Graphic Novels & Books
Updated DJanuary 2, 2003
Many of our customers have asked for our suggestions as to good graphic
novels and books about comics and popular culture.
We've decided to make available a list
of books that we think are worthwhile that are available for immediate
order from our friends at Amazon Books. The following is a list of books
that we recommend for your own personal library or to give as a gift.
Click on any title for more information or to order now
Pick of the month:
Fantastic Butterflies ; James Kochalka; Paperback
The Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks (Amazing Fantasy, No. 15) Vol 1;
Stan Lee, Steve Ditko; Paperback
American Splendor Presents: Bob & Harv's Comics ; Robert Crumb &
Harvey Pekar; Paperback
Amphigorey ; Edward Gorey; Paperback
Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections on an
American Art Form ; M. Thomas Inge (Editor);
Paperback
Arab Comic Strips: Politics of an Emerging Mass Culture ; Allen
Douglas, Fedwa Malti-Douglas
The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History (Popular Culture
Series); Robert C. Harvey; Paperback
The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History (Studies in Popular
Culture); Robert C. Harvey; Paperback
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns ; Frank Miller; Paperback
The Best of Drawn & Quarterly ; Paperback
The Best of Little Nemo in Slumber Land ; Winsor McCay; Hardcover
Big Book
of Hell ; Matt Groening; Paperback; Published 1990
DC's Big Book Series
Binky Brown ; Justin Green; Paperback
Bitchy's School Daze ; Roberta Gregory; Paperback
Bone
The Book of Jim ; Jim Woodring; Paperback
The
Books of Magic ; Neil Gaiman, et al; Paperback; Published 1993
The Book of Zines: Readings from the Fringe ; Chip Rowe; Paperback
Box Office Poison ; Alex Robinson; Paperback
By the Balls ; Tom Fassbender, Jim Pascoe, Dashiell Loveless, Paul Pope; Paperback
Caricature ; Dan Clowes; Hardcover
Cave-In ; Brian Ralph; Paperback
Cerebus
Champs ; Steve Weissman; Paperback
The
Christmas Spirit ; Will Eisner; Paperback; Published 1995
The Collected Hutch Owen ; Tom Hart; Paperback
The Comic Book Heroes ; Gerard Jones, Will. Jacobs; Paperback
Comic Books and America, 1945-1954 ; William W. Savage; Hardcover
The Comics (Studies in Popular Culture Series); Coulton Waugh;
Paperback
Comics
and Sequential Art ; Will Eisner; Paperback; Published 1985
Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels ; Roger Sabin; Hardcover
Comics Underground Japan ; Kevin Quigley; Paperback
The Complete Dirty Laundry Comics ; Aline Kominsky-Crumb &
Robert Crumb; Paperback
The Cowboy Wally Show ; Kyle Baker; Paperback
Dangerous Drawings: Interviews With Comix & Graphix Artists ;
Andrea Juno; Paperback
Dear Julia, ; Brian Biggs; Paperback
Death: The High Cost of Living ; Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, Dave McKean; Paperback
Death: The Time of Your Life ; Neil Gaiman; Paperback
Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga ; Frederik L. Schodt;
Paperback
Dyke Strippers: Lesbian Cartoonists from A to Z ; Roz Warren (Editor);
Paperback
Escapo ; Paul Pope; Paperback
Fax from Sarajevo: A Story of Survival ; Joe Kubert; Hardcover
Five Shots and A Funeral ; Dashiell Loveless, Tom Fassbender, Jim Pascoe, Paul Pope; Paperback
Forbidden Adventures:
The History of the American Comics
Group (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture, No 53) ; Michael Vance; Hardcover; Published 1996
The Factsheet Five Zine Reader: Dispatches
from the Edge of the Zine Revolution ; R. Seth Friedman; Paperback
Frank
From Hell ; Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell; Paperback
Ghost World ; Daniel Clowes; Paperback
Give
it Up and Other Short Stories ; Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper;
Hardcover; Published 1995
Gon
Good-bye, Chunky Rice ; Craig Thompson; Paperback
Graphic
Storytelling ; Will Eisner; Paperback; Published 1996
Hate
A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics
Campaign (Studies in Popular Culture Series); Martin
Barker; Paperback
Hicksville ; Dylan Horrocks; Paperback
A History of Underground Comics ; Mark James Estren; Paperback
The Huge Book of Hell ; Matt Groening; Paperback
Inconspicuous Consumption: An Obsessive
Look at the Stuff We Take for Granted, from the
Everyday to the Obscure ; Paul Lukas; Paperback
Introducing Kafka ; David Zane Mairowitz & Robert Crumb;
Paperback
Jamming the Media ; Gareth Branwyn; Paperback
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth ; Chris Ware; Hardcover
Julius Knipl
James Kochalka
Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman ; George Herriman;
Paperback
Life of the Party ; Mary Fleener; Paperback
Leve Ta Jambe Mon, Poisson Est Mort! (Lift
Your Leg, My Fish Is Dead) ; Julie Doucet; Paperback
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron ; Daniel Clowes; Paperback
The Magic Whistle Blows ; Sam Henderson; Paperback
Manga! Manga! (The World of Japanese Comics) ; Frederik L. Schodt; Paperback
Maus
My Troubles With Women ; Robert Crumb; Paperback
The Narrative Corpse ; R. Sikoryak; Paperback
Neon Lit: Paul Auster's City of Glass ; Paul Auster; Paperback
The New American Splendor Anthology ; Harvey Pekar; Paperback
New Hat Stories: Banks/Eubanks ; Tom Hart; Paperback
No Love Lost ; Ariel Bordeaux; Paperback
One Trick Rip-Off ; Paul Pope; Paperback
Orgy Bound ; Daniel Clowes; Paperback
Our Cancer Year ; Joyce Brabner, et al; Paperback
Palestine
The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book ; Robert Crumb; Hardcover
Reinventing Comics ; Scott McCloud; Paperback
Safe Area Gorazde ; Joe Sacco; Paperback
Sandman
The Sands ; Tom Hart; Paperback
The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our
Favorite Family ; Matt Groening; Paperback
Sin City
Sleepwalk: And Other Stories ; Adrian Tomine; Paperback
Stuck Rubber Baby ; Howard Cruse; Hardcover
Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Studies in Popular Culture); Richard
Reynolds; Paperback
Tales from the Crypt: The Official Archives Vol 1 ; Digby Diehl;
Hardcover
Thieves & Kings
32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics ; Adrian Tomine; Paperback
The Tick: Mighty Blue Justice! ; Greg Hyland; Paperback
Tijuana Bibles: Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies,
1930S-1950s ; Bob Adelman; Hardcover
Understanding Comics ; Scott McCloud; Paperback
V For Vendetta ; Alan Moore; Paperback
Watchmen ; Alan Moore; Paperback
Why I Hate Saturn ; Kyle Baker; Paperback
You Are Here ; Kyle Baker; Paperback
Zot!
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