HIST 211: The History of Comic Books & American Society: Web Resources

"The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum's primary mission is to develop a comprehensive research collection documenting American printed cartoon art, to organize the materials, and to provide access to these resources."
Includes: editorial cartoons, comic strips, comic books, graphic novels, sports cartoons and magazine cartoons"

A citation guide by Allen Ellis Chair, Comics Citations Committee Comic Art and Comics Area , Popular Culture Association

"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."

"Comic Book Resources (CBR) is the premier online comics magazine. Renowned for it's high quality and diverse content and active community, CBR draws the most loyal audience of users. We serve over 3.8 million unique visitors every month (Google Analytics, January, 2010)."

Collections of Comic Books and Graphic Novels available from the Internet Archive.

"... is a born-digital, open access, open peer review academic journal dedicated to comics scholarship. The journal aims to make original, media-specific contributions to the field of comics scholarship and to advance the appreciation of comic art."

"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

"The COMIX-SCHOLARS-L list is an academic forum which serves the interests of those involved in research, criticism and teaching related to comics art. All aspects of comics and cartooning from around the world are open for discussion. Likewise, we welcome theoretical and critical approaches from all disciplinary perspectives. Academic scholars, people working in other institutional frameworks, and independent scholars are all equally welcome to contribute. "

In addition to items for sale the DC Comics site provides basic background information on their comic book characters, interviews and other news.

"... 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. "

"... is a peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of comics and related media. We are published by the English Department at the University of Florida with support from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Our content is available free of charge, and regular issues of ImageTexT will be published three times per year."

"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..."

In addition to items for sale, the Marvel site provides information on their characters, the Marvel Universe Wiki, news and podcasts.

"The items in this collection offer a selection of the promotional comic books held in the Hagley Library's collection. These works were generally, though not always, produced by corporations and other business entities for the purposes of advertising a product, managing a company's public image, or providing consumer education. A number of these works were also produced with the goal of influencing public opinion regarding socioeconomic political issues such as organized labor and government regulation of businesses."

"... 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."