HIST 211: The History of Comic Books & American Society: Syllabus Sources

"The Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center is organized exclusively for educational purposes; more specifically, to promote and encourage the study, understanding, preservation and appreciation of the work of Jack Kirby..."

"Fantagraphics Books has been a leading proponent of comics as a legitimate form of art and literature since it began publishing the critical trade magazine The Comics Journal in 1976." - See more at: http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=125#sthash.vzmXoiVz.dpuf

"... providing as close to a free resource as possible where users can easily download public domain golden age comics without the need to ask or worry about searching the net for them. "

"Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its community of retailers, creators, publishers, librarians, and readers. The CBLDF provides legal referrals, representation, advice, assistance, and education in furtherance of these goals."

"... draws from the University of Florida's strengths in graphic texts, including comics the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in Special Collections as well as serials like Punch and Fun from Special Collections. These materials are part of the overall strengths in illustrated texts or imagetexts within the Digital Collections, including the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature Digital Collection with its vast holdings of picture books and illustrated books. The Comics Collection supports research and teaching in Comics Studies at the University of Florida."

Reading Wonder Woman's Body: Mythologies of Gender and Nation The Journal of Popular Culture
Volume 39, Issue 6, pages 954–984, December 2006

McAllister, Matthew. "Block Buster Art House: Meets Superhero Comic, or Meets Graphic Novel?: The Contradictory Relationship between Film and Comic Art." Journal Of Popular Film & Television 34, no. 3 (Fall2006 2006): 108-115.

Reading Reconsidered. Harvard Educational Review. vol. 47, no. 3 (August 1977): 411-429