The library has a growing collection of graphic novels and books looking at this storytelling medium. Below are items currently owned by the library. Check them out!

Los Bros Hernandez. Music For Mechanics, 7th Fantagraphics Books ed. Love and Rockets Collection, Vol. 1. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2004. Call number: 741.5 M987

Busiek, Kurt, and Alex Ross [artist, cover design]. Marvels. New York: Marvel Comics, 1994. Call number: 741.5 B978m

Chinn, Mike. Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel: Everything You Need to Know to Create Great Graphic Works. Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c2004. Call number: 741.5 C539W

Claremont, Chris. X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga. Marvel Legends Series. New York: Marvel Comics, 2003. Call number: 741.5 C591x

Eisner, Will. Comics & Sequential Art. Tamarac, FL: Poorhouse Press, 2003, 1990. Call number: 741.509 E36c

Eisner, Will. A Contract With God And Other Tenement Stories. New York: DC Comics, 2000, 1996. Call number: 741.5 E36c

Eisner, Will. Graphic Storytelling. Tamarac, FL : Poorhouse Press, 1996. Call number: 741.5092 E36

Eisner, Will. Fagin the Jew. New York: Doubleday, 2003. Call number: 305.8924 E36f

Gaiman, Neil. Death, The High Cost of Living. New York: DC Comics, 1994. Call number: 741.5 G141dh

________. Death: The Time of Your Life. [New York: DC Comics, 1997]. Call number: 741.5 G141dt

Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes. Sandman Vol 1. New York: DC Comics, 1995, 1991. 741.5 G141s v.1

________. The Sandman: The Doll's House. Sandman Vol. 2. New York: DC Comics, 1995. Call number: 741.5 G141s

Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman: Dream Country. Sandman Vol 3. New York: DC Comics, 1995. Call number: 741.5 G141s v.3

________. The Sandman: Season Of Mists. Sandman Vol. 4. New York: DC Comics, 1992. Call number: 741.5 G141s v.4

Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman: A Game of You. Sandman Vol 5. New York: DC Comics, 1993. Call number: 741.5 G141s v.5

Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman: Fables and Reflections. Sandman Vol 6. New York: DC Comics, 1993. Call number: 741.5 G141s v.6

Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman: World's End. Sandman Vol 8. New York: DC Comics, 1994. Call number: 741.5 G141s v.8

Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman. The Kindly Ones. Sandman Vol 9. New York: DC Comics/Vertigo, 1996. Call number: 741.5 G141s v.9

Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman: The Wake. Sandman Vol 10. New York: DC Comics, 1997. Call number 741.5 G141s v.10

Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry. New York: HarperResource, 2005. Call number: 540.222 G638C

Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon Guide to Physics. New York: HarperPerennial, 1991, 1990. Call number: 530 G638C

Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993. Call number: 519.5 G638C

Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon History Of The Universe, Vols. 1-3, 1st ed. New York: Doubleday: W.W. Norton, 1990-<2002 >. Call number: 902.07 G671c

Hernandez, Jaime. LOCAS. Love and Rockets Series. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2004. Call number: 741.5 H557l

Kesel, Barbara, et al. Meridian: Flying Solo. Meridian Series Vol. 1. Oldsmar, Fla.: CrossGeneration Comics, 2001. Call number: 741.5 M561f

________. Meridian: Going To Ground. Meridian Series Vol. 2. Oldsmar, Fla.: CrossGeneration Comics, 2002. Call number: 741.5 M561g

McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. Northampton, MA: Kitchen Sink Press, 1993. Call number: 741.5 M126U

________. Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing An Art Form. 1st Perennial ed. New York: Perennial, 2000. Call number: 741.5 M127r

Miller, Frank. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, 10th Anniversary ed. New York: DC Comics, 1996. Call number: 741.5 M647b

________. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2005. Call number: 741.5 M647s

Moore, Alan, and David Lloyd [with Steve Whitaker and Siobhan Dodds]. V For Vendetta. New York: DC Comics, 1989. Call number: 741.5 M821v

Morrison, Grant. JLA: American Dreams. New York: DC Comics, 1997. Call number: 741.5 M876j

Morrison, Grant. JLA: One Million. New York: DC Comics, 1999. Call number: 741.5 M896jo

Moore, Alan, and Dave Gibbons [illustrator/letterer]. Watchmen. New York: DC Comics Inc., 1987, 1986. Call number: 741.5 M821w

Moore, Terry, 1954. The Collected Strangers in Paradise, Vol. 1. Strangers in Paradise Series. Houston: Abstract Studio, 1995. Call number: 741.5 M821c

Pekar, Harvey. American Splendor, The Life And Times Of Harvey Pekar, 1st Ballantine Books ed. New York: Ballantine Books, 2003, 1987. Call number: 741.5 P379f

________. Best of American Splendor. New York: Ballantine Books, 2005. Call number: 741.5 P379b

Sabin, Roger. Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History Of Graphic Novels. London: Phaidon, 2001. Call number: 741.5 S116c

Sacco, Joe. Palestine. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2001. Call number: 956.94 S119p

Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis, 1st American ed. New York: Pantheon, 2003. Call number: 741.5944 S253P

________. Persepolis 2: The Story Of A Return, 1st American ed. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. Call number: 741.5944 S253p2

Schulz, Charles M. The Complete Peanuts, Vols. 1 and 2. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2004- . Call number: 741.5973 S388p

Smith, Jeff. Bone, 1 volume ed. Columbus, OH: Cartoon Books, 2004. Call number: 741.5 S651b

spiegelman, art. In The Shadow Of No Towers. New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. Call number: 741.5 S755i

________. Maus: A Survivor's Tale. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. Call number: 940.5315 S459M

________. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began, 1st ed. New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. Call number: 940.5315 S755MA

Takahashi, Rumiko. Ranma 1/2, Vol. 26. San Francisco: VIZ, 2004. Call number: 741.5 T136r

Talbot, Bryan. The Tale Of One Bad Rat, 1st trade pbk. ed. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 1995. Call number: 362.76 T138t

Thompson, Craig. Blankets: An Illustrated Novel. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf, 2003. Call number: 741.5 T469b

Ware, Chris. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth, [1st pbk. ed.]. New York: Pantheon Books, 2003. Call number: 741.5 W267j

Weiner, Stephen. Faster Than A Speeding Bullet: The Rise Of The Graphic Novel. New York: NBM, 2003. Call number: 741.509 W423f

Wood, Brian. Channel Zero. San Francisco, CA: AiT/Planet Lar, 2000. Call number: 741.5 W873c

Created 9 December, 2004
Last updated 30 October, 2005 by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College