Latest Additions and Revisions to Our Bibliography (Lots!)

Long time, no update! But that doesn't mean we haven't been busy. Here are the latest new and revised ComicsResearch.org bibliography entries. As always, we've also been correcting old links and adding new ones throughout the website. If you have suggestions or would like to contribute reviews, please let us know.

New Entries:

A Comics Studies Reader. Edited by Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2008.

Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings. By Craig Yoe. Last Gasp, 2007.

David Cronenberg's A History of Violence. By Bart Beaty. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008.

Erotic Comics 2: A Graphic History from the Liberated '70s to the Internet. By Tim Pilcher, with Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Introduction by Alan Moore. NY: Abrams, 2009.

From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books. By Arie Kaplan. Foreword by Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2008.

I Fumetti. By Carlo della Corte. Enciclopedia Popolare Mondadori. [Milano]: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1961.

India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes. By Karline McLain. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.

Little Sammy Sneeze: The Complete Color Sunday Comics 1904-1905. By Winsor McCay; edited by Peter Maresca. Sunday Press Books, 2007.

The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels. By Danny Fingeroth. Rough Guides / Penguin, 2008.

Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography. By David Michaelis. New York: Harper, 2007.

Watchmen: Portraits. By Clay Enos. London: Titan Books, 2009.

Watchmen: The Art of the Film. By Peter Aperlo. London: Titan Books, 2009.

Watchmen: The Official Film Companion. By Peter Aperlo. London: Titan Books, 2009.

Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test. Edited by Mark D. Wright. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2009.

Revised Entries:

500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide. By Gene Kannenberg, Jr. NY: Collins Design, 2008.

Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium. Edited by Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2004.

Dark Knights: The New Comics in Context. By Greg S. McCue, with Clive Bloom. London & Boulder, CO: Pluto Press, 1993.

Erotic Comics: A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Zap Comix. By Tim Pilcher, with Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Introduction by Aline Kominsky Crumb. NY: Abrams, 2008.

The Essential Guide to World Comics. By Tim Pilcher and Brad Brooks. Foreword by Dave Gibbons. London: Collins & Brown, 2005.

Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Greatest Women Cartoonists And Their Cartoons. By Liza Donnelly. Prometheus Books, 2005.

Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire. By Kerry D. Soper. University Press of Mississippi, 2008.

Illuminating Letters: Typography and Literary Interpretation. Edited by Paul Gutjahr and Megan L. Benton. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001.

Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed! Will Eisner, Stan Lee, Neil Gaiman and More! By Arie Kaplan. Chicago Review Press, 2006.

Print: America's Graphic Design Magazine 42.6 (November/December 1988): "Comics: A Special Issue."

Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art. Ed. Valerie Cassel. Houston TX: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2003.

Latest Additions and Updates to Our Bibliography

Here are the latest new and revised ComicsResearch.org bibliography entries (lots this time!). As always, we've also been adding links throughout the website. If you have suggestions or would like to contribute reviews, please let us know.

New Entries:

500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide. By Gene Kannenberg, Jr. NY: Collins Design, 2008.

Father of the Comics Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer. By David Kunzle. Great Comics Artists series. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007.

Harvey Pekar: Conversations. Edited by Michael G. Rhode. Conversations with Comic Artists Series. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2008 [in press].

Invaders from the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe. By John Bell; foreword by Seth. Toronto: The Dundurn Group, 2006.

Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond. Foreword by Sherri Geldin. Introduction by Lucy Shelton Caswell. Text by Dave Filipi, Scott McCloud, Neil Gaiman. Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts, 2008.

Meanwhile...: A Biography of Milton Caniff, Creator of Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon. By Robert C. Harvey. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2007.

Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean. By Douglas Wolk. Da Capo Press, 2007.

Son of Invisible Art: Graphic Novels for Libraries. Compiled by Joss O'Kelly. Aylesbury: Library and Information Service for Schools, Buckinghamshire County Council, 2001.

Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. By Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton. Introduction by Michael Chabon. Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.

Töpffer: L'invention de la bande dessinée. By Thierry Groensteen and Benôit Peeters. Hermann Editeurs des Sciences et des Arts, 1994.

Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes. By Rory Hayes. Edited by Dan Nadel and Glenn Bray, with essays by Geoffrey Hayes and Edwin Pouncey. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2008.

Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels. By David A. Beronä. Introduction by Peter Kuper. Abrams, 2008.

Revised Entries:

Art Spiegelman: Conversations. Ed. Joseph Witek. Conversations with Comic Artists. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007.

Comics as Philosophy. Edited by Jeff McLaughlin. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005.

Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. By Frederik L. Schodt. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge P, 1996.

The Great Comic Book Heroes. By Jules Feiffer. 1965. New York: Dial, 1977.

Forging a New Medium: The Comic Strip in the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Charles Dierick and Pascal Lefèvre. Brussels: VUB University Press, 1998.

Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics. By Frederik L. Schodt. Foreword by Osamu Tezuka. Tokyo, New York, and San Francisco: Kodansha International, 1983.

Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution, 1963-1975. By Patrick Rosenkranz. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2002.

Seduction of the Innocent. By Fredric Wertham. New York & Toronto: Reinhart, 1954.

The System of Comics. By Thierry Groensteen. Trans. Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007.

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America. By David Hajdu. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

Unpopular Culture: Transforming the European Comic Book in the 1990s. By Bart Beaty. University of Toronto Press, 2007.

Our New Mailbox is Ready!

Hey, Boys & Girls! Have you ever wanted to send something to ComicsResearch.org but were unable to find our address? That's because we didn't really have one - until now! This last month of silence saw us moving our entire research library to a new, more permanent location. Apart from giving us severe back pains, it's also given us the opportunity to set up a post office box. Yes, this website has finally embraced nineteenth-century communications technology!

From now on, feel free to drop us a line (or a book for review or donation) at:

Gene Kannenberg, Jr., Director
ComicsResearch.org
P.O. Box 3104
Albany NY 12203
U.S.A.

To those of you who have contacted us recently: We're making our way through the backlog and will be with you as soon as we can. Speaking of which, watch this space for upcoming reviews of several essay collections from the fine folks at BenBella Books!

Pictured: Funny Animals (Presents The Merry Mailman), vol. 14, no. 90, April, 1955; via Scott Shaw!'s delightful Oddball Comics. And you can learn more about the Mailman's television career at TV Party.

Update Spotlight: David Hajdu's The Ten-Cent Plague

For the life of me, I can't recall another recent book about comics which has received as many reviews as David Hajdu's new history The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008). It re-tells the story of the controversy surrounding comic books in America and how it grew into the 1950s, when - spurred on in part by Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent - Congressional hearings were held concerning the possible contribution of comic books to juvenile delinquency.

The story it tells is well-known (if not always well-understood) by most comics scholars and aficionados of American comic books. However, it seems that the general public - or at least most book reviewers - don't remember much about it at all, if the content of many of the book's reviews is any indication.

Given the book's high media profile, we've decided to collect links to all of the reviews we can find, as soon as they appear. You can find the results at our bibliography page for The Ten-Cent Plague.

We'll post our own review shortly. But in the meantime, if you run across any reviews of the book, either in print or online, that we haven't listed, please let us know and we'll add them. Thanks!

P.S.: We're aided in large part here by the comics research bibliography's Mike Rhode, who also runs the blog ComicsDC (it's about comics in the Washington, DC area, not the comic book publisher of a similar name. And Tom Spurgeon of the Comics Reporter blog has let folks know about our project, too. Thanks, guys!

Latest Additions and Updates to Our Bibliography

Here are the latest ComicsResearch.org bibliography entries that we've either added or revised since our last update. As always, if you have suggestions or would like to contribute reviews, please let us know.

Bart Beaty. Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005. 224p.

John Benson. Confessions, Romances, Secrets and Temptations: Archer St. John and the St. John Romance Comics. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 20007.

Dennis Dooley and Gary Engel, eds. Superman at Fifty!: The Persistence of a Legend! New York: Collier, 1988.

Danny Fingeroth. Disguised as Clark Kent Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero. New York & London: Continuum, 2007.

John Fulce. Seduction of the Innocent Revisited. Lafayette: Huntington House, 1990.

David Hajdu. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

Robert C. Harvey. Meanwhile... : A Biography of Milton Caniff, Creator of Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2007.

Robert C. Harvey. Milton Caniff: Conversations. University Press of Mississippi, 2002.

Ann Miller. Reading Bande Dessinée: Critical Approaches to French-Language Comic Strip. Bristol, UK; Chicago, IL: Intellect Ltd, 2007.

Arlen Schumer. The Silver Age of Comic Book Art. Portland, OR: Collectors Press, 2003.

Happy Valentine's Comics Day!

We've taken the opportunity this St. Valentine's Day to rectify a gross oversight on our part. Our genres section hasn't included romance comics! So we've begun that section today, sharing the love about:

• Benson, John. 2007. Confessions, Romances, Secrets and Temptations: Archer St. John and the St. John Romance Comics. Seattle: Fantagraphics. 96pp. ISBN-10: 1560977914; ISBN-13: 978-1560977919
• Nolan, Michelle. 2008. Love on the Racks: A History of American Romance Comics. McFarland & Company. ISBN-10: 0786435194; ISBN-13: 978-0786435197 (hardcover).
• Robbins, Trina. 1999. From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics From Teens to Zines. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 0811821994 (paper).
  

As always, please contact us with suggestions.

Image: Considered the first American romance comic book, Young Romance #1 (September-October 1947) was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (the team who also created, amongst myriad other titles, Captain America). The Grand Comics Database has information on the original comic as well as DC Comics' reprint from 2000.

Latest Additions and Updates

Here are the bibliography entries that we've either added or revised since our last update. As always, if you have suggestions or would like to contribute reviews, please let us know.

Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City. 2008. Ed. Dennis O'Neil. Dallas, TX: Benbella Books.

Danny Fingeroth. 2004. Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society. New York & London: Continuum.

Danny Fingeroth. 2007. Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero. Foreword by Stan Lee. Popular Culture and Television series. New York & London: Continuum.

Nancy Goldstein. 2008. Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist. University of Michigan Press.

Graphic Opinions: Editorial Cartoonists and Their Art. 1998. Ed. Jack Colldeweih and Kalman Goldstein. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press.

Roz Kaveney. 2008. Superheroes!: Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films. London and New York: I.B. Tauris.

The Psychology of Superheroes: An Unauthorized Exploration. 2008. Ed. Robin Rosenberg. Psychology of Popular Culture series. Dallas, TX: Benbella Books.

Tom Roberts. 2008. Alex Raymond: His Life and Art. Foreword by George Lucas; Introduction by James Bama. Silver Spring, MD: Adventure House.

Kerry D. Soper. 2008 [forthcoming]. Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire. Great Comics Artists Series. University Press of Mississippi.

Simcha Weinstein. 2006. Up, Up, and Oy Vey!: How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero. Leviathan Press.

Latest Additions and Updates

Here are the bibliography entries that we've either added or revised since our last update. As always, if you have suggestions or would like to contribute reviews, please let us know.

Manuel Auad, ed. 1995. Alex Toth. Kitchen Sink Press.

Bart Beaty. 2007. Unpopular Culture: Transforming the European Comic Book in the 1990s. Studies in Book and Print Culture. University of Toronto Press.

Michael Eury. 2007. Comics Gone Ape! The Missing Link to Primates in Comics. TwoMorrows Publishing.

Fred Patten. 2004. Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews. Foreword by Carl Macek. 2004. Stone Bridge Press.

Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury. 2006. Great British Comics: Celebrating a Century of Ripping Yarns and Wizard Wheezes. Aurum Press.

Keijo Karjalainen. 2006. Politiikkaa Asterixin maailmassa. Helsingissä: [Gummerus]: Ajatus.

Keijo Karjalainen. 2007. Politix. Asterix und Politik. Köln Saxa-Verl.

Peter Kessler, Peter. 1995. The Complete Guide to Asterix. Foreword by Albert Uderzo. Hodder Children's Books.

Graham Kibble-White. 2005. The Ultimate Book of British Comics. Allison & Busby.

Chris Lamb. 2004. Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons in the United States. New York: Columbia University Press.

Jeff McLaughlin, ed. 2005. Comics as Philosophy. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

Hans Sidén. 1972. Sadomasochism in Comics: A History of Sex and Violence in Comic Books. San Diego, Calif.: Greenleaf Classics.

Joseph Witek, ed. 2007. Art Spiegelman: Conversations. Conversations with Comic Artists. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

Latest Entry Additions and Updates

Here are the ComicsResearch.org book-entries we've added or revised since our last update here. More to come soon -- our "New Books" shelf is about to collapse...

Beaty, Bart. Unpopular Culture: Transforming the European Comic Book in the 1990s. University of Toronto Press, 2007.

Bender, Hy. The Sandman Companion. New York: DC Comics-Vertigo, 1999.

Feiffer, Jules. The Great Comic Book Heroes. 1965. New York: Dial, 1977.

Goulart, Ron. Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History. Collector's Press, 2000. 204 pp. ISBN (hc).

Levin, Bob. The Pirates and the Mouse: Disney's War Against the Counterculture. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2003.

Scott, Randall W. Comics Librarianship: A Handbook. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1990. ISBN 0899505279.

Vienne, Véronique. Chip Kidd. Monographics. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003.

Weiner, Stephen. Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel. Introduction by Will Eisner. New York: NBM, 2003.

November Entries

Here are the ComicsResearch.org book-entries we've added or revised recently.

Cartoons and Ethnicity. Catalog of the 1992 Festival of Cartoon Art. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Libraries, 1992.

Davis, Linda H. Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life. NY: Random House, 2006.

Gabler, Neal. Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

Gadducci, Fabio. Notes on the Early Decades of Italian Comic Art. Felici Editore, 2006.

Gresh, Lois H. and Robert Weinberg. The Science of Superheroes. John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 224pp. ISBN 0471024600 (cloth -Buy It!), 0471024600 (paper -Buy It!).

Gresh, Lois H. and Robert Weinberg. The Science of Supervillains. John Wiley & Sons, 2004. 224pp.

Kaplan, Arie. Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed! Will Eisner, Stan Lee, Neil Gaimam and More! Chicago Review Press, 2006.

McAllister, Matthew P., Edward H. Sewell, and Ian Gordon, eds. Comics and Ideology. Popular Culture and Everyday Life, Vol. 2. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2001.

McCarthy, Tom. Tintin and the Secret of Literature. Granta, 2006. 211pp.

Merino, Ana. El Cómic Hispánico [Spanish-language Comics]. Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra, 2003. ISBN 8437620570.

Popspiszyl, Tomáš. Otobriana and the Russian Underground: The Incredible Story of Petr Sadecký [Octobriana a Ruský Underground: Neuvĕřitelný Příbĕh Petra Sadeckého]. Prague: Labyrint, 2004.

Trondheim, Lewis and Sergio Garcia. Bande dessinée, apprendre et comprendre. Editions Delcourt, 2006.

Weinstein, Simcha. Up, Up, and Oy Vey!: How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero. Leviatham Press, 2006.

Wright, Bradford W. Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

October Entries

Here are the ComicsResearch.org book-entries we've added or revised recently. One new resource that we've begun adding to some of these new entries is a link to "Find in a Library with WorldCat." With these links you can find out if any libraries near you have a book in their collections. We'll be adding more of these links during future updates. And now, on with the titles:

Bukatman, Scott. Matters of Gravity: Special Effects and Supermen in the 20th Century. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003.

Frahm, Ole. Genealogie des Holocaust. Art Spiegelmans MAUS - A Survivor's Tale. München: Fink, 2006.

Gadducci, Fabio. Notes on the Early Decades of Italian Comic Art. Felici Editore, 2006.

Garrett, Greg. Holy Superheroes: Exploring Faith and Spirituality in Comic Books. Navpress Publishing Group, 2005.

Goldwater, John L. Americana in Four Colors: Twenty Years of Self Regulation by the Comics Magzine Industry. New York: Comics Magazine Association of America, 1974.

Groensteen, Thierry. The System of Comics. Trans. Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007.

Groensteen, Thierry. Système de la Bande Dessinée. Formes Sémiotiques. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1999.

Lagerstedt, Ilpo. Masi: Kentällä ja kasarmilla. Recallmed, 2005.

Lagerstedt, Ilpo. Minä Tex Willer. Jalava, 2001.

Lagerstedt, Ilpo. Supersankarit. Ilmiö amerikkalaisessa sarjakuvassa. Helsinki: Kirjastopalvelu, 1991.

Masters of American Comics. Ed. John Carlin, Paul Karasik, and Brian Walker. Yale University Press, 2005.

McCarthy, Tom. Tintin and the Secret of Literature. Granta, 2006

Szenarien des Comic: Helden und Historien im Medium der Schriftbildlichkeit. Herausgegeben von Stefanie Diekmann und Matthias Schneider. SuKuLTuR, 2006.

That's Fumetti: Italian Comics at the San Diego International Comic Con. Milano: Epierre, 1998.

Walker, Mort. The Lexicon of Comicana. Port Chester, N.Y.: Museum of Cartoon Art, c1980. rpt: Backinprint.com, 2000.

And remember, if you wish to suggest a title or resource for us to add, just contact us.

September Updates

Here are the book-entries we've added or revised recently to our bibliographies at ComicsResearch.org. And we've added many new weblinks as well - too many to list here.

Coogan, Peter. Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre. Introduction by Denny O'Neil. Austin, TX: Monkeybrain Books, 2006.

Foster, William H., III. Looking for a Face Like Mine. Waterbury, CT: Fine Tooth Press, 2005.

Gadducci, Fabio. Notes on the Early Decades of Italian Comic Art. Felici Editore, 2006.

George, Milo, ed. The Comics Journal Library, Volume One: Jack Kirby. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2002.

Groth, Gary, ed. The Comics Journal Library Volume Four: Drawing the Line. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2004.

McCabe, Joseph. Hanging Out with the Dream King: Conversations with Neil Gaiman and His Collaborators. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2005.

Rosenkranz, Patrick. Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution, 1963-1975. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2002.

Strömberg, Frederik. The Comics Go to Hell: A Visual History of the Devil in Comics. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2005.

More updates are on the way, as always!

June Updates

Here are the books we've added to ComicsResearch.org since our last update. And as always, we've been adding new weblinks throughout the website, as well. Remember, you can always recommend new books or reviews or links.

Geipel, John. The Cartoon: A Short History of Graphic Comedy and Satire. South Brunswick and New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1972. ISBN 0498011496 (cloth).

Kahan, Jeffrey and Stanley Stewart. Caped Crusaders 101: Composition through Comic Books. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, 2006. 200pp. ISBN 0786425326 (paper).

McDonnell, Patrick; Karen O'Connell; and Georgia Riley de Havenon. Krazy Kat: The Art of George Herriman. New York: Harry N. Abrahms, 1986. ISBN 0810912112 (cloth), 0810923130 (paper).

Morrison, Bill. Innocence and Seduction: The Art of Dan DeCarlo. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2006. 200pp. ISBN 1560977108 (paper).

Pieper, Gail W., with Kenneth D. Nordin and Joseph Ursitti. Understanding the Funnies: Critical Interpretations of Comic Strips. Lisle, IL: Procopian Press, 1997. 180pp.

Sanders, Joe, ed. The Sandman Papers: An Exploration of the Sandman Mythology. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2006. 280pp. ISBN 1560977485 (paper.)

Schurman, Lydia Cushman and Deidre Johnson, eds. Scorned Literature: Essays on the History and Criticism of Popular Mass-Produced Fiction in America. Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture, Number 75. Westport, CT & London: Greenwood Press, 2002. 245pp. ISBN 0313320330 (hc).

April Updates

Today we climb around the library shelves, in this list of the latest new or significantly revised entries to ComicsResearch.org. Several older and heretofore-overlooked books, as well as more recent fare, now have detailed entries.

Note also that we've done quite a bit of updating on our Academic Resources page, particularly with regard to comics research collections in libraries from around the world.

And away we go...!

Goulart, Ron. The Great Comic Book Artists. New York: St. Martin's P, 1986. 128pp. ISBN 0312345577 (paper).

Hess, Stephen and Sandy Northrop. Drawn & Quartered: The History of American Political Cartoons. Montgomery, AL: Elliott & Clark Publishing, 1996. 164pp. ISBN 1880216396 (hc).

Howe, Sean, ed. and introduction. Give Our Regards to the Atom Smashers! Writers on Comics. New York: Pantheon, 2004. 228pp. ISBN 0375422560 (hc).

Lent, John A., ed. Cartooning in Latin America. Hampton Press, 2005. 396pp. ISBN 1572735600 (cloth), 1572735619 (paper).

Lent, John A., Lent. Comic Art of Europe through 2000: An International Bibliography. Volume I. Bibliographies and Indexes in Popular Culture, Number 10. Westport, CT & London: Praeger, 2003. 570pp. ISBN 027598219X (set); 0275982203 (hc). ISSN 10660658.

Lent, John A., Lent. Comic Art of Europe through 2000: An International Bibliography. Volume II. Bibliographies and Indexes in Popular Culture, Number 10. Westport, CT & London: Praeger, 2003. 571-1090pp. ISBN 027598219X (set); 0275982211 (hc). ISSN 10660658.

McLaughlin, Jeff, ed. Comics as Philosophy. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005. 256pp. ISBN 1578067944 (cloth).

Morris, Tom and Matt Morris, eds. Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way. Popular culture and philosophy. Chicago and La Salle, IL: Open Court Publishing Co., 2005. 281pp. ISBN 0812695739 (paper).

Satin, Allan D. A Doonesbury Index. Metuchen, NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press, 1985. 269pp. ISBN 0810818000 (hc).

Spurgeon, Tom, ed. The Comics Journal Library 6: The Writers [voices from the rebirth of comics, 1975-1985]. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2006. 358pp, ISBN -13: 9781560976967, ISBN-10 1560976969 (paper).

Thomas, Rebecca L. and Catherine Barr. Popular Series Fiction for Middle School and Teen Readers. Westport, CT & London: Libraries Unlimited, 2005. 515pp. ISBN 1591582024 (hc).

Wertham, Fredric. Seduction of the Innocent. New York: Reinhart, 1954. 397pp[?].

Wright, Thomas. A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art. ("The original text is reprinted from the London edition of 1865 from a copy in the collections of The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.") New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1968. 508pp.

Still More Construction

Besides successfully (and finally) migrating this blog to ComicsResearch.org, we're also slightly revamping the way that website functions. No more frames - hurrah! It will take some time to make the necessary changes; but all the old info is still there, just not as pretty as we'd like. Please bear with us as we update pages as quickly as possible.

We also have added a Google search. But seeing as how ComicsResearch.org's files are now housed on a different server than before, it will take a while before Google indexes the new site. But once that's done, searching will be easier and more accurate than before.

Pictured: The cover to David Macauley's award-winning Cathedral: The Story of its Construction- perhaps not technially a comic book, but still an amazing example of the clarity and potential possible when text and image are combined with skill and care.

Moving Again - And for the Last Time, Promise!

Please update your bookmarks (for the last time, really!) to:

http://www.comicsresearch.org/blog
Explanation: With the penultimate phase of our site-wide revamp of ComicsResearch.org, we've moved to a new server; we now have the capability to host our own blog. Farewell, comicsresearch.blogspot.com and blog-machine.blogspot.com; you have served us well. All the previous "Comics Research & Such" and "Blog-Machine" posts still will be available at that new blog site. Thanks for visiting!

Even More Additions to the Bibliography

We've been making lots of changes here - besides changing our URL (sorry about that confusion, folks!). We've added a list of ComicsResearch.org categories in the right-hand column as well as more comics-related blogs in out blogroll. And, of course, we've added detailed listings for yet more books, both older and newer. It's a healthy and interesting list, so on with the show!

• Beaty, Bart. Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005. ISBN 157806810X (hardcover), 1578068193 (paper).


• Chalker, Jack L. An Informal Biography of Scrooge McDuck. Mirage Press, 1974. 57pp. ISBN 0883585022 (paper). Buy It!


• Glut, Donald F. The Frankenstein Catalog. McFarland, 1984. 525pp. ISBN 0899500293 (hc).


• Jones, William B., Jr. Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2002. 267pp. ISBN 0786410779 (hc).


• Jordan, Edward J. Politics, Ink: How America's Cartoonists Skewer Politicians, from King George III to George Dubya. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 208pp. ISBN 0742536386 (paper). Buy It!


• Lupoff, Pat & Dick. The Best of Xero: Selections from the Hugo Award-Winning Magazine. Introduction by Roger Ebert. Tachyon Publications, 2004. 220pp. ISBN 1892391112 (hc -Buy It!), 1892391171 (paper - Buy It!).


• Salisbury, Mark. Writers on Comics Scriptwriting. London: Titan Books, 1999. 240pp. ISBN 184023069X
  (paper).


• Sanders, Joe, ed. The Sandman Papers: An Exploration of the Sandman Mythology. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2006. 280pp. ISBN 1560977485 (paper.)


• Westfahl, Gary. Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture: Coming of Age in Fantasyland. Greenwood Press, 2000. 176pp. ISBN 0313308470 (hc).

We hope you're enjoying our newly ignited dedication to this blog and to ComicsResearch.org. As always, we welcome your questions, comments and suggestions.

Updates to ComicsResearch.org: 22 March 2006

Here's the list of ComicsResearch.org's latest book-entries, either added or updated. I'm always adding links to other websites of interest, as well - too many to list here. On with the show:

Couch, N.C. Christopher and Stephen Weiner. The Will Eisner Companion. New York: DC Comics, 2005. 176pp. ISBN 1401204228 (hc), 1401204236 (paper). Buy It!

Eisner/Miller. Interview conducted by Charles Brownstein. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2005. 352pp. ISBN 1569717559 (paper). Buy It!

Inness, Sherrie A., ed. Action Chicks: New Images of Tough Women in Popular Culture. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. 293pp. ISBN 1403964033 (cloth), 1403963967 (paper). Buy It!

Lehmann, Timothy R. Manga: Masters of the Art.
New York: Collins Design - Harper Collins, 2005. 255pp. ISBN 10: 0060833319, 13: 9780060833312 (pb). Buy It!

Lendt, David L. Ding: The Life of Jay Norwood Darling. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1979. 202pp. ISBN 0813800102 (hc). Rpt.: 4th ed. Maecenas, 2000. ISBN 0944266290. Buy
It!

Levin, Bob. Outlaws, Rebels, Freethinkers & Pirates: Essays on Cartoons and Cartoonists. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2005. 224pp. ISBN 1560976314 (paper). Buy It!

Sabin, Roger, ed. Punk Rock: So What? The Cultural Legacy of Punk. London and New York: Routledge, 1999. 247pp. ISBN 041517029X (hc); 0415170303 (paper).

Westin, Alan F., ed. and intro. Getting Angry Six Times a Week: A Portfolio of Political Cartoons: 14 Major Cartoonists. Profiles by Albert Roberts and Randall Rothenberg. Boston: Beacon Press, 1979. 160pp. ISBN 0807043788 (hc), 0807043796 (paper). Buy It!

Books by Our Friends

In this ComicsResearch.org update, we're focusing on ten (10!) newly added books by folks we know. Most of these are pretty recent; a couple were overlooked in earlier updates. All, however, are highly recommended. If your bookshelves are not already graced by these tomes, well, what are you waiting for?


Beaty, Bart. Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005. ISBN 157806810X (hardcover), 1578068193 (paper).

Gravett, Paul. Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life. London: Aurum, 2005. 192pp. ISBN 1845130685 (paper). New York: Collins Design, 2005. ISBN 0060824255 (paper).

Gravett, Paul. Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics. London: Lawrence King / New York: Harper Design International, 2004. 176pp. ISBN 1856693910 (paper).



Hatfield, Charles. Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005. 182pp. ISBN 1578067189 (hardcover), 1578067197 (paper).

Heer, Jeet and Kent Worcester, eds. Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2004. 176pp. ISBN 1578066867 (cloth), 1578066875 (paper).

Lent, John A., ed. Illustrating Asia: Comics, Humor Magazines, and Picture Books. Honolulu: University of Hawaii P, 2001. 249pp. ISBN 0824824717 (cloth).


McLaughlin, Jeff, ed. Comics as Philosophy. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005. 256pp. ISBN 1578067944 (cloth).

Pilcher, Tim and Brad Brooks. The Essential Guide to World Comics. Foreword by Dave Gibbons. London: Collins & Brown, 2005. 320pp. ISBN 1843403005.


Sabin, Roger, and Teal Triggs, eds. Below Critical Radar: Fanzines and Alternative Comics from 1976 to Now. Hove: Slab-O-Concrete, [2002]. 112pp. ISBN 1899866477 (paper).

Yoe, Craig. Modern Arf: Artists + Models: The Naked Truth. Seatle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2005. 120pp. ISBN 1560976292 (paper).

(BTW: If we've forgotten anyone, our apologies: The office is a mess. Just let us know and we'll get the info up ASAP.)

More Books Added to ComicsResearch.org

Here's another batch of new book entries at ComicsResearch.org. As always, each entry includes the book's table of contents as well as a link to purchase the book at Amazon.com. Remember, buying books from these links helps support ComicsResearch.org. My sincere thanks to those of you who've already done so!

And now, the newest entries:

Callahan, Bob, ed. The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2004. 398pp. ISBN 588341836 (hc). Buy It!

Daniels, Les, Chip Kidd, and Geoff Spear. The Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004. n.p. ISBN 0810949695 (hc). Buy It!

Greene, Doyle. Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005. 192pp. ISBN 0786422017 (paper). *O* Buy It!

Miller, Steve. Developing and Promoting Graphic Novel Collections. Teens @ the library series. NY: Neal-Schuman P, 2005. 130pp. ISBN 1555704611 (paper). Buy It!

Wood, Susan. The Poison Maiden & the Great Bitch: Female Sterotypes in Marvel Superhero Comics. Baltimore, MD: T-K Graphics, 1974. Rpt.: Essays on Fantastic Literature no. 5. San Bernardino, CA: The Borgo Press, 1989. 28pp. ISBN 0893705373. Buy It!

Stay tuned - I'll post more entries and other announcements here soon!

Recent Additions to the Comics Scholarship Annotated Bibliographies

Long Time, No Blog Dep't: Yes, I know; it's been about a month since I posted anything here, but that's about to change. [Insert typical New Year's Resolution here - But I swear, I'm gonna keep to it this time.] In fact, I plan to make better use of this blog as I originally intended it: As a news site not just for miscellaneous comics news, but also for updates to my Comics Scholarship Annotated Bibliographies [ComicsResearch.org]. To that end, here are the books I've recently added to - or edited at - the website. (Note: Click on a book's title to go to the book's Table of Contents at ComicsResearch.org; click "Buy It!" to buy the book from Amazon.com. Remember, your purchases via these links help support ComicsResearch.org.) To wit:

Cary, Stephen. Going Graphic: Comics at Work in the Multilingual Classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2004. 218pp. ISBN 0325004757 (paper). Buy It!

Couch, N.C. Christopher and Stephen Weiner. The Will Eisner Companion. New York: DC Comics, 2005. 176pp. ISBN 1401204228 (hc). Buy It!

Elder, Will. Will Elder: The Mad Playboy of Art. Intro. Daniel Clowes. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2003. 392pp. ISBN 1560976039 (cloth), 1560975601 (paper). Buy It!

Gravett, Paul. Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics. London: Lawrence King / New York: Harper Design International, 2004. 176pp. ISBN (paper). Buy It!

Hinds, Harold E. Jr. and Charles M. Tatum. Not Just for Children: The Mexican Comic Book in the Late 1960s and 1970s. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. 245pp. ISBN 0313254672 (cloth). Buy It!

Jones, Dudley and Tony Watkins, eds. A Necessary Fantasy?: The Heroic Figure in Children's Popular Culture. Garland reference library of the humanities; v. 1873 - Children's literature and culture; v. 18. New York and London: Garland, 2000. 410pp. ISBN 0815318448 (hc). Buy it!

Schulz, Charles M. with R. Smith Kiliper. Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Me, and all the other Peanuts characters. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. 128pp. ISBN 038515805X (trade), 0385158068 (prebound). Buy It!

Scott, Randall W. Comic Books and Strips: An Information Sourcebook. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx P, 1988. 152pp. ISBN 089774389X (paper). Buy It!

Strömberg, Frederik. Black Images in the Comics: A Visual History. Foreword by Charles R. Johnson. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2003. 264 pp. ISBN 1560975466 (cloth). Buy It!

Be sure to return for more updates! And if you have any suggestions for new additons to ComicsResearch.org, please let me know.