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Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Provides useful information about comic books and graphic novels as topics of academic research at the University of Michigan.

Classic Romance Comics

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:

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

Modern Romance Comics

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

Books - History & Criticism

Selected works of history & criticism on romance comics.

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

Romance Comics - Scholarly Articles

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.