Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Selected classic (gold, silver, bronze ages) romance comics & graphic novels in the library collection. For more, try searching the Library Catalog for the following subjects:

• Romance comic books, strips, etc.
• Romance comics.

You can also view thousands of public domain romance comics from the 1940s and 1950s online at Comic Book Plus.

Selected modern (post-bronze age) romance comics & graphic novels in the library collection. For more, try searching the Library Catalog for the following subjects:

• Man-woman relationships -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction
• Romance comic books, strips, etc.
• Romance comics.

Selected works of history & criticism on romance comics.

For more, try the following subject searches in the Library Catalog:

• Romance comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan
• Romance comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.

Below you'll find selected scholarly articles about romance comics that are available online. To find more try searching in Library Article Search: "romance comics" with the 'Articles from scholarly journals only' option checked.