Comic Books and Graphic Novels
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Finding science-themed comics in the catalog
To find comics on scientific topics, do an advanced search in the library catalog, using the scientific topic as one subject and the phrase "comic books" as a second subject.
E.g., for comics on chemistry, search for subject:chemistry AND subject:"comic books"
Comics with scientific themes
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Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani; Zander Cannon (Artist); Shad Petosky (Artist); Kevin Cannon (Artist)
Call Number: PN 6727 .O86 B66 2005bISBN: 0966010663Publication Date: 2005-10-11 -
The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry by Larry Gonick & Craig Criddle
Call Number: PN 6727 .G66 C37 2005ISBN: 9780060936778Publication Date: 2005-05-03 -
Charles Darwin's on the Origin of Species by Michael Keller; Nicolle Rager Fuller (Illustrator)
Call Number: QH 367 .K466 2009ISBN: 9781605299488Publication Date: 2009-10-27 -
Darwin : a graphic biography by Simon Gurr; Eugene Byrne
Call Number: PN 6737 .B98 D37 2013ISBN: 9781588343529Publication Date: 2013-02-05 -
Einstein by Corinne Maier; Anne Simon
Call Number: PN 6747 .M234 E3613 2016ISBN: 9781910620014Publication Date: 2016-06-14 -
Evolution by Jay Hosler; Kevin Cannon (Illustrator); Zander Cannon (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN 6727 .H684 E86 2011ISBN: 9780809094769Publication Date: 2011-01-04 -
Fågel Bix
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Lisa Rydberg
Call Number: PN 6790 .S83 R98 F34 2012ISBN: 9789118650918Publication Date: 2012 -
Feynman by Jim Ottaviani; Leland Myrick (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN 6727 .O86 F49 2011ISBN: 9781596432598Publication Date: 2011-08-30 -
Leonhard Euler by Andreas K. Heyne; Alice K. Heyne; Elena S. Pini (Illustrator)
Call Number: QA 29 .E8 H49 2007ISBN: 9783764383329Publication Date: 2007-01-22 -
The Manga Guide to Biochemistry by Masaharu Takemura; Kikuyaro
Call Number: (online)ISBN: 9781593272760Publication Date: 2011-11-11 -
The Manga Guide to Calculus by Hiroyuki Kojima; Shin Togami
Call Number: (online)ISBN: 9781593271947Publication Date: 2009-08-26 -
The Manga Guide to Electricity by Kazuhiro Fujitaki
Call Number: (online)ISBN: 9781593271978Publication Date: 2009-03-18 -
The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology by Masaharu Takemura; Sakura
Call Number: (online)ISBN: 9781593272029Publication Date: 2009-09-04 -
The Manga Guide to Physics by Hideo Nitta; Keita Takatsu
Call Number: (online)ISBN: 9781593271961Publication Date: 2009-05-20 -
The Manga Guide to Relativity by Masafumi Yamamoto; Keita Takatsu; Masafumi Yamamoto; Hideo Nitta
Call Number: (online)ISBN: 9781593272722Publication Date: 2011-04-22 -
The Manga Guide to the Universe by Kenji Ishikawa; Yutaka Hiiragi; Kiyoshi Kawabata
Call Number: (online)ISBN: 9781593272678Publication Date: 2011-08-12 -
Primates by Jim Ottaviani; Maris Wicks (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN 6727 .O86 P75 2013ISBN: 9781596438651Publication Date: 2013-06-11 -
Science : a discovery in comics by Margreet de Heer
Call Number: PN 6790 .N43 H44 W4813 2013ISBN: 9781561637508Publication Date: 2013-09-01 -
Seen: Rachel Carson by Birdie Willis; Rii Abrego
Call Number: PN 6727 .W5512 S44 2021ISBN: 9781684156481Publication Date: 2021-03-09 -
The Stuff of Life by Mark Schultz; Zander Cannon (Illustrator); Kevin Cannon (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN 6727 .S29 S78 2009ISBN: 9780809094943Publication Date: 2008-12-23 -
Suspended in language: Niels Bohr's life, discoveries, and the century he shaped by Jim Ottaviani
Call Number: QC 16 .B63 O78 2009ISBN: 0978803728Publication Date: 2009 -
T-Minus : the race to the moon by Jim Ottaviani; Kevin Cannon (Illustrator); Zander Cannon (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN 6727 .O86 T62 2009ISBN: 9781416986829Publication Date: 2009-05-19 -
Trinity by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
Call Number: PN 6727 .F477 T75 2012ISBN: 9780809094684Publication Date: 2012-06-05 -
Wire Mothers : Harry Harlow and the science of love
by
Jim Ottaviani; Dylan Meconis (Artist)
Call Number: PN 6727 .O86 W57 2007ISBN: 097880371XPublication Date: 2007-07-31
Last Updated: Nov 25, 2025 2:36 PM
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