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A selection of resources to help provide reliable sources and prove notability

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Magazines/Journals

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Books

Contact User:Hiding if you require access to:

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  • The Comics Journal #27–184, 200, 205, 210, 225, 227, 250, 301 or The Comics Journal Library volume 7 (Harvey Kurtzman):

Other reference works

The following is an incomplete list of reference works that are believed to be of use:

  • Mike Benton, The Comic Book in America Taylor Publishing 1989
  • Eddie Campbell, alec: how to be an artist Eddie Campbell Comics 2001
  • David Collier, The Aesthetics of Comics
  • Les Daniels Comix, A History of Comic Books in America Bonanza Books 1971
  • Will Eisner Comics and Sequential Art Poorhouse Press 1985
  • Will Eisner Graphic Storytelling Poorhouse Press 1995
  • Mark Estren A History of Underground Comics Straight Arrow Press 1987
  • Ron Goulart Over 50 Years of American Comic Books Publications International 1991
  • Ron Goulart The Funnies: 100 Years of American Comic Strips
  • R. C. Harvey The Art of the Comic Book: an Aesthetic History University of Mississippi 1995
  • R. C. Harvey The Art of the Funnies: an Aesthetic History University of Mississippi 1994
  • Maurice Horn ed. The World Encyclopedia of Comics Avon 1977
  • Gerard Jones & Will Jacobs The Comic Book Heroes Prima 1996
  • David Kunzle A History of the Comic Strip University of California 1973 and 1989
  • Harvey Kurtzman From Aargh to Zap! Prentice Hall 1991
  • Rick Marschall America’s Great Comic Strip Artists Cross River Press 1989
  • Scott McCloud Understanding Comics - the Invisible Art HarperCollins 1994
  • Scott McCloud Reinventing Comics HarperCollins 2000
  • Trina Robbin A Century of Women Cartoonists Kitchen Sink 1992
  • Roger Sabin Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels: a History of Comic Art Phaidon 1996
  • ed. Bill Blackbeard & M. Williams The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics Smithsonian Institution 1988
  • ed. Bill Blackbeard & Dale Crain The Comic Strip Century two-volume slipcased collection Kitchen Sink 1995
  • ed. Gary Groth & R. Fiore The New Comics Berkley Books 1988
  • The Comics Journal magazine

External lists of relevant books

Bibliographical help

Reliable online column archives

Databases, indices, and other such websites

  • The Grand Comics Database - as a tertiary source, it is unwise to use it to support any specific detail as its details are drawn from the actual comics so it is usually better to use the primary source (as there is always the potential for errors to sneak in). Note that the name changed from The Grand Comic-Book Database to The Grand Comics Database in December 2009.
  • Comic Book DB - another tertiary source like the GCDB, with similar caveats
  • Toonopedia - Don Markstein's Toonopedia, often contains useful in-depth articles, especially focusing on older American comics and comic strips.
  • Comiclopedia, at Lambiek - short but usually accurate biographies, especially useful for non-US comic creators (where English-language material can be thin on the ground), good breadth of coverage
  • Comixjoint, a good source for information and reviews of underground comix. The depth and amount of information used in each article differs from comic to comic, but is generally good.
  • International Catalogue of Superheroes, similar to the Marvel Appendix below (doublecheck as they often use material from there and it is better to use the original) with excellent breadth of coverage, especially useful for non-US characters
  • Bedetheque, very useful for Franco-Belgian comics and language skills needn't be a problem - just enter the search term in the box labelled "rechercher" (the results are well laid out and you should be able to find what you want - if not ask for help at WT:CMC. Just remember to use {{fr icon}} to flag that it isn't in English
  • BDoubliées, similar to the above. Quickest access might be through the search.
  • The Comic Strip Project: Credits
  • National Cartoonists Society (Members' mini-bios)

For those no longer with us we can access other sources (see Jack Kirby for an example of these in use:

Also to cut down on external links use the Open Directory Project (following WP:ELMAYBE), using {{dmoz}}:

  • Comics, click the subsections and then use the letters to navigate to the right page

Templates

There are templates which can help add references to databases (which can help satisfy WP:V) so using the example from Hulk (comics)#References:

== References ==
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* {{comicbookdb|type=character|id=397|title=Hulk}}
* {{gcdb|type=character|search=Hulk|title=Hulk}}
{{refend}}

For the order and naming of the sections at the end of an article, see: WP:LAYOUT#Standard appendices and descriptions.

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