history by Tim Pilcher
Call Number: PN 6714 .P552 2008ISBN: 9781905814220Publication Date: 2008 -
From Girls to Grrrlz by Trina Robbins
Call Number: PN 6725 .R581 1999ISBN: 0811821994Publication Date: 1999-04-01 -
From Krakow to Krypton by Arie Kaplan
Call Number: PN 6725 .K37 2008ISBN: 9780827608436Publication Date: 2008-09-08 -
History and Politics in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels by Mark McKinney (Editor)
Call Number: PN 6790 .E9 H57 2008ISBN: 9781604730043Publication Date: 2008-07-31 -
A History of Web Comics by T. Campbell
Call Number: PN 6710 .C34 2006ISBN: 0976804395Publication Date: 2006-06-06 -
Jews and American Comics by Paul Buhle (Editor)
Call Number: PN 6725 .J49 2008ISBN: 9781595583314Publication Date: 2008-08-01 -
Love on the racks : a history of American romance comics by Michelle Nolan
Call Number: PN 6725 .N65 2008ISBN: 9780786435197Publication Date: 2008-03-10 -
Making Comics
by
Scott McCloud
Call Number: PN 6710 .M334 2006ISBN: 0060780940Publication Date: 2006-09-05 -
Manga : sixty years of Japanese comics
by
Paul Gravett
Call Number: PN 6790 .J3 G73 2004ISBN: 1856693910Publication Date: 2004-08-03 -
Masters of American Comics
by
John Carlin (Editor)
Call Number: PN 6710 .M37 2005ISBN: 030011317XPublication Date: 2005 -
One Thousand Years of Manga by Brigitte Koyama-Richard
Call Number: PN 6790 .J3 K6953 2007ISBN: 9782080300294Publication Date: 2008-02-19 -
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Rebel Visions by Patrick Rosenkranz
Call Number: PN 6710 .R67 2008ISBN: 9781560977063Publication Date: 2008-05-20