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Michigan State University Comic Art Collection - http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/
A comprehensive index of published comic books, newspaper strips, and scholarly works related to cartooning and comics. |
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Comic Art & Graffix Gallery Virtual Museum & Encyclopedia - http://www.comic-art.com/
Offers a chronological and pictorial history of the medium, biographies of creators and publishers, and a gallery of comic book art. |
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BGSU Popular Culture Library - http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/pcl.html
Founded in 1969 to support innovative teaching and research in cultural studies. It is the largest and most comprehensive research facility in the United States dedicated exclusively to the acquisition and preservation of primary research materials on 19th and 20th century American popular culture. |
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Fredric Wertham: Anti-Comics Crusader Who Turned Advocate - http://art-bin.com/art/awertham.html
A page about the famous American psychiatrist who believed comic books inspired young people to commit crime, and who later became a comic book fan himself. |
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Comic Book Awards Almanac - http://users.rcn.com/aardy/comics/awards/index.html
The nominees and winners of various awards, including Wizard Fan, Will Eisner, and Jack Kirby Awards. |
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The Comic Page - A Guide to the History of Comics - http://www.dereksantos.com/comicpage/comicpage.html
A site devoted to the history and details of the 100+ year American comic book medium. |
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ComicBase Style Guide - http://www.human-computing.com/Writers/ComicBase_Style_Guide.html
Style guide for the Online Comic Base, but also interesting for anybody writing about comics |
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R.C. Harvey - http://www.rcharvey.com/
Homepage for R. C. Harvey, author of "The Art of the Funnies" and "The Art of the Comic Book". With information on both books and columns about comics and strips in general. |
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Sequart.com - The Continuity Pages - http://www.sequart.com/indexCONTINUITY.htm
A hyperlinked study of comic book titles, families of characters, and creators. Includes many graphics and easy-to-follow links between pages and subjects. |
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The Ultimate Disney Books Network - http://www.pizarro.net/didier/
The aim of this site is to guide users in their Disney research by providing them with the most comprehensive list of Disney books resources. |
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The Comic Book Writer's Guide to Info on the Internet - http://members.aol.com/jayjay5000/WritersGuide.index.html
A writer's reference page, with links to sites covering weaponry, science, and law for the comic book writer's research needs, with additional information on the craft of comic book writing. |
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Jai2 - http://www.jai2.com/
The official website for Manga historian and scholar Frederick L. Schodt, with the latest news on all of his projects, and interviews with creators. |
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Camelot In Four Colors - http://www.camelot4colors.com
A survey of the Arthurian legend in comic books and strips |
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The Big Comic Book DataBase - http://www.comics-db.com/
Searchable database of comic book check lists, creator information and comic book publishers. |
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the Wally Wood letters - http://www.tvparty.com/comics/wood.html
Correspondence between John Hitchcock and the great comic book artist Wally Wood in the last years of his life. 18 letters, annotated by Hitchcock. |
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The Timely Comics Web Page - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/Timely1.htm
A history site of Timely Comics, the predecessor to Marvel Comics. Includes briefs on all the comic book characters who got their start at TC. |
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Myths, Misinterpretations, and Misconceptions: Censorship in Comics - http://library.thinkquest.org/3177/gather/censor.html
Debates the arguments of Fredric Wertham - the psychiatrist, who believed comic books prompted delinquency in juveniles. |
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The Comics Archives - http://my.execpc.com/~icicle/main.html
Several check lists and reference files on golden and silver age comics published by Marvel and DC. |
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Comics 1 - Fine Arts 0 : The Site - http://www.zarcrom.com/users/comics/
This site presents the American scientist Roger Franck Black's notebook, in which he tries to prove that fine art is derived from comics, and not vice versa. A very nice piece by Laurent Bourrouilhou |
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Comic Colors - http://www.comiccolors.com
Originally designed for colorists, now pencillers and inkers as well can unite and share. Includes a very informative look at the visual aspects of comics. |
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More than 100 comics-related words in 8 languages - http://student.kuleuven.be/~m8107966/terminology.html
This page, maintained by Pascal Lefevre, lists terms commonly used when discussing comics in English, French, Dutch, German, Danish, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. |
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Australian DC Comics Reprint Gallery - http://www.ausreprints.com
Documents Australian DC Comic reprints from the 1940s to 1980s by Colour Comics, Planet Comics, Murray Comics, Federal Comics and Australian Edition DC. |
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Autobiography, Masculinity and Comic Books - http://ntpaul.sprog.auc.dk/paul/research/past-autobiog.htm
A study of auto/biographical comics focuses on different issues surrounding masculinity. |
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Super Hero Encyclopedia: A who's who of comic book characters - http://members.tripod.com/~rikmertens/
Information on comic characters including biographies, histories, and images. |
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Comics Librarianship Resource Page - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7875/comics.html
Web resources that can help academic librarians develop a research comic book collection. |