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Titles and Characters

A list of book-length studies on individual comics titles and characters, now including web links. Individual book entries may include the book's Table of Contents, on-site reviews, printed review citations, links to on-line information, and more.

Reviews and Additional Information:  If you'd like to suggest titles or contribute a review of one of these books, please contact us.

NOTE: New! indicates a new or revised entry added since April 17, 2008.

NOTE: For American syndicated comic strips, also consult King Features Syndicate , United Media/Comics.com , and Universal Press Syndicate/UExpress .
For information on these and many other titles and characters, consult The Grand Comics Database , Don Markstein's Cartoonopedia , and the other bibliographic resources noted on our main page .
Jump to Titles/Characters beginning with:
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A (top)
Action (UK)
Air Pirates
Alice in Wonderland
  • Sewell, Brian, Mark Burstein, and Alan Tannenbaum, eds. and comps. Pictures and Conversations: Lewis Carroll in the Comics. An Annotated International Bibliography. 2nd edition. Austin, TX: Ivory Door, 2005. 100pp. (paper). [publisher's information]
All-Star Comics
Alter Ego
  • Thomas, Roy, ed. 2000. Alter Ego: The Comic Book Artist Collection. Raleigh: TwoMorrows. 160 pp. ISBN 1893905063 (paper). [publisher's information]
Andy Capp
  • McGeachy, D.P. III. 1972. The Gospel According to Andy Capp. Foreword by Robert L. Short. Richmond, VA: John Knox Press. ISBN 0804219559 (paper).
Angloman (See Also Gabriel Morrissette , Mark Shainblum )
Archie
  • Phillips, Charles. 1991. Archie: His First 50 Years. New York: Artabras-Abbeville. ISBN 0896600351.
Asterix
Avengers
B (top)
Baldo
Batman
  • Brooker, Will. Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon. New York: Continuum, 2000. 358 pp. ISBN 0826449492 (cloth -Buy It!). Reprint edition: 384pp. NY: Continuum, 2001. ISBN 0826413439 (paper -Buy It!).
  • Daniels, Les. Batman: The Complete History. Designed by Chip Kidd. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999. (cloth).
  • Dini, Paul and Chip Kidd. Batman Animated. Photgraphed by Geoff Spear; intro. by Bruce Timm. New York: Harper Entertainment, 1998. ISBN 0067575315 (hc), 006107327X (paper).
  • Kane, Bob, with Tom Andrae. Batman & Me: An Autobiography. Forestville, CA: Eclipse, 1989. ISBN 1-56060-016-0 (cloth), 1-56060-017-9 (paper).
  • Kidd, Chip. Batman Collected. Written, Designed, and Art-Directed by Chipp Kidd. Photographs by Geoff Spear. New York: Bullfinch Press/Little, Brown and Company, 1996. ISBN 0821223003 (cloth).
  • O'Neil, Dennis, ed. 2008. Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City. Dallas, TX: Benbella Books. 240pp. ISBN-10: 1933771305; ISBN-13: 978-1933771304 (paper).
  • Pearson, Roberta E., and William Uricchio, eds. The Many Lives of the Batman: Critical Approaches to a Superhero and his Media . New York: Routledge, 1991. ISBN 0415903467 (cloth), 0415903475 (paper - Buy It!). London: BFI, 1991. ISBN 0-85170-275-9 (cloth), 0-85170-276-7 (paper).
  • Vaz, Mark Cotta. Tales of the Dark Knight: Batman's First Fifty Years: 1939-1989. New York: Ballantine, 1989.
  • SearchLink: comics research bibliography topic for "Batman"
  • WebLink: Batmania: Adam West Squadron: Argentinian site celebrating the 1960s Batman tv show. Includes Las Onomatopeyas: Screen-captures of every (?) "Bat Sound Effect."
Battle of the Planets (see Gatchaman)

Beetle Bailey (see also Mort Walker)
Betty Boop
Big Boy
Blondie (See Also Chic YOUNG )
Books of Magic
Bringing Up Father (Maggie and Jiggs) (see also George McManus )
Broussaille 
Buck Rogers
  • Dille, Robert C., ed. The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.   Intro. Ray Bradbury.  New revised Edition [orig. ed. 1969].  New York: A & W Publishers, 1977.  ISBN 0-89104-062-5.
C (top)
Calvin and Hobbes (See Also Bill Watterson )
Captain Action
  • Eury, Michael. Captain Action: The Original Super-Hero Action Figure. Raleigh: TwoMorrows, 2002. 176 pp. (paper). [publisher's information]
Captain America
Captain Canuck
Captain Marvel (Fawcett /DC Comics; Shazam!)
Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
Catwoman
Cerebus (see also Dave Sim) Classics Illustrated
Conan
D (top)
Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Defenders
Dick Tracy
  • Gould, Chester. The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy. Ed. Herb Galewitz; intro. by Ellery Queen. New York: Boanza Books, 1970. 291pp. SBN 394-41964-Z (hc).
  • Maeder, Jay. Dick Tracy: The Official Biography. NY: Plume, 1990. 218pp. ISBN 0452265444 (paper).
  • Roberts, Garyn G. Dick Tracy and American Culture: Morality and Mythology, Text and Context . Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 1993.
  • Van Hise, James. Calling Tracy!  Six Decades of Dick Tracy. Las Vegas, NV: Pioneer, Books, 1990. 148pp. ISBN 1556982410 (paper).
Dilbert (See Also Scott Adams )
  • Solomon, Normon. The Trouble with Dilbert: How Corporate Culture Gets the Last Laugh. Foreword by Tom Tomorrow. Common Courage Press, 1997. ISBN 1567511333 (hc), 1567511325 (paper).
  • WebLink: The Dilbert Zone : Official site.
Doctor Strange (Dr. Strange)
Donald Duck
  • Dorfman, Ariel and Armand Mattelart. How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic. Trans. and updated introduction by David Kunzle; appendix by John Shelton Lawrence. New York: International General, 1991. Originally published as Para Leer al Pato Donald. Ediciones Universitarias de Valparíso, 1971. ISBN 0884770370.
  • Gisle, Jon. Donaldismen: En muntert-vitenskapelig studie over Donald Duck og hand verden. 1973. Rpt 2006.
Doonesbury (See Also Gary Trudeau )

E (top)
Elfquest
  • Decker, Dwight R. The Elfquest Gatherum. Designed by Peppy White. Stamford, CT: Fantagraphics, 1981.

F (top)
Fantastic Four
Felix the Cat
  • Canemaker, John. Felix: The Twisted Tale of the World's Most Famous Cat. 1991. ISBN 0679728090.
Flash Gordon
For Better of For Worse (See Also Lynn Johnston )
Frankenstein
From Hell
  • Moore, Alan. From Hell: The Compleat Scripts, Book One. Illustrated by Eddie Campbell, Edited and Afterword by Stephen R. Bissette. Baltimore, MD: Borderlands Press/Wilmington, VT: SpiderBaby Grafix, 1994. ISBN 1-880-325-07-1.
Funky Winkerbean
Futurama

G (top)
G-Force (see Gatchaman)

Garfield (See Also Jim Davis )
Gasoline Alley
Gatchaman
Ghost Rider
GI Joe
  • Michlig, John. GI Joe: The Complete Story of America's Favorite Man of Action.  Preface by Don Levine. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998. Austin, TX: Monkeybrain, 2003. 208pp. ISBN 0811818225 (hc)
Gil Thorp
Green Arrow
H (top)
Henry
Herbie (Herbie Popnecker)
Howard the Duck (See also Steve Gerber)
Hulk
I (top)
Invaders
J (top)
Judge Dredd
Justice Society of America
K (top)
Krazy Kat (See Also George Herriman )
  • McDonnell, Patrick, Karen O'Connell, Georgia Riley de Havenon. Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman. New York : H.N. Abrams, 1986. 223pp. ISBN 0810912112 (hc), 0810923130 (paper).
  • WebLink: Krazy Kat: The Cococnino County Home Page
L (top)
Last Kiss
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) (See Also Alan Moore )
Legion of Super-Heroes
  • Cardigan, Glen, ed. The Legion Companion. Introduction by Jim Shooter. Raleigh: TwoMorrows, 2003. 224 pp. ISBN: 1893905225 (paper). [publisher's information]
Li'l Abner (See also Al Capp )
Little Orphan Annie
M (top)
MAD
  • DeBartolo, Dick. Good Days and MAD: A Hysterical Tour Behind the Scenes at MAD Magazine. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1996. ISBN 1560250917 (paper).
  • Evanier, Mark. MAD Art: A Visual Celebration of the Art of MAD Magazine and the Idiots Who Create It. New York: Watson-Guptill, 2002. 304pp. ISBN 0-8230-3080-6 (pb). publisher's information
  • Jacobs, Frank. The Mad World of William M. Gaines. Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1972.
  • Reidelbach, Maria. Completely MAD: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine. Boston: Little, Brown, 1991. ISBN 0-316-72890 (cloth), 0-316-738913 (paper).
  • WebLink: Official website.
Maus (See also Art Spiegelman)
Mickey Mouse
  • Bain, David and Bruce Harris, eds. Mickey Mouse: Fifty Happy Years. New York: Harmony Books, 1977. 256pp.
  • Bocquet, Pierre E., Paul Gravett, and Sheena Wagstaff. Les Micquettes: Un air de famille. Paris: Deese Diffusion, 1990. 79pp. ISBN 2908395002 (paper).
  • Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse in Color: 1930s Disney Comic Strips. NY: Pantheon Books, 1988. 192pp. ISBN 0394575199 (hc).
Miracleman (Marvelman)
  • Khoury, George. 2001 Kimota! The Miracleman Companion. Raleigh, NC: TwoMorrows. 143pp. ISBN 189390511X (paper). on-line info
Moomins (Mumin; see also Tove Jansson)
N (top)
Nancy
  • Walker, Brian. The Best of Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy. New York: Comicana-Henry Holt, 1988. ISBN 0-8050-0925-6.
New Yorker
Nocturnals
Non Sequitur (See Also Wiley Miller )
Northguard (See Also Gabriel Morrissette , Mark Shainblum )
O (top)
 Octobriana