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The following is a list I'm making for no good reason of books about comics, with an emphasis on criticism and history.

The list is in alphabetical order by title, and I would welcome any and all additional information about existing entries, any changes that need to be made, and any books that should be added.


50 Klassiker Comics Von Lyonel Feninger bis Art Spiegelman
Andreas Knigge
Gerstenberg Verlag (2004)
ISBN: 380672556X

93 Ans de BD
Jacques Sadoul
Editions Jai Lu (1989)

100 Ans de BD
Béatrice Le Rider, Martin de Halleux, Pascal Pillegand
Editions Atlas (1996)

100 Years of American Newspaper Comics: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
Maurice Horn
Gramercy Book (March 1996)
ISBN: 0517124475

The 101 Best Graphic Novels
Stephen Weiner
NBM (June 2001)
Revised Edition NBM (2005)
ISBN: 156163283X (hc)
ISBN: 1561632848 (pb)
ISBN: 1561634433 (hc 2005)
ISBN: 1561634441 (pb 2005)

Accidental Ambassador Gordo: The Comic Strip Art of Gus Arriola
R. C. Harvey, Gus Arriola
University Press of Mississippi (September 2000)
ISBN: 157806161X

Adult Comics, an Introduction
Roger Sabin
Routledge (1993)
ISBN: 0415044189
ISBN: 0415044197 (pb)

Adult Manga: Culture & Power In Contemporary Japanese Society
Sharon Kinsella
Curzon Press (2000)

The Adventurous Decade
Ron Goulart
Arlington House (1975)
ISBN: 087000252X

The Aesthetics of Comics
David Carrier
Pennsylvania State University Press (March 2000)
ISBN: 027101962X (hc)
ISBN: 0271021888 (pb)

Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wally Wood
Bhob Stewart, Bill Pearson, Roger Hill
Twomorrows (July 2003)
ISBN: 1893905284 (hc)
ISBN: 1893905233 (sc)

Alan Moore Spells It Out
Bill Baker
Airwave Publishing (2005)
ISBN-10: 0972480579

Alan Moore's Writing for Comics Volume One
Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows
Avatar Press (June 2003)
ISBN: 1592910122

Al Capp Remembered
Elliott Caplin
Bowling Green University Popular Press (April 1994)
ISBN: 0879726296 (hc)
ISBN: 087972630X (sc)

Alex Raymond: The Power and the Grace
Alberto Becattini, Antonio Vianovi
Glamour International Productions (2002)

Alex Toth
Alex Toth, Manual Auad
Kitchen Sink (September 1995)
ISBN: 0878163719

All in Color for a Dime
Don Thompson, Dick Lupoff
Arlington House (1970)
Ace Books (1970)
Krause Publications (February 1997)
ISBN: 0873414985

All Our Yesterdays
Advent: Publishers, Inc. (1969)
Harry Warner Jr.

Alter Ego: The Comic Book Artist Collection
Roy Thomas
Twomorrows (March 2001)
ISBN: 1893905063

Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature
Charles Hatfield
University Press of Mississippi (July 2005)
ISBN: 1578067197

Al Williamson: His Work
Jim Vadeboncouer
Promethean Enterprise (1971)

The Amazing World of Carmine Infantino
Carmine Infantino, J. David Spurlock
Watson-Guptill (April 2001)
ISBN: 1887591125

American Comic Strip Collections 1884-1939
Denis Gifford
GK Hall (1990)
ISBN: 0816172706

America's Great Comic-Strip Artists
Richard Marschall
Abbeville Press (1989)
ISBN: 0896599175

America's Great Comic-Strip Artists: From the Yellow Kid to Peanuts
Richard Marschall
Abbeville Press (1997)
ISBN: 1556706464 (hc)

Anarchy For The Masses: The Disinformation Guide to The Invisibles
Patrick Neighly and Kareth Cowe-Spigai
The Disinformation Company (April 2003)
ISBN: 0971394229

Animation, Caricature, and Gag and Political Cartoons in the United States and Canada
Dr. John A. Lent
Greenwood Press, Inc. (1994)
ISBN: 0313286817 (hc)

Apocalípticos e Integrados (Apocalittici e integrati)
Umberto Eco

Apuntes para una Historia de los Tebeos
Antonio Martín
Glénat (2000)

Arab Comic Strips: Politics of an Emerging Mass Culture
Allen Douglas & Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Indiana University Press (1994)
ISBN: 0253318149

Archie: His First 50 Years
Charles Phillips
Abbeville Press (1991)
ISBN: 1558592067

Architectuur in de negende kunst/Architecture dane le nuvieme art
Lefèvre, Pascal
NBM-Amstelland Bouw BV (1996)
ISBN: 9072745086

Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium
Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester, editors
University Press of Mississippi (2004)
ISBN: 1578066867

Art, Commercial
Robert Klanten
Die Gestalten Verlag (2003)
ISBN: 3931126862

Artists on Comic Art
Mark Salisbury
Titan Books (December 2002)
ISBN: 1840231866

The Art of Al Williamson
James Van Hise
Blue Dolphin (1983)
ISBN: 0943128048

Art of Comic-Book Inking
Gary Martin
Dark Horse (December 1997)
ISBN: 1569712581

The Art of Nick Cardy
John Coates
Vanguard (October 2001)
ISBN: 1887591222

The Art of Richard W. Sprang
Bob Koppany
Striking Impressions (1998)
ISBN: 0963942247

The Art of Satire: Painters as Caricaturists and Cartoonists from Delacroix to Picasso
Ralph E. Shikes and Steven Heller
Pratt Graphics Center (1984)
ISBN: 0-8180-0141-0 (hc)
ISBN: 0-8180-0142-9 (sc).

The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History
Robert C. Harvey
University Press of Mississippi (January 1996)
ISBN: 0878057579 (hc)
ISBN: 0878057587 (pb)

The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History
Robert C. Harvey
University Press of Mississippi (1994)
ISBN: 0878056742 (pb)
ISBN: 0878056122

The Art of Jack Kirby
Ray Wyman, Jr.
Blue Rose Press, 1992

The Art of Will Eisner
Cat Yronwode
Kitchen Sink (June 1982)
ISBN: 0878160760

Art Out of Time
Dan Nadel
Abrams (2006)
ISBN: 0810958384

Artsy Fartsy Funnies
Patrick Rosenkranz & Hugo Van Baren

Astérix, Barbarella & Cie: histoire de la bande dessinée d'expression française a travers les collections du Musée de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême
Thierry Groensteen
Centre national de la bande dessinée et de l'image (2000)

Auschwitz im Comic - Die Abbildung unvorstellbarer Zeitgeschichte
Oliver Naepel
LIT (1998)
ISBN: 3825837033

Australian Comics 1924–1966: An Index and Price Guide
Roger & Edda Morrison
Forster NSW (1997)

Avanies et Mascarade
Bruno Lecigne
Futuropolis (1981)

La aventura del comic
Alfonso Lindo
Doncel (1975)
ISBN: 8432505196

L'Aventure des Images: de la bande dessinée au multimedia
François Schuiten et Benoît Peeters
Editions Autrement (1996)

Les Aventures de la B.D
Claude Moliterni, Philippe Mellot, Michel Denni
Gallimard (1996)

Baby Boomer Comics
Craig Shutt
Krause Publications (July 2003)
ISBN: 087349668X

Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico
Anne Rubenstein
Duke UP (1998)
ISBN: 0-8223-2108-4 (hc)
ISBN: 0-8223-2141-6 (sc)

Bande Dessinée Récit et Modernité
Various Artists
.
Barn, Serier, Samhälle
Nils Bejerot
Kulturfront (1981)

Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight
Scott Beatty
DK Publishing, Inc. (September 2001)
ISBN: 078947865X

Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon
Will Brooker
Continuum Pub Group (November 2000)
ISBN: 0826449492 (hc)
ISBN: 0826413439 (pb)

Backstage at the Strips
Mort Walker
A & W Visual Library (1975)
Mason/Charter (1975)
ISBN: 088405117X

Banda Desenhada Portuguesa: 1914-1945
Joao Paiva Boleo, Carlos Bandeiras Pinheiro
Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian (1997)
ISBN: 9726350999

Banda Desenhada Portuguesa: Anos 40-Anos 80
Joao Paiva Boleo, Carlos Bandeiras Pinheiro
Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian (2000)
ISBN: 9726351235

La Bande Dessinée
Michel Pierre
Larousse (1976)

La bande dessinee depuis 1975
Thierry Groensteen
MA Editions (1985)
ISBN: 2866761863

La Bande Dessinée
Thierry Groensteen
Milan (1996)

La bande dessinée en France
Thierry Groensteen
Ministère des Affaires étrangères - adpf - CNBDI (1998)
ISBN: 291112751X

Bandes dessinees et culture
Evelyne Sullerot
Opera Mundi (1966)

Bande Dessinée: Récit et Modernité
Thierry Groensteen,
Centre national de la bande dessinée et de l'image (1988)

La Bande Dessinée en 10 Leçons: de Zig et Puce à Tintin et Astérix
Henri Filippini, Michel Bourgeois
Hachette (1976)

Bande Dessinée et Figuration Narrative: histoire, esthétique, production et sociologie de la bande dessinée mondiale, procédés narratifs et structure de l'image dans la peinture contemporaine
Pierre Couperie, Proto Destefanis, Edouard François, Maurice Horn
S.E.R.G. (1967)

Batman and Me
Bob Kane, Tom Andrae
Eclipse Books (December 1989)
ISBN: 1560600160 (hc)
ISBN: 1560600179 (sc)

Batman Collected
Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear
Watson-Cuptill Publications (1996)
ISBN: 0823004651

Batman: The Complete History: The Life and Times of the Dark Knight
Les Daniels
Chronicle Books (December 1999)
ISBN: 0811824705 (hc)
ISBN: 0811842320 (sc)

Below Critical Radar: Fanzines and Alternative Comics From 1976 to Now
Roger Sabin, Teal Triggs
Codex Books (March 2002)
ISBN: 1899866477

The Best of The Harveyville Fun Times!
Arnold Mark
Lulu.com (October 2006)
ISBN: 1847283683

Big Book of Cartooning
Bruce Blitz
Running Press Book Publishers (January 2001)
ISBN: 0762409398

Big Five Information Guide
Chris Pedrin
Alton-Kelly Corp (1994)

Bild & Bubblas Andra Seriebok: en bok am 80- och 90-talets framsta nordamerikanska och brittiska serieskapare
Daniel Atterbom
Kulturrad (1992)

B. Krigstein
Greg Sadowski
Fantagraphics (2002)
ISBN: 1560974664

Black Images in Comics: A Visual History
Frederik Stromberg, Charles Johnson
Fantagraphics (August 2003)
ISBN: 1560975466

Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans
Jeffrey A. Brown
University Press of Mississippi (January 2001)
ISBN: 1578062810 (hc)
ISBN: 1578062829 (pb)

The Business of Comics: Everything a Comic Book Artist Needs to Make It in the Business
Lurene Haines
Watson-Guptill (April 1998)
ISBN: 082300547X

But I Digress
Peter David
Krause Publications (1994)
ISBN: 0873412869

El canon de los comics
Ignacio Vidal-Folch, Ramon de Espana
Glenat (1996)
ISBN: 8488574827

Canuck Comics: A Guide to Comic Books Published in Canada
John Bell
Matrix (1986)
ISBN: 0921101007

Caricature and Other Comic Art
James Parton
Harper & Brothers (1878)

Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book
Michael Barrier
M. Lilien (1981)
ISBN 0960765204 (hc)
ISBN 0960765212 (pb)

Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book
Thomas Andrae
University Press of Mississippi (July 2006)
ISBN 1578068576 (hc)
ISBN 1578068584 (pb)

Carl Barks: Conversations
Edited by Donald Ault
University Press of Mississippi (2003)
ISBN: 1578065011

Cartoon Cavalcade
Edited by Thomas Craven
Simon and Schuster (1943)
Consolidated Book Publishers (1945)
LCC#: 43017819

Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters
Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill (March 2005)
ISBN: 0823005879

Cartooning For the Beginner
Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill (June 2000)
ISBN: 0823005860

Cartooning the Head and Figure
Jack Hamm
Perigee Trade (November 1986)
ISBN: 0399508031

Cartoonists' and Illustrators' Trade Secrets
Robin Hall
A&C; Black (November 2002)
ISBN: 0713654880

The Cartoonist's Bible
Terry, M.D. Simpson
Foulsham (May 1998)
ISBN: 0572023901

Cartoonists of Australia
Richard Rae
View Productions (1983)
ISBN: 0908240384

The Cartoonist's Workbook
Robin Hall
A & C Black (February 2000)
ISBN: 0713652985

Case, planche, récit
Benoit Peeters.
Casterman (1991)
ISBN 2203326042

Catwoman: The Life and Times of a Feline Fatale
Suzan Colon
Chronicle Books (June 2003)
ISBN: 0811835901

Censure et bande dessinée Américaine
Marc Jette
Roussan Éditeur (1997)
ISBN: 2921212269 (sc)

La Chambre a Bulles
Pierre Fresnault Deruelle
Union Generale d'Editions (1977)

Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life
Linda H. Davis
Random House (October 2006)
ISBN: 0679463259

A Century of Women Cartoonists
Trina Robbins
Kitchen Sink Press (June 1993)
ISBN: 0878162011 (hc)
ISBN: 0878162003 (pb)

Les chantiers d'une aventure: Autour des Passagers du Vent de Francois Bourgeon
Michel Thiebaut
Casterman (1994)
ISBN 2203380233

Charles M. Schulz: Conversations
Edited by M. Thomas Inge
University Press of Mississippi (2000)
ISBN: 1578063051

Les Chefs D'Oeuvre de la Bande Dessinée
Jacques Sternberg, Michel Caen, Jacques Lob
Planète (1967)

Children of the Yellow Kid: The Evolution of the American Comic Strip
R.C. Harvey, Brian Walker, Richard V. West
University of Washington Press (March 1999)
ISBN: 0295977787

Chris Ware
Daniel Raeburn
Monographics (2004)
ISBN: 185669397X

Chroma: The Art of Alex Schomburg
Jon Gutafson
Father Tree Press (1986)
ISBN: 0936861002

Chronologie de la Bande Dessinée
Claude Moliterni et Philippe Mellot
Flammarion (1996)

Ciutat & Comic, Ciudad & Comic
ISBN: 84-7794-539-X.

Classics illustrated: a Cultural History, with Illustrations
William B. Jones, Jr
McFarland & Company (2002)

Comics & Their Creators: Life Stories of American Cartoonists
Martin Sheridan
Hale Cusman and Flint (1942)
Luna (1971)

The Classic Era of American Comics
Nicky Wright
McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books (September 2000)
ISBN: 0809299666

Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History
William B. Jones, Jr.
McFarland & Company (2002)
ISBN: 0786410779

Colleen Doran
Aaron Rosenberg
Rosen Publishing Group (2005)
ISBN: 1404202838

The Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volume One
John Morrow
Twomorrows (February 2004)
ISBN: 1893905004

The Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volume Two
John Morrow

The Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volume Three
John Morrow
Twomorrows (July 1999)
ISBN: 1893905020

The Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volume Four
John Morrow
Twomorrows (June 2004)
ISBN: 1893905322

Collectibly Mad: The Mad and EC Collectibles Guide
Grant Geissman
Kitchen Sink Press (1995)
ISBN: 087816202X

Collecting Original Comic Strip Art
Jeffrey Ellinport
Antique Trader Books (1999)
ISBN: 1582210101

Collector's Guide: The First Heroic Age
Jerry Bails
Panelologist Publications (1969, 1976)

The Collector's Guide to Big Little Book and Similar Books
Lawrence Lowery
Educational Research (1981)

Come In Alone
Warren Ellis
AiT/Planet Lar (2001)
ISBN: 0970936001

Comic Art in Africa, Asia, Australia and Latin America
Dr. John A. Lent
Greenwood (1996)
ISBN: 0313293430 (hc)

Comic Art in America: a social history of the funnies, the political cartoons, magazine humor, sporting cartoons, and animated cartoons
Stephen D. Becker
Simon and Schuster (1959)
LCC#: 59013140

Comic Art of Europe
Dr. John A. Lent
Greenwood (2003)
ISBN: 027598219X (hc)

The Comic Art Price Guide
Jerry Weist

The Comic Book
Paul Sassienie
Chartwell Books (1994)
ISBN: 1555219993

Comicbook Action Heroes
Alan and Laurel Clark

Comic Book Artist Collection Volume One
Jon B. Cooke
Twomorrows (June 2000)
ISBN: 1893905039

Comic Book Artist Collection Volume Two
Jon B. Cooke
Twomorrows (June 2002)
ISBN: 1893905136

Comic Book Artists
Alex G. Malloy
Wallace-Homestead Book Company (1993)

The Comic-Book Book
Edited by Don Thompson and Richard A. Lupoff
Krause Publications (September 1998)
ISBN: 0870001930 (hc)
ISBN: 0873416562 (pb)

Comic Book Collecting for Fun and Profit
Mike Benton
Random House Value (1998)
ISBN: 0517557029

Comic Book Confidential (CD-ROM)
Ron Mann
The Voyager Company (1994)

Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History
Ron Goulart
Collectors Press (June 2000)
ISBN: 1888054387

Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers
Matthew J. Pustz
University Press of Mississippi (December 1999)
ISBN: 1578062004

Comic Book Heroes (Video)

The Comic Book Heroes: From the Silver Age to the Present
Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones
Crown Publishers (1985)
ISBN: 051755402 (pb)

The Comic Book Heroes (Revised Edition)
Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones
Prima Publishing (1997)
ISBN: 0761503935

Comic Book Heroes: 1001 Trivia Questions
Robert W. Bly
Citadel Press (1996)
ISBN: 0806515716

Comic Book Heroes of the Screen
William Schoel

The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History
Mike Benton
Taylor (1989)
Taylor Pub (1993)
ISBN: 0878336591

Comic Book Index Volume One
Lauck/Barrett

The Comic Book Makers
Joe Simon with Jim Simon
Crestwood/II Publications (1990)
ISBN: 0962685801

Comic Book Movies
David Hughes
Virgin Books (2003)
ISBN: 0-7535-0767-6 (sc)

Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America
Bradford W. Wright
Johns Hopkins University Press (2001)
ISBN: 080186514X

Comic Book Pajama Party (DVD)
Martin King
Tapeworm (2005)

The Comic Book Reader's Companion
Ron Goulart
HarperReference (April 1993)
ISBN: 0062715364

Comic Book Rebels
Stan Wiater, Steve Bissette
Donald I Fine (June 1993)
ISBN: 1556113544

Comic Books and America (1945-1954)
William W. Savage, Jr.
University of Oklahoma Press (1990)
ISBN: 0806123052

Comic Books and Comic Strips in the United States
Dr. John A. Lent
Greenwood (1987)
ISBN: 0313338833 (hc)

Comic Books and Other Necessities of Life
Mark Evanier
TwoMorrows (July 2002)
ISBN: 1893905152

Comic Books as History: The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman and Harvey Pekar
Joseph Witek
University Press of Mississippi (1989)
ISBN: 0878054057
ISBN: 0878054065 (pb)

Comic Books: Examining Pop Culture
David M. Hausen
Greenhaven Press (2005)

Comic Book: The Movie (Video)

El Comic Es Algo Serio
Carlos Monsivais, others
EUFESA

Comic Fandom Reader
Bill Schelly
Hamster Press (2002)
ISBN: 0964566966

El comic hispanico
Ana Merino
Catedra (2003)
ISBN: 8437620570

Comic, Kontext, Kommunication: die Kontextabhangigkeit der visuellen Elemente im Comic Strip, exemplarisch untersucht an der Gag-Strip-Serie Peanuts
Kai Riedemann
P. Lang (1988)

The Comic Strip Century
Bill Blackbeard and Dale Crain
Kitchen Sink Press (1995)
ISBN: 0878163557 (hc)

Comic Strips and Consumer Culture: 1890-1945
Ian Gordon
Smithsonian Books (July 2002)
ISBN: 1588340317

The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art
Jerry Robinson
Putnam (1974)
ISBN: 0399109374

The Comics
Coulton Waugh
University Press of Mississippi (April 1991 -- NE)
ISBN: 0878054987 (hc)
ISBN: 0878054995 (sc)

Comics: Anatomy of a Mass Medium
Reinhold Reitberger, Wolfgang Fuchs
Studio Vista (1972)
ISBN: 0289703190
ISBN: 0289702666 (pb)

The Comics Before 1945
Brian Walker
Harry N. Abrams (October 2004)
ISBN: 0810949709

Comics & Culture: Analytical and Theoretical Approaches to Comics
Edited by Anne Magnussen, Hans-Christian Christiansen
Museum Tusculanum Press (2000)
ISBN: 8772895802

Comics & Ideology
Edited by Matthew P. McAllister, Edward H. Sewell Jr., and Ian Gordon
Peter Lang Publishing (May 2001)
ISBN: 0820452491

Comics and Sequential Art
Will Eisner
Poorhouse Press (April 1994)
ISBN: 0961472804 (hc)
ISBN: 0961472812 (pb)

Comics as Culture
M. Thomas Inge
University Press of Mississippi (1990)
ISBN: 0878054073
ISBN: 0878054081 (pb)

Comics: Between the Panels
Steve Duin, Mike Richardson
Dark Horse Comics (September1998)
ISBN: 1569713448

Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art
Roger Sabin
Phaidon Press Inc. (April 2001)
ISBN: 0714830089 (hc)
ISBN: 0714839930 (pb)

Comics: An Illustrated History
Alan Clark and Laurel Clark
Green Wood Publishing (1992)
ISBN: 0681416440
Comics Culture
Various Artists

Comics Buyers Guide Marvel Comics Checklist and Price Guide
Don & Maggie Thompson
Krause Publications (1993)

Comics Creators on Fantastic Four
Tom DeFalco
Titan Books (2005)
ISBN: 1840230530
ISBN-13: 9781840230533

Comics Creators on Spider-Man
Tom DeFalco
Titan Books (2004)
ISBN: 1840234229
ISBN-13: 9781840234220

Comics Creators on X-Men
Tom DeFalco
Titan Books (2006)
ISBN: 1840231731
ISBN-13: 9781840231738

Comics: Ideology, Power, and the Critics
Martin Barker
Manchester UP (1989)
The Comics Journal Library Volume One: Jack Kirby
Edited by Milo George
Fantagraphics (July 2002)
ISBN: 1560974346

Comics im Buchhandel
Wolfgang Strzyz
Bramann Verlag (1999)

The Comics Journal Library Volume Two: Frank Miller
Edited by Milo George
Fantagraphics (July 2003)
ISBN: 1560975288

The Comics Journal Library Volume Three: R. Crumb
Edited by Milo George
Fantagraphics (October 2003)
ISBN: 1560975644

The Comics Journal Special Edition: Cartooning
Gary Groth, Anne Elizabeth Moore

The Comics Journal Special Edition: Music
Gary Groth, Anne Elizabeth Moore

Los Comics: un arte del siglo XX
Javier Coma
Guadarrama (1978)
ISBN: 8433502468

Comics: vom Massenblatt ins multimediale Abenteuer
Andreas C. Knigge
Rowohlt (1996)

Comics, Anatomy of a Mass Medium
Reinhold Reitberger, Wolfgang Fuchs; translated by Nadia Fowler
Little, Brown (1972)

Comics & Culture: Analytical and Theoretical Approaches to Comics
Anne Magnussen, Hans-Christian Christiansen
Museum Tusculanum Press (2000)

Comics & Ideology
Matthew P. McAllister, Edward H. Sewell Jr., and Ian Gordon
Peter Lang (2001)

Comics as Culture
M. Thomas Inge
University Press of Mississippi (1990)

Comics as Philosophy
Jeff McLaughlin
University Press of Mississippi (2005)

Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels
Roger Sabin
Phaidon (1996)

The Comics Go To Hell
Fredrik Stromberg
Fantagraphics Books (2005)
ISBN: 1560976160

Comics, ihre Entwicklung und Bedeutung
Christina Holtz
Saur (1980)

Comics Lesen: Untersuchungen zur Textualität von Comics
Ulrich Krafft
Klett-Cotta (1978)

Comix, A History of Comic Books in America
Les Daniels
Outerbridge & Dienstfrey (1971)

The Comics Journal Special Edition: Four Cartoonists
Gary Groth
Fantagraphics (December 2003)
ISBN: 1560975385

Comics of the American West
Maurice Horn
Bookthrift Co. (1978)
ISBN: 0695809547 (sc)
HarperCollins Juvenile Books (2000)
ISBN: 0060228008 (hc)

Comics
Günter Metken
Fischer Bücherei (1970)

The Comics: an illustrated history of comic strip art
Jerry Robinson
Putnam (1974)

The Comics: Since 1945
Brian Walker
Harry N Abrams (October 2002)
ISBN: 0810934817

The Comic-Stripped American
Arthur Asa Berger
Penguin (1974)
ISBN: 0140038671

Comic Wars
Dan Raviv
Broadway Books (2002)
ISBN: 0767908309

El Comic y su Utilización Didáctica: los Tebeos en la Enseñanza
Jose; Luis Rodríguez Dieguez
Ediciones G. Gili (1991)

Comix: The Underground Revolution
Dez Skinn
Thunder's Mouth Press (May 2004)
ISBN: 1560255722

Comix: A History of Comic Books in America
Les Daniels
Outlet (March 1971)
ISBN: 0517110377

Comix, Essays, Graphics and Scraps: From Maus to Now
Art Spiegelman
Raw Books & Graphics (1998)
ISBN: 0915043076

Comix Europa: Interviews
Edited by Christian Gasser
Fantagraphics Books (December 2003)
ISBN: 1560974591

Comment Nait une Bande Dessinee: Par-dessus l'Épaule d'Hergee;
Philippe Goddin
Casterman (1991)

Commies, Cowboys, and Jungle Queens: Comic Books and America (1945-1954)
William W. Savage
University Press of New England (May 1998)
ISBN: 0819563382

The Complete Book of Cartooning
John Adkins Richardson
Prentice Hall (December 1976)
ISBN: 0131575864

The Complete Catalogue of British Comics
Denis Gifford
Penguin (1987)
ISBN: 086350079X

The Complete Guide to Classics Collectibles Vol 1 & 2
Dan Malan

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel
Nat Gertler, Steve Lieber
Alpha (July 2004)
ISBN: 1592572332

The Complete Lion Index
Steve Holland, Gary Armitage
CJ (1995)

Completely Mad
Maria Reidelbach
Little, Brown (1991)

Considering Maus: Approaches to Art Spiegelman's "Survivor's Tale" of the Holocaust
Deborah R. Geis
University of Alabama Press (2003)
ISBN: 0817313761

Corentin et les chemins du merveilleux: Paul Cuvelier et labande dessinee
Philippe Goddin
Lombard (1984)
ISBN 2803604736

Countdown to Wednesday: An Inside Look at the Comic Book Biz and How to Break In (DVD)
Hal Long
Spacedog Inc. (2004)

Cowboy Comics Library: An Illustrated Guide
David Ashford, Steve Holland
CJ (1993)

Crime Comics: The Illustrated History
Mike Benton
Taylor (1995)
ISBN: 0878338144

Crumb
Marjorie Alessandrini
Albin Michel (1974)
ISBN: 2226000380

Crumb-Ology
Carl Richter
Water Row Press (1996)

Crumb-Ology Supplement Summer 1994 to August 1998
Carl Richter
Water Row Press (1998)

Curt Swan: A Life in Comics
Eddy Zeno
Watson-Guptill (November 2002)
ISBN: 1887591400

Dan DeCarlo
Mary Smith
Mary Smith (2002)

Dangerous Drawings: Interviews With Comix & Graphix Artists
Edited by Andrea Juno
Juno Books (August 1997)
ISBN: 0965104281

Dans le sillage des sirenes: Autour des Compagnons du Crepuscule de Francois Bourgeon
Michel Thiebaut
Casterman (1992)
ISBN 2203380217

Dark Knights: the New Comics in Context
Greg S. McCue with Clive Bloom
Pluto Press (1993)
ISBN: 0745306624 (hc)
ISBN: 0745306632 (pb)

Das Conferencias do Casino a Filosofia de Ponta: Percurso historico da banda desenhada portuguesa
Joao Paiva Boleo, Carlos Bandeiras Pinheiro
Bedeteca de Lisboa (2000)
ISBN: 9728487282

The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics
Klaus Janson
Watson-Guptill (July 2003)
ISBN: 0823010295

The DC Comics Guide to Penciling Comics
Klaus Janson
Watson-Guptill (March 2002)
ISBN: 0823010287

The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
Dennis O'Neil
Watson-Guptill (May 2001)
ISBN: 0823010279

DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes
Les Daniels
Bulfinch Press (October 1995)
ISBN: 0821220764

Dear John: The Alex Toth Doodle Book
Alex Toth, John Hitchcock
Octopus Press (2006)
ISBN: 0972555315

Death by Hogarth
Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell
Harvard University Press (1999)

Del gato Felix al gato Fritz: Historia de los comics
Javier Coma
Gustavo Gili (1979)
ISBN: 8425209102

Des comics et des hommes: Histoire culturelle des comic books aux Etats-Unis
Jean-Paul Gabilliet
Temps (2005)
ISBN: 2842743091

Dessins et Bulles: la bande dessinée comme moyen d'expression
Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle
Bordas (1972)

Developing and Promoting Graphic Novel Collections
Steve Miller
Neal-Schuman Publishers (2005)
ISBN: 1555704611

The Dick Ayers Story: An Illustrated Biography
Dick Ayers
Mecca Comics (2005)

Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day at a Time
Michael Eury
Twomorrows (October 2003)
ISBN: 1893905276

Dictionary of British Comic Artists Writers and Editors
Alan Clark
British Library (1998)
ISBN: 0712345213

Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists
Mark Bryant
Ashgate Publishing (April 2000)
ISBN: 1840142863

Digital Prepress for Comic Books: The Definitive Desktop Production Guide
Kevin Tinsley
Stickman Graphics (1999)
ISBN: 0967542308

Discovering Comics
Denis Gifford
Shire Publications (1971)
ISBN: 0852631286

Discovering Comics (2nd Edition)
Denis Gifford
Hyperion Books (1989)
ISBN: 0747801088

El discurso del comic
Luis Gasca, Roman Gubern
Catedra (2001)
ISBN 8437607582

Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero
Danny Fingeroth
Continuum
ISBN: 9780826430144

Drawing Cutting Edge Comics
Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill (December 2001)
ISBN: 0823023974

Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain
Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill (April 1998)
ISBN: 0823013812

Drawn & Quartered: The History of American Political Cartoons
Stephen Hess, Sandy Northrop
Black Belt Press (1996)
ISBN: 1880216396

Dreamland Japan
Frederik Schodt
Stone Bridge Press (September 1996)
ISBN: 188065623X

The Early Comic Strip
David Kunzle
University of California Press (1973)
ISBN: 0520018656

Early Writings on Visual Language
Neil Cohn
Emaki Productions (2003)

Edgar P. Jacobs & Le secret de l'explosion
Renaud Chavanne
PLG (2005)
ISBN 29515578XX

The Education of a Comics Artist: Visual Narrative in Cartoons, Graphic Novels, and Beyond
Michael Dooley and Steven Heller, editors
Allworth Press (2005)
ISBN: 1581154089

Eisner/Miller
Will Eisner, Frank Miller, Charles Brownstein
Dark Horse Books (2005)
ISBN: 1569717559

The Encyclopedia of American Comics
Ron Goulart

The Encyclopedia of Collectibles
Betsy Frankel
Time-Life Books (1980)

The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Volume One: Batman
Michael Fleisher
Collier Books (1976)
ISBN: 0020800908

The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Volume Two: Wonder Woman
Michael Fleisher

The Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Volume Three: Superman
aka The Great Superman Book
Michael Fleisher
Random House Value Publishing (December 1988)
ISBN: 0517536773 (hc)
ISBN 0446874949 (sc)

The Encyclopedia of Superheroes
Jeff Rovin
Facts on File (April 1987)
ISBN: 0816016798

The Encyclopedia of Supervillains
Jeff Rovin
Facts on File (October 1987)
ISBN: 081601356X

L'Enfer Des Bulles
Jacques Sadoul

The Enigma of Al Capp
Alexander Theroux
Fantagraphics
ISBN: 1560973404

The Essential Guide to World Comics
Tim Pilcher, Brad Brooks
Collins & Brown (2005)
ISBN: 1843403005

European Comics in English Translation: A Descriptive Sourcebook
Randall W. Scott
McFarland & Co. (2002)
ISBN: 0786412054 (pb)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cartooning but Were Afraid to Draw
Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill (April 1994)
ISBN: 0823023591

Exactly 12 [cents] and Other Convictions: Four Imaginary Letters from Paul Davies
Paul Davies
ECW Press (1994)
ISBN: 1550222309

Excelsior: Amazing Life of Stan Lee
Stan Lee, George Mair
Fireside (2002)
ISBN: 0684873052

The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore
George Khoury
TwoMorrows (2003)
ISBN: 1893905241

Fac-Simile
Bruno Lecigne, Jean-Pierre Tamine
Futuropolis (1983)

Fandom: Confidential
Ron Frantz
Midguard (2000)

Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel
Stephen Weiner
NBM (2003)
Revised Edition NBM (2005)
ISBN: 1561633682
ISBN: 1561634433 (HC 2005)
ISBN: 1561634441 (SC 2005)

Fawcett Companion - The Best of FCA
P.C. Hamerlinck
Twomorrows (September 2001)
ISBN: 1893905101

From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books
Arie Kaplan
Jewish Publication Society of America
ISBN: 9780827608436

Flee Puny Humans! It's the Comic Book Heaven Collection!
Scott Saavedra
Slave Labor Graphics (March 2003)
ISBN: 094315166X

Focus on Jack Cole
Ron Goulart
Fantagraphics (1986)
ISBN: 0930193237

Fogel's Underground Comix Price Guide
Dan Fogel
Hippy Comix (2005)

Forbidden Adventures: The History of the American Comics Group
Michael Vance
Greenwood Press (1996)
ISBN: 0313296782

Forging a New Medium : the Comic Strip in the Nineteenth Century
Pascal Lefevre and Charles Dierick
VUB University Press (1998)

Formes et Politique de la Bande Dessinee
J. Baetens
Vrin (1998)

De Første Tegneserier: avistegneserier i USA fra 1896-1940
Horst Schröder; på dansk ved Anders Hjorth Jørgensen
Carlsen if (1981)

Forty Cartoon Books Of Interest
Seth
(A supplement to Comic Art Issue #8)
Buenaventura Press (2006)

Foster e Val: Os Trabalhos e os Dias do Criados de 'Prince Valiant'
Manuel Caldas
Livros de Papel (2006)
ISBN: 9899517615

Foul Play!
Grant Geissman
Harper Design (2005)
ISBN: 006074698X

Frazetta: Painting with Fire (Video)

Fred
Bernard Toussaint
Albin Michel (1975)
ISBN 2226002413

Fredric Wertham And the Critique of Mass Culture
Bart Beaty
University Press of Mississippi (November 2005)
ISBN: 1578068193

From Aargh! to Zap!: Harvey Kurtzman's Visual History of the Comics
Harvey Kurtzman with Michael Barrier
Prentice Hall Press (1991)
ISBN: 0133636801
Kitchen Sink Press (1994)
ISBN: 0878161589 (hc)

From Cartoon Coons to the Boondocks: Black Images in Comics
Fredrik Stromberg
Fantagraphics (August 2003)
ISBN: 1560975466

From Cave Painting to Comic Strip
Lancelot Hogben
Chanticleer Press (1949)

From Girls to Grrlz : A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines
Trina Robbins
Chronicle Books (July 1999)
ISBN: 0811821994

Fumetti: Guida ai Comics nel Sistema dei Media
Sergio Brancato
Datanews (2000)

Il fumetto
Luca Raffaelli
Il Saggiatore Flammarion (1997)
ISBN: 8842804371

The Funnies: 100 Years of American Comic Strips
Ron Goulart
Adams Publishing (1995)
ISBN: 1558505393 (pb)

The Funnies: An American Idiom
David Manning White, Robert Abel
The Free Press of Glencoe (1963)

Funny Papers: Behind the Scenes of the Comics
Elaine Scott
Morrow Junior Books (1993)
ISBN: 0688115756 (trade)
ISBN: 0688115764

Getting Graphic! Using Graphic Novels to Promote Literacy with Preteens and Teens
Michele Gorman
Linworth Publishing, Inc. (2003)
ISBN: 1586830899

Getting Started Drawing & Selling Cartoons
Randy Glasbergen
North Light Books (March 1993)
ISBN: 0891344713

Ghastly Terror!: The Horrible Story of the Horror Comics
Stephen Sennitt
Critical Vision (January 2002)
ISBN: 1900486075

Gil Kane: The Art of the Comics
Daniel Herman
Hermes Press (June 2001)
ISBN: 0971031118 (hc - NE)
ISBN: 0971031126 (sc)

Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers!: Writers on Comics
Sean Howe
Pantheon: June 2004
ISBN: 0375422560

The Golden Age of Comic Books
Richard O'Brien
Ballantine Books (1977)
ISBN: 0345255356695

The Golden Age of Comic Fandom
Bill Schelly
Hamster Press (March 1999)
ISBN: 096456694X

Good Days and Mad: An Hysterical Tour Behind the Scenes at Mad Magazine
Dick DeBartolo
Publishers Group West (1995)
ISBN: 1560250917

Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz
Rheta Grimsley Johnson
Andrews McMeel Publishing; (1980/1995)
ISBN: 0836280970 (1995 edition)

The Gospel According to Superman
John T Galloway
Bible Voice (1973)
ISBN: 0879811374

Il Grande Libro del Fumetto
Piero Zanotto
Paoline (1988)

The Graphic Novel
Edited by Jan Baetens
Leuven University Press (2001)
ISBN: 9058671097

Graphic Novels 101
Philip Charles Crawford
Hi Willow Research & Publishing (2003)
ISBN: 0931510910

Graphic Novels: A Bibliographic Guide to Book-Length Comics
D. Aviva Rothschild
Libraries Unlimited (April 1995)
ISBN: 1563080869

Graphic Novels: A Genre Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More
Mike Pawuk
Libraries Unlimited (2006)
ISBN: 159158132X

Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know
Paul Gravett
Collins Design (November 2005)
ISBN: 0060824255

Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide
Allyson A. W. Lyga, Barry Lyga.
Libraries Unlimited (2004)
ISBN: 1591581427

Graphic Novels Now: Building, Managing, and Marketing a Dynamic Collection
Francisca Goldsmith
ALA Editions (2005)
ISBN: 0838909043

Graphic Storytelling
Will Eisner
Poorhouse Press (October 1996)
ISBN: 0961472839 (hc)
ISBN: 0961472820 (pb)

Great American Comic Books
Ron Goulart
Publications Interantional (2001)
ISBN: 0785355901 (hc)

The Great American Comic Strip: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art
Judith O'Sullivan
Little Brown (October 1990)
ISBN: 0821217542 (hc)
ISBN: 0821217569 (sc)

Great British Comics
Paul Gravett
Aurum Press, Limited (October 2006)
ISBN: 1845131703

The Great Canadian Comic Book
Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert
Peter Martin Associates, Toronto (1971)
ISBN: 0887780652 (hc)

The Great Comic Book Artists Volume One
Ron Goulart
St. Martin's Press (1986)
ISBN: 0312345577

The Great Comic Book Heroes
Jules Feiffer
Fantagraphics Books (2003)
ISBN: 1560975016

The Great Women Cartoonists
Trina Robbins
Watson-Guptill (November 2001)
ISBN: 082302170X

The Great Women Superheroes
Trina Robbins
Kitchen Sink Press (November 1996)
ISBN: 0878164812

Gustave Dore
Dan Malan
MCE Publishing Company (1995)
ISBN: 1888957026 (sc)

Hal Foster: Prince of Illustrators, Father of the Adventure Comic Strip
Brian M. Kane
Vanguard (2001)
ISBN 188759149 (hc)
ISBN 188759125 (pb)

A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics Campaign
Martin Barker
University Press of Mississippi (September 1992)
ISBN: 0878055932 (hc)
ISBN: 0878055940 (sc)

Hellboy: The Companion
Stephen Weiner, Jason Hall, Victoria Blake, Mike Mignola
Dark Horse Books (2007)
ISBN: 159307655X

Herge Fils de Tintin
Benoit Peeters
Flammarion (2002)
ISBN 2082100421

Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jess Nevins
Monkeybrain (June 2003)
ISBN: 193226504X

Hero Gets Girl! The Life and Art of Kurt Schaffenberger
Mark Voger
Twomorrows (November 2003)
ISBN: 1893905292

Histoire de la Bande Dessinee: une histoire des histories en images de la prehistoire; nos jours
Gerard Blanchard
Marabout (1974)

Histoire Mondiale de la Bande Dessinee
Claude Moliterni
Pierre Horay Editeur (1989)

L'Histoire par la Bande: Bande dessinee, histoire et Peacute; dagogie dirige
Odette Mitterrand; Gilles Ciment
Syros (1993)

Historia da Banda Desenhada Infantil Portuguesa
Joao Pedro Ferro
Presenca (1987)

Historia de la Historieta Argentina
Carlos Trillo, Guillermo Saccomano
Record (1980)

Historia de los Comics
Toutain (1982)

Historia de los Comics
Josep Toutain; Javier Coma
Toutain (1982-1984)

Historietas: Reflexiones y Proyecciones
Cecilio Aviles
Editorial Pablo de la Torriente (1989)

Historietas para Sobrevivientes: Comic y Cultura de Masas en los Años 80
Carlos Alberto Scolari
Ediciones Colihue (1999)

La Historiética:Todo Lo Relativo Al Lenguaje Lexipictografico
Modesto Vazquez G.
Promotora K

A History of American Graphic Humor
William Murrell
Whitney Museum of American Art (1933-1938)
LCC#: 34004666

A History of American Graphic Humor, 2nd Ed.
William Murrell
Cooper Square Publishers 1967 (1933-1938)
LCC#: 67020784

A History of Komiks of the Philippines and Other Countries
Cynthia Roxas and Joaquin Arevalo, Jr.
Islas Filipinas (1985)
LCC#: 85163961

A History of the Comic Strip
Pierre Couperie
Crown (1968)
LCC#: 68020471

The History of the Comic Strip, Vol. II: The Nineteenth Century
David Kunzle
University of California Press (1990)
ISBN 0520057759

A History of Underground Comics
Mark Estren
Ronin Publishing (February 1993)
ISBN: 091417164X

Hong Kong Comics: A History of Manhua
Wendy Siuyi Wong
Princeton Architectural Press (November 2002)
ISBN: 1568982690

Hong Kong Comics Journal
Wendy Wong
Chronicle Books (June 2005)
ISBN: 0811847829

Hot Nuts - Tijuana Bible Revival Volume One
A. Flooglehorn

Howard Keltner's Index to Golden Age Comic Books
Howard Keltner
Jerry Bails: 1976

How Comic Strips are Made
Russ Winterbotham
Haldeman-Julius (1946)

How to Be a Successful Cartoonist
Randy Glasbergen
North Light Books (January 1996)
ISBN: 0891346333

How to Draw and Sell Cartoons: All the Professional Techniques of Strip Cartoon, Caricature and Artwork Demonstrated
Ross Thompson, Bill Hewison
North Light Books (November 1985)
ISBN: 0891341579

How to Draw and Sell Comic Strips for Newspapers and Comic Books
Alan McKenzie
North Light Books (1987)

How To Draw... Blitz Cartoons
Bruce Blitz
Running Press Book Publishers (April 1991)
ISBN: 1561380113

How To Draw Caricatures
Lenn Redman
McGraw-Hill (April 1984)
ISBN: 0809256851

How to Draw Cartoon Animals
Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill (May 1995)
ISBN: 0823023605

How to Draw Cartoons for Comic Strips
Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill (September 1988)
ISBN: 0823023532

How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
Stan Lee, John Buscema
Fireside (September 1984)
ISBN: 0671530771

How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic
Ariel Dorfman, Armand Mattelart
International General (1975)
ISBN: 0884770036

How to Read Donald Duck, 2nd Edition
Ariel Dorfman, Armand Mattelart
International General (1984)
ISBN: 0884770230

How to Read Superhero Comics and Why
Geoff Klock
Continuum Pub Group (October 2002)
ISBN: 0826414192

How to Self-Publish Your Own Comic Book: The Complete Resource Guide to the Business, Production, Distribution, Marketing and Promotion of Comic Books
Tony C. Caputo
Watson-Guptill (April 1997)
ISBN: 0823024555

Horror Comics: The Illustrated History
Mike Benton
Taylor (1991)
ISBN: 0878337342

Hulk: The Incredible Guide
Tom DeFalco
DK Publishing, Inc. (May 2003)
ISBN: 0789492601

L'Humour Graphique Fin de Siècle: de Goossens à Daumier, de Caran d'Ache
Glen Baxter
Thierry Groensteen
Presses Universitaires de Vincennes (1999)

Iger Comics Kingdom
Jay Edward Disbrow
Blackthorne (1985)
ISBN: 0932629385

I Have to Live With This Guy!
Blake Bell
Twomorrow (September 2002)
ISBN: 1893905160

The Illustrated History of Crime Comics
Mike Benton

Image Comics: Road to Independence
George Khoury
TwoMorrows (2007)
ISBN: 1893905713

Im Comic Vereint: eine Geschichte der Bildgeschichte
Andreas Platthaus
Alexander Fest Verlag (1998)

Immagini Vignette Visioni: Comics Americani nei Postmoderno
Roberto Giammanco
La Nuova Italia (1991)

The Imp #4: Historietas Perversas: Mexico's Addictive Comics
Dan Raeburn
The Imp / Dan Raeburn (2002)

The International Book of Comics
Denis Gifford
Crescent Books (1984)
ISBN: 0517439271

In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists
Todd Hignite
Yale University Press (October 2006)
ISBN: 0300110162

L'Invention de la Bande Dessinee
Thierry Groensteen et Benoît Peeters
Hermann (1994)

Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits
Art Spiegelman, Chip Kidd
Chronicle Books (September 2001)
ISBN: 0811831795

The Jack Kirby Treasury Vol. 2
Greg Theakston
Eclipse Books (1991)
ISBN: 1560601345

JLA:The Ultimate Guide to the Justice League of America
Scott Beatty, Roger Stewart
DK Publishing, Inc. (November 2002)
ISBN: 0789488930

Joe Sacco
Monica Marshall
Rosen Publishing Group (2005)
ISBN: 1404202846

Just the Facts: A Decade of Comics Essays
David Collier
Drawn & Quarterly (1999)
ISBN: 1896597254

Kimota! The Miracleman Companion
George Khoury
TwoMorrows (September 2001)
ISBN: 189390511X

Kiss, Screw, Pleasure and Sex
William Teach

Das kleine Comic-Lexikon
Marcel Feige
Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf (2005)
ISBN: 3896025449

Krazy Kat: The Art of George Herriman
Patrick McDonnell, Karen O'Connell, Georgia Riley de Havenon
Harry Abrams, Inc. (1986)
ISBN: 0810991853

The Language of Comics
Mario Saraceni
Routelage (2003)

The Language of Comics: Word and Image
Edited by Robin Varnum, Christina T. Gibbons
University Press of Mississippi (January 2002)
ISBN: 1578064139 (hc)
ISBN: 1578064147 (pb)

The Legion Companion
Glen Cadigan, Jim Shooter
Twomorrows (September 2003)
ISBN: 1893905225

Leichtmetall: Comics in der DDR: eine Dokumentation
Volker Handloik
Edition Liane (1990)

El Lenguaje de los Comics
Roman Gubern
Peninsula (1972)

The Lexicon of Comicana
Mort Walker
Comicana, Inc. (1980)

The Life and Art of Murphy Anderson
RC Harvey, Murphy Anderson
Twomorrows (June 2003)
ISBN: 1893905217

Li'l Abner: A Study in American Satire
Arthur Asa Berger
University Press of Mississippi (1994/2006)
ISBN: 0878057137 (2006 edition)

Lire la Bande Dessinee
Pierre Masson
Presses Universitaires de Lyon (1985)

Literatura Grafica?
Rui Zink
Celta (1999)
ISBN: 9727740502

Literaturunterricht: Didaktik und Theorie am Beispiel der Comics
Ingrid Kerkhoff
Anabas-Verlag (1975)

Little "Dirty" Comics
RG Holt
Socio (1971)

Love and Death
Gershon Legman
Breaking Point (1949)
ISBN:087817012X

Lyonel Feininger: Die Karikaturen und das zeichnerische Frühwerk
Ulrich Luckhardt
Scaneg Verlag (1987)

Mad Art: A Visual Celebration of the Art of Mad Magazine and the Idiots Who Create It
Mark Evanier
Watson-Guptill (January 2003)
ISBN: 0823030806

The Mad World of William M. Gaines
Frank Jacobs
Lyle Stuart (1972)
ISBN: 0818400544

Magazines and Comics
Roger Thomas
Heinemann Library (1999)
ISBN: 0431082103

Maîtres de la Bande Dessinee Europe
Thierry Groensteen
Seuil (2000)

Make Way!: 200 Years of American Women in Cartoons
Monika Franzen and Nancy Ethiel
Chicago Review Press (1988)
ISBN: 1-55652-023-9 (sc)

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
Scott McCloud
Harper Paperbacks (September 2006)
ISBN: 0060780940

Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics
Paul Gravett
Collins Design (August 2004)
ISBN: 1856693910

Manga! Manga!
Frederik Schodt
Kodansha America (December 1988)
ISBN: 4770023057 (hc)
ISBN: 0870117521 (sc)

Manga wa naze omoshiroi no ka
Natsume Fusanosuke
NHK Library (1997)

Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics
Julius Schwartz, Brian Thomsen
Perennial Currents (June 2000)
ISBN: 0380810514

Manual Para La Elaboración De Historietas
Ramón Padilla González
ILCE

The Man Who Drew Tomorrow: How Frank Hampson Created Dan Dare, the World's Best Comic Strip
Alistair Crompton
Who Dares Publishing (1985)
ISBN: 0948487011

The Many Lives of the Batman: Critical Approaches to a Superhero and His Media
Roberta Pearson, William Uricchio
Routledge (February 1991)
ISBN: 0415903475

Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics
Les Daniels
Harry N Abrams (September 1991)
ISBN: 0810938219 (hc)
ISBN: 0810925664 (pb, September 1993)

Marvel Universe
Peter Sanderson
Harry N. Abrams (1996)
ISBN: 0810942852

Massenmedium Comics
Dieter Golombek und Reinhold Lehmann
Verlag Herder (1975)

Massenzeichenware: Die Gesellschaftliche und Ideologische Funktion der Comics
Wiltrud Ulrike Dreschel, Joerg Funhoff, Michael Hoffmann
Suhrkamp (1975)

Masters of American Comics
Paul Karasik, Brian Walker
Yale University Press (November 2005)
ISBN: 030011317X

Masters of Comic Book Art
PR Garriock
Images Graphiques (1978)
ISBN: 0895450216

Masters of Imagination: The Comic Book Artists Hall of Fame
Mike Benton
Taylor (1994)
ISBN: 0878338594

Men of Tomorrow
Gerard Jones
Basic Books (2004)
ISBN: 0465036562

Milton Caniff: American Star and Strips
Alberto Becattini, Antonio Vianovi
Glamour International Productions (2001)

Milton Caniff: Conversations
RC Harvey
University Press of Mississippi (2002)
ISBN: 1578064384

Milton Caniff: Rembrandt of the Comic Strips
John Paul Adams
David McKay (1946)

Modern Masters Volume One: Alan Davis
Eric-Nolen-Weathington
Twomorrows (April 2003)
ISBN: 1893905195

Modern Masters Volume Two: George Perez
Eric-Nolen-Weathington
Twomorrows (August 2003)
ISBN: 189390525X

Modern Masters Volume Three: Bruce Timm
Eric-Nolen-Weathington
Twomorrows (June 2004)
ISBN: 1893905306

Modern Masters Volume Eleven: Charles Vess
Christopher Irving, Eric Nolen-Weathington.
TwoMorrows (2007)
ISBN: 9781893905665

Le Monde Selon Crumb
C.N.B.D.I.

More Little "Dirty" Comics
Terence Atkinson
Socio (1971)

Moviemaking Illustrated: The Comicbook Filmbook
James Morrow and Murray Suid
Hayden Book Company (1974)

Mutants, Monsters, & Mayhem (Video)

My Life as a Cartoonist
Harvey Kurtzman
Pocket Books (1988)
ISBN: 0671634534

Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross
Chip Kidd
Pantheon (October 2003)
ISBN: 0375422404

The Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Your Creativity
Robert Mankoff
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (November 2002)
ISBN: 0762896663

Nasty Tales: Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll and Violence in the British Underground
David Huxley
Headpress (2001)
ISBN: 190048613X

Neil Gaiman
Steven P. Olson
Rosen Publishing Group (2005)
ISBN: 1404202854

The New Comics
Edited by Gary Groth, Robert Fiore
Berkeley Books (1988)
ISBN: 0425113663

Nostalgia About Comics
Phil Clarke, Mike Higgs
Pegasus Publishing (1991)
ISBN: 1873892004

Not Just Another Pretty Face
RC Harvey
Aeon (1996)
ISBN: 1883847230 (sc)

Le Nuvole Parlanti: un secolo di fumetti tra arte e mass media
Pietro Favari
Edizioni Dedalo (1996)

El ocaso de los heroes en los comics de autor
Javier Coma
Peninsula (1984)
ISBN: 8429722122

The Official Comic Book Price Guide for Great Britain
Duncan McAlpine
Price Guide Productions, England (1993)
ISBN: 095162072X

The Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide
Jay Kennedy
Boatner Norton Press (August 1982)
ISBN: 0960665439

Os Comics em Portugal
Antonio Dias de Deus, Leonardo de Sa
Bedeteca de Lisboa (1997)
ISBN 9728423047

Over 50 Years of American Comic Books
Ron Goulart
Mallard Press (1991)
ISBN: 0792454502 (hc)

Over 50 Years of American Comic Books
Ron Goulart
Consumer Guide Books (1993)
ISBN: 0881763969

Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide
(series)
Bob Overstreet

Panel by Panel
Cassell Australia Ltd (1979)
ISBN: 0726973769 (hc)

Panel Discussions: Design in Sequential Art Storytelling
Durwin S. Talon
Twomorrows (July 2002)
ISBN: 1893905144

Panorama de la Bande Dessinee
Jacques Sadoul
J'ai Lu (1976)

Parade of Pleasure
Geoffrey Wagner
Derek Verschoyle (1954)

The Penguin Book of Comics: A Slight History
George Perry and Alan Aldridge
Penguin Books (1971)
ISBN: 0713902469

The Penguin Book of Comics: A Slight History
George Perry and Alan Aldridge
Penguin Books (1989)
ISBN: 0140028021 (pb)

Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in Japan
Anne Allison
Westview Press (1996)
ISBN: 0-8133-1698-7 (hc)
ISBN: 0-8133-3127-7 (sc)

Perspective!
David Chelsea
Watson-Guptill (October 1997)
ISBN: 0823005674

The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books Volumes One
Ernst & Mary Gerber

The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books Volume Two
Ernst & Mary Gerber

The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books Volume Three
Ernst & Mary Gerber

The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books Volume Four
Ernst & Mary Gerber

The Photo-Journal Guide to Marvel Comics K-Z
Ernst Gerber
Bert Pub (October 1991)
ISBN: 0962332852

The Physics of Superheroes
James Kakalios
Gotham (2006)

The Pirates and the Mouse
Bob Levin
Fantagraphics (April 2003)
ISBN: 156097530X

Plates-bandes
J-C Menu
L'Association (2005)
ISBN 2844141641

Popeye: The First Fifty Years
Bud Sagendorf
Workman Pub Co (June 1979)
ISBN: 0894800655

Popimage Volume One: The Time Of Change
Edited by Christopher Butcher
Cyberosia (June 2002)
ISBN: 0970947437

Portraits à la Plume et au Pinceau
Numa Sadoul
J. Glenat (1976)

Posada
Rius
Ed. Grijalbo
ISBN: 9684332785

Pour un Neuvieme Art: la Bande Dessinee
Francis Lacassin
Slatkine (1982)

Pour une lecture moderne de la bande dessinee
Jan Baetens, Pascal Lefevre
Centre belge de la bande dessinee (1993)

The Pow! Whap! Zam! Comic Book Trivia Quiz: 1001 Questions and Answers
Michael Uslan
Morrow (1977)
ISBN: 0688032311

Psicopatologia de la vineta quotidiana: catecismo neurotico para neoinfantes
Jesus Quadrado
Glenat (2000)
ISBN 8484490076

Psychanalyse de la Bande Dessinee
Serge Tisseron
Presses Universitaires de France (1987)

Puros cuentos: La historia de la Historieta en Mexico Vols. I-III
Armando Barta, Juan Manuel Aurrecochea
Ed. Grijalbo

Quadrinhos Seducao e Paixao
Moacy Cirne
Vozes (2001)
ISBN: 8532624863

Qui a Peur de Robert Crumb
Musee de la Bande Dessinee

Raymond Briggs Blooming Books
Nicollete Jones
Jonathan Cape (2003)
ISBN 0224064789

R. Crumb Checklist
Don Fiene
Boatner Norton (1981)

R. Crumb: Conversations
Edited by D. K. Holm
University Press of Mississippi (2004)
ISBN: 1578066379

Reading Comics: Language, Culture, and the Concept of the Superhero in Comic Books
Mila Bongco
Garland Pub (2000)
ISBN: 0815333447

Reading the Funnies: Looking at Great Cartoonists Throughout the First Half of the 20th Century
Donald Phelps
Fantagraphics Books (2001)
ISBN: 1560973684

Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975
Patrick Rosenkranz
Fantagraphics Books (January 2003)
ISBN: 1560974648

Recits et Discours par la Bande: essais sur les comics
Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle
Hachette (1977)

Reinventing Comics
Scott McCloud
Harper Perennial (July 2000)
ISBN: 0060953500

R.F. Outcault's the Yellow Kid: A Centennial Celebration of the Kid Who Started the Comics
Richard Felton Outcault, Bill Blackbeard
Kitchen Sink Press (December 1995)
ISBN: 0878163794

Ron Goulart's Great History of Comic Books
Ron Goulart
Contemporary Books (1986)
ISBN: 0809250454 (pb)

Sadomasochism in Comic Books: A History of Sex & Violence in Comics
Hans Siden
Greenleaf (1972)

The Sandman Companion: a Dreamer's Guide to the Award-Winning Comics Series
Hy Bender
Vertigo/DC Comics (1999)
ISBN: 1563894653
ISBN: 1563896443 (pb)

Science Fiction Audiences
John Tulloch, Henry Jenkins
Routledge, Chapman and Hall (1995)

Science Fiction Comics: The Illustrated History
Mike Benton
Taylor (1992)
ISBN: 087833789X

Science Fiction Culture
Camille Bacon-Smith
University of Pennsylvania Press (June 2000)

The Science of Superheroes
Lois H. Gresh, Robert Weinberg
Wiley (September 2002)
ISBN: 0471024600 (hc)
ISBN: 0471468827 (sc)

The Science of Superman
Mark Wolverton, Roger Stern
I Book (November 2002)
ISBN: 0743452739 (hc)
ISBN: 074348651X (sc)

The Science of the X-Men
Karen Haber, Linc Yaco
I Book/Marvel (August 2000)
ISBN: 0743400208 (hc)
ISBN: 0743487257 (sc)

Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code
Amy Kiste Nyberg
University Press of Mississippi (February 1998)
ISBN: 0878059741 (hc)
ISBN: 087805975X (pb)

Secrets Behind the Comics!
Stan Lee
Famous Enterprises (1947)

Secrets Behind the Comics!
Stan Lee
Kenniket Press (1972)
ISBN: 0804615543

Seduction of the Innocent
Frederic Wertham
Rinehart (1954)
LCC#: 54005890

Seduction of the Innocent Revisited: Comic Books Exposed
John Fulce
Huntington House Publishers (1990)
ISBN: 0910311668

Sense of Comics
Marco Pellitteri
Castelvecchi (1998)

Sense of Wonder: A Life In Comics Fandom
Bill Schelly
TwoMorrows Publishing (2001)
ISBN: 1893905128

Seriöst om Serier
Sture Hegerfors och Stellan Nehlmark
Almqvist & Wiksell (1973)

The Seven Lively Arts
Gilbert Seldes
1924/1957

Sex Comics Classics
Otis Raymond

Sex Comics in the 1930s-1950s: A Genre History
Robert K. Gluckson
Master's thesis, University of Washington (1992)

Sex in Comics Volume One
Donald Gilmore
Greenleaf (1971)

Sex in Comics Volume Two
Donald Gilmore
Greenleaf (1971)

Sex in Comics Volume Three
Donald Gilmore
Greenleaf (1971)

Sex in Comics Volume Four
Donald Gilmore
Greenleaf (1971)

Sex in the Comics
Maurice Horn
Chelsea House (1985)
ISBN: 0877548501

Shazam
Alvaro de Moya
Editora Perspectiva (1977)

The Silver Age of Comic Book Art
Arlen Schumer
Collectors Press (October 2003)
ISBN: 1888054867

Skippy and Percy Crosby
Jerry Robinson
Henry Holt (1978)
ISBN: 0030184916

Skywald!: The Complete Illustrated History of the Horror-Mood
Pablo Marcos, Augustine Funnell, Alan Hewetson
Critical Vision (August 2004)
ISBN: 1900486377

The Slings and Arrows Comic Guide
Frank Plowright
Aurum Press (1997)
ISBN: 1854104861

The Slings & Arrows Comic Guide
Frank Plowright
Slings & Arrows Ltd (2005)
ISBN: 0954458907

Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics
Michael Barrier
Harry N Abrams (April 1982)
ISBN: 0810906961

The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics
Bill Blackbeard
Smithsonian Inst Pr (June 1984)
ISBN: 0874741726

La societe des bulles
Wibul Leguebe
Vie Ouvriere (1977)
ISBN 2870031181

Il Sortilegio a Fumetti
Roberto Giammanco
Arnoldo Mondadori (1965)

Les Spectres de la Bande: essai sur la B.D
Alain Rey
Editions de Minuit (1978)
ISBN: 2707302155

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide
Tom DeFalco
DK Publishing, Inc. (September 2001)
ISBN: 078947946X

Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art
Valerie Cassel
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (2003)
ISBN: 0-936080-78-7 (sc)

Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book
Jordan Raphael, Tom Spurgeon
Chicago Review Press (2003)
ISBN: 1556525060 (hc)
ISBN: 1556525419 (sc)

Stap Me!
Denis Gifford
Shire Publications, (1971)

The Steranko History of Comics
Jim Steranko
Supergraphics (1970-1972)
LCC#: 72020236

The Stones: A History in Cartoons
Bill Wyman
Sutton Publishing (2006)
ISBN: 0750942487

Storie a Strisce: gli eroi e i segreti del fumetto
Viviana Ranzato
Paoline (1998)

The Strange Case of Edward Gorey
Alexander Theroux
Fantagraphics
ISBN: 1560973854

Strips, Toons, and Bluesies: Essays in Comics and Culture
Todd Hignite, D.B. Dowd
Princeton Architectural Press (June 2006)
ISBN: 1568986211

Successful Syndication: A Guide for Writers and Cartoonists
Michael Sedge
Allworth Press (April 2000)
ISBN: 1581150512

The Super Comics
Dennis O'Neil
Scholastic Book Services (1981)

Superhero Comics: The Illustrated History
Mike Benton
Taylor (1991)
ISBN: 0878337466

Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History
Mike Benton
Taylor (1992)
ISBN: 087833808X

Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology
Richard Reynolds
University Press of Mississippi (March 1994)
ISBN: 0878056939 (hc)
ISBN: 0878056947 (pb)

Superheroes in My Pants
Mark Evanier
Twomorrows (June 2004)
ISBN: 1893905357

Superman at Fifty: The Persistence of a Legend
Dennis Dooley, Gary Engel
Octavia (June 1987)
ISBN: 0940601001 (hc)
ISBN: 0756757304 (sc)

Superman -- Eine Comic-Serie und ihr Ethos
Thomas Hausmanninger
Suhrkamp Taschenbuch (1989)

Superman on the Couch
Danny Fingeroth
Continuum International Publishing Group (February 2004)
ISBN: 0826415393 (hc)
ISBN: 0826415407 (sc)

Superman: The Complete History: The Life and Times of the Man of Steel
Les Daniels
Chronicle (November 1998)
ISBN: 0811821625 (hc)
ISBN: 0811842312 (sc)

Superman: The Ultimate Guide
Scott Beatty
DK Publishing, Inc. (July 2002)
ISBN: 0789488531

Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon
Jake Rossen
Cappella Books
ISBN: 9781556527319

Svisch! Pow! Sock!: Seriernas Fantastiska Varld
Sture Hegerfors
Bokförlaget Corona (1966)

Systeme de la Bande Dessinee
Thierry Groensteen
Presses Universitaires de France (1999)

The System of Comics
Thierry Groensteen; Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen (Translators)
University Press of Mississippi (February 2007)
ISBN: 1578069254

Tales from the Crypt (DVD)
Chip Selby
CS Films, Inc. (2004)

Tales of Terror! The EC Companion
Fred Von Bernewitz, Grant Geissman, Fred Von Bernewitz
Fantagraphics Books (October 2000)
ISBN: 1560974036 (hc)
ISBN: 1560974028 (pb, April 2002)

Tales of the Dark Knight
Mark Cotta Vaz
Ballantine (October 1989)
ISBN: 0345360133

Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution
Ronin Ro
Bloomsbury (July 2004)
ISBN: 1582343454

Tarzan, El Hombre Mito
I. Herner
Ed. Diana

Textual Poachers
Henry Jenkins
Routledge, Chapman and Hall (1992)

Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning
Dr. John A. Lent
ISBN: 0879727802 (sc)
Popular Press (1999)

Theorizing Fandom
Cheryl Harris, various
Hampton Press (1992)

Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures
Albert Bigelow Paine
Pyne Press (Facsimile of 1904 Edition)
ISBN: 0878610790

Tijuana Bibles: Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s
Bob Adelman
Simon & Schuster (1997)
ISBN: 0684834618

Tijuana's Sex Comic Volume One

Tijuana's Sex Comic Volume Two

Tijuana's Sex Comic Volume Three

Tijuana's Sex Comic Volume Four

Tilting at Windmills
Brian Hibbs
IDW (April 2003)
ISBN: 0971977577

The Time of Change
Edited by Christopher Butcher
Cyberosia Publishing (June 2002)
ISBN: 0970947437

Tintin and the Secret of Literature
Tom McCarthy
Granta Books (July 2006)
ISBN: 1862078319

Tintin and the World of Hergé: An Illustrated History
Benoît Peeters
Little Brown (May 1992)
ISBN: 0316697524

Tintin chez le psychanaliste
Serge Tisseron
Aubier (1985)

Tintin et Moi: Entretiens avec Herge
Numa Sadoul
Casterman (1975)
ISBN: 220323136X

Tintin: The Complete Companion
Michael Farr, Georges Remi
Last Gasp (March 2002)
ISBN: 0867199016 (hc)
ISBN: 2930284765 (sc)

Toth: Black and White
Manuel Auad
Auad Publishing

Toth: One for the Road
Manuel Auad
Auad Publishing (2000)
ISBN: 0966938119

Tresors de la Bande Dessinee
Denni Bera
4eme Ed (1983)

True Brit
George Khoury
TwoMorrows (2004)

True Facts
Larry Young
AiT/Planet Lar (2002)
ISBN: 0970936095

The Underground Comix Family Album
Malcom Whyte & Clay Geerdes
World Play Productions (1998)
ISBN: 0964292262

Underground USA
Jacques Bisceglia & Sylvie Brod

Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud, Mark Martin (Editor)
Kitchen Sink Press (August 1993)
ISBN: 0878162445 (hc)
ISBN: 006097625X (pb)

Understanding Media
MIT Press (1994)
Marshall McLuhan

Under the Stars in Hollywood - Tijuana Bible Revival Volume Two
A. Flooglehorn

The Unofficial Guide to the Art of Jack T. Chick: Chick Tracts, Crusader Comics, and Battle Cry Newspapers
Kurt Kuersteiner
Schiffer Publishing (March 2004)
ISBN: 0764318926

Unpopular Culture: Transforming the European Comic Book in the 1990s
Bart Beaty
University of Toronto Press (December 2006)
ISBN: 0802094120

Up, Up, and Oy Vey!
Rabbi Simcha Weinstein
Leviathan Press (2006)

Victorian Comics
Denis Gifford
Allen & Unwin (1976)
ISBN: 0047410027

La Vida De Cuadritos
Rius
Grijalbo
ISBN: 9684193300

Vom Geist Der Superhelden: Comic Strips
Hans Dieter Zimmermann
Zur Theorie der Bildergeschichte (1975)

Wally Wood Sketchbook
J. David Spurlock
Vanguard (May 2001)
ISBN: 1887591087

A Wealth of Fable
Harry Warner Jr.
Fanhistorica Press (1976)

Webcomics: Tools and Techniques for Digital Cartooning
Steven Withrow & John Barber
Barron Educational Series: The Ilex Press (2005)
ISBN: 0764129821

Die Welt der Comics: Probleme einer Primitiven Literaturform
A. Baumgaurtner
Kamp (1965)

Wer ist Carl Barks
Gottfried Helnwein
Neff Verlag (1993)

Wertham Was Right: Another Collection of POV Columns
Mark Evanier
Twomorrows (July 2003)
ISBN: 1893905268

Who's Who in American Comic Books
Jerry Bails and Hames Ware
(Three volumes)
Jerry Bails (1974)

Will Eisner
Robert Greenberger
Rosen Publishing Group (2005)
ISBN: 1404202862

Will Eisner: A Spirited Life
Bob Andelman
Dark Horse; M Press November 2005)
ISBN: 1595820116

The Will Eisner Companion
Stephen Weiner, N.C. Christopher Couch
DC Comics (2004)
ISBN: 1401204228 (hc)
ISBN: 1401204236 (sc)

Will Eisner's Shop Talk
Will Eisner
Dark Horse (2001)
ISBN: 156971536X

Will Elder: The MAD Playboy of Art
Fantagraphics Books (2003)
ISBN: 156097560

Winsor McCay: His Life and Art
John Canemaker
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (2005)
ISBN: 0810959410

Women and the Comics
Catherine Yronwode, Trina Robbins
Eclipse Books (June 1985)
ISBN: 0913035017 (hc)
ISBN: 0913035025 (pb)

Women in the Comics
Maurice Horn
Chelsea House (1977)
ASIN: 087754056X

The Wonderful World of Film Fun
Graham King, Ron Saxby
Clarkes New Press (1985)
ISBN: 948451009 (pb)
ISBN: 948451017 (hc)

Wonder Woman
Phyllis Chesler
ISBN: 051718687X (hc)
Bonanza Books (1972)

Wonder Woman: Featuring Over Five Decades of Great Covers
Amy Handy, Gloria Steinem, Steven Korte
Abbeville Press (October 1995)
ISBN: 0789200120

Wonder Woman: The Complete History
Les Daniels, Chip Kidd
Chronicle Books (October 2000)
ISBN: 0811829138

Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess
Scott Beatty, Roger Stewart
Dorling Kindersley Publishing (November 2003)
ISBN: 078949616X

Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes
Lillian S. Robinson
Routledge (March 2004)
ISBN: 0415966329

Wooley's History of the Comic Book, 1899-1936: The Origin of the Superhero
Charles Wooley
Charles Wooley (1986)
LCC#: 87160894

Words of Wonder: The Life and Times of Otto Binder
Hamster Press: 2003
Bill Schelly
ISBN: 0-9645669-9-0

The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons
Maurice Horn

The World Encyclopedia of Comics
Maurice Horn

The World of Chick?
Robert Fowler
Last Gasp (June 2001)
ISBN: 0867195126

The World of Fanzines
Fredric Wertham
Southern Illinois University Press (1973)

The World's Greatest Comics Quiz
Jerry Robinson
Tempo Books (1978)
ISBN: 0448173298

The World's Greatest Comics Quiz
Jerry Robinson
Ace Books (May 1981)
ISBN: 0448173298

The Writer's Guide to the Business of Comics
Lurene Haines
Watson-Guptill (October 1998)
ISBN: 0823058778

Writers on Comic Scriptwriting
Edited by Mark Salisbury
Titan Books (December 2002)
ISBN: 184023069X

Writers on Comics Scriptwriting 2
Tom Root, Andrew Kardon
Titan Books (2004)
ISBN: 1840238089
ISBN-13: 9781840238082

Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel: Everything You Need to Know to Create Great Graphic Works
Mike Chinn
Barron's Educational Series (August 2004)
ISBN: 0764127888

X-Men Updated Edition: The Ultimate Guide
Peter Sanderson
DK Publishing, Inc. (March 2003)
ISBN: 078949258X (hardcover)
ISBN: 0751328855 (original edition softcover)

Your Career in the Comics
Lee Nordling
Andrews and McMeel (1995)
ISBN: 0836207483 (pb)

Your Vigor for Life Appalls Me: Robert Crumb Letters 1958-1977
Edited by Ilse Driggs
Fantagraphics
ISBN:1560973439

Zap to Zippy: The Impact of Underground Comix
Bill Griffith
Cartoon Art Museum (January 1990)
ISBN: 9990178011