LibGuides: Graphic Novels: Faculty Resources

The comic book project: forging alternative pathways to literacy
Bitz, Michael. "The comic book project: forging alternative pathways to literacy." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 47, no. 7, 2004, p. 574+.
Comics in Education
Gene Luen Yang has been teaching since 1998 and cartooning professionally since 1996. He received a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" in 2016.
Expanding Students' Analytical Frameworks Through the Study of Graphic Novels
CONNORS, S. P. (2015). Expanding Students' Analytical Frameworks Through the Study of Graphic Novels. Journal Of Children's Literature, 41(2), 5-15.
GRAPHIC NOVELS AND BIBLIOTHERAPY FOR GRADES 6-12
Gavigan, K. (2012). Caring through Comics -- GRAPHIC NOVELS AND BIBLIOTHERAPY FOR GRADES 6-12. Knowledge Quest, 40(5), 78-80.
Information Vaccine: Using Graphic Novels as an HIV/AIDS Prevention Resource for Young Adults.
Albright, K. & Gavigan, K. (2014). Information Vaccine: Using Graphic Novels as an HIV/AIDS Prevention Resource for Young Adults. Journal Of Education For Library & Information Science, 55(2), 178-185.
Interdisciplinarity Through GRAPHIC NOVELS
Todd, J. (2015). Interdisciplinarity Through GRAPHIC NOVELS. Phi Kappa Phi Forum, 95(3), 8-12.
The Periodic Table of Comic Books
Click on an element to see a list of comic book pages involving that element.
Click on a thumbnail on the list to see a full comic book-page.
THESE AREN'T YOUR FATHER'S FUNNY PAPERS: THE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL GRAPHIC NOVELS.
Moorerield-Lang, H. & Gavigan, K. (2012). THESE AREN'T YOUR FATHER'S FUNNY PAPERS: THE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL GRAPHIC NOVELS. Knowledge Quest, 40(3), 30-35.
Using comic books as read-alouds: insights on reading instruction from an English as a second language classroom
Ranker, Jason. "Using Comic Books as Read-alouds: Insights on Reading Instruction from an English as a Second Language Classroom: Using Comic Books to Teach Lessons about Text Helps Young English-language Learners with Reading and Writing." The Reading Teacher 61.4 (2007): 296.
Using Historical Graphic Novels in High School History Classes: Potential for Contextualization, Sourcing, and Corroborating
Boennan-Cornell, W. (2015). Using Historical Graphic Novels in High School History Classes: Potential for Contextualization, Sourcing, and Corroborating. History Teacher, 48(2), 209-224.
Using student-generated comic books in the classroom:
Morrison, Timothy G., et al. "Using student-generated comic books in the classroom: designing their own comic books can help students develop their writing, comprehension, and research skills." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 45, no. 8, 2002, p. 758+.

Gene Luen Yang's rubric for graphic novel form and artwork

Graphic Novel Reference

Graphic Novels and Comic Books by Kat Kan (Editor)
Call Number: 741.5 G765
ISBN: 9780824211004
Publication Date: 2010-11-01
The books in "The Reference Shelf" series (of which this is volume 82, number 5) contain reprints of articles, excerpts from books, addresses on current issues, and studies of social trends in the United States and other countries.
Making Comics by Scott McCloud
Call Number: 741.5 M127m
ISBN: 9780060780944
Publication Date: 2006-09-05
Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud
Call Number: 741.5 M127r
ISBN: 0060953500
Publication Date: 2000-07-25
In his sequel to "Understanding Comics", Scott McCloud provides an in-depth look at the shifting public perceptions of comics and the intricacies of digital production as well as online delivery.
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Call Number: 741.5 M127u
ISBN: 006097625X
Publication Date: 1994-04-27
This is Scott McCloud's seminal graphic novel about graphic novels. It charts the history of the comic strip, the mechanics of how strips work, and the infinite possibilities that the form offers. -- summary from "500 essential graphic novels"
Reading Comics: how graphic novels work and what they mean by Douglas Wolk
Call Number: 741.53 W862r
ISBN: 9780306815096
Publication Date: 2007-07-03
The Graphic Novel by Salem Press Editors (Editor); Gary Hoppenstand (Editor)
Call Number: 741.59 G766
ISBN: 9781619252622
Publication Date: 2014-02-14
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson
Call Number: 741.535 N625s
ISBN: 9781594749483
Publication Date: 2017-05-02
The Comics of Charles Schulz by Jared Gardner (Editor); Ian Gordon (Editor)
Call Number: 741.569 S388yc
ISBN: 9781496812896
Publication Date: 2017-07-12
The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics & Sequential Art by Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Editors)
Call Number: 741.5973 B628
ISBN: 9780813572338
Publication Date: 2015-07-16
The Bayeux Tapestry: a comprehensive survey by Frank Stenton (Gen. Editor)
Call Number: 746.3 S
Publication Date: 1965
In "Understanding Comics" Scott McCloud cites this medieval textile of the Norman conquest of England as being a precursor of modern sequential art.
Hogarth: a life and a world by Jenny Uglow
Call Number: 769.942 H715yu
ISBN: 0571169961
Publication Date: 1997
This 18th century British painter, print-maker, satirist and social critic has been credited (by Scott McCloud and others) with pioneering western sequential art.
500 Essential Graphic Novels by Gene Kannenberg
Call Number: Ref. 741.5 K16f
ISBN: 9780061474514
Publication Date: 2008-08-05
Graphic Novels by Michael Pawuk; Brian K. Vaughan (Foreword by)
Call Number: Ref. 741.5 P339g
ISBN: 9781591581321
Publication Date: 2006-12-01
Stan Lee by Bob Batchelor
Call Number: 741.509 L481ys
ISBN: 9781442277816
Publication Date: 2017-09-15

Will Eisner's Shop Talk by Will Eisner
Call Number: 741.5 E36w
ISBN: 9781569715369
Publication Date: 2001-06-19
Interviews with Neal Adams, C.C. Beck, Milton Caniff, Jack Davis, Lou Fine, Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman, Phil Seuling and Joe Simon.
Of Comics and Men by Jean-Paul Gabilliet
Call Number: 741.5 G113o
ISBN: 9781604732672
Publication Date: 2009-12-15
Translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen.
Children of the Yellow Kid: an evolution of the American comic strip by Robert C. Harvey; Brian Walker; Richard V. West
Call Number: 741.5 H342c
ISBN: 0295977787
Publication Date: 1999-03-01
Men of Tomorrow by Gerard Jones
Call Number: 741.5 J77m
ISBN: 0465036562
Publication Date: 2004-10-12
This book provides both history and criticism of comic books and comic strips.
Demanding Respect by Paul Lopes
Call Number: 741.5 L864d
ISBN: 9781592134434
Publication Date: 2009-05-28
Frank Miller by Milo Georgeff (Editor); Jon B. Cooke (Designed by); Elvis Mitchell (Introduction by)
Call Number: 741.5 M647f
ISBN: 1560975288
Publication Date: 2003-08-01
Author of Sin City and creator of Elektra for Marvel Comics' Daredevil series, Frank Miller is featured in six different interviews spanning two decades. Part of the Comics Journal Library.
Jackie Ormes: The first African American woman cartoonist by Nancy Goldstein
Call Number: 741.5 O73yg
ISBN: 9780472116249
Publication Date: 2008-02-21
This Book Contains Graphic Language by Rocco Versaci
Call Number: 741.5 V561t
ISBN: 9780826428783
Publication Date: 2007-12-15
Our Superheroes, Ourselves by Robin S. Rosenberg (Editor)
Call Number: 741.59 O93
ISBN: 9780199765812
Publication Date: 2013-07-22
In this thoughtful, engaging, and at times eye-opening volume, the author, a writer and well-known authority on the psychology of superheroes, offers readers a wealth of insight into superheroes, drawing on the contributions of a top group of psychologists and other scholars. - Publisher's description
Funnybooks by Michael Barrier
Call Number: 741.5973 B275f
ISBN: 9780520283909
Publication Date: 2014-11-27
Funnybooks is the story of the most popular American comic books of the 1940s and 1950s, those published under the Dell label. -Publisher's description
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
Call Number: 741.5973 L598s
ISBN: 9780385354042
Publication Date: 2014-10-28
The DC Comics Encyclopedia: the definitive guide to the characters of the DC universe by Phil Jimenez and the Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: Ref. 741.5 D111
ISBN: 9780756605926
Publication Date: 2004-10-04
The World Encyclopedia of Comics by Maurice Horn (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. 741.5 W927
ISBN: 079104856X
Publication Date: 1999-01-01

Manga Reference

500 Manga Heroes and Villains by Helen McCarthy
Call Number: Ref. 741.5 M123f
ISBN: 9780764132018
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Manga! Manga! by Frederik L. Schodt
Call Number: 741.5952 S363m
ISBN: 0870117521
Publication Date: 1986-05-15
The introduction is by Osamu Tezuka.
God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the creation of post-World War II Manga by Natsu Onoda Power
Call Number: 741.5952 T356yp
ISBN: 9781604732214
Publication Date: 2009-05-14
Cartoonist Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989) is the single most important figure in Japanese post-World War II comics.
Manga - The Complete Guide by Jason Thompson
Call Number: Ref. 741.5952 T473m
ISBN: 9780345485908
Publication Date: 2007-10-09