Arabic Comic Books

Call Number: J 741.597:C564g
Location: Jafet Stacks
The book explores the relatively untouched topic of the works of women cartoonists--in contexts of sexual politics, trauma, gender, and autobiography ... more

Call Numbers: CMC 741.597:B281o
Location: Jafet - Archives and Special Collections
17 "autobifictionalographic" stories in which the author meditates on a variety of demons that include pretentious boyfriends, lost childhood friends, family relationships, and even the 2000 presidential election.

Included in this volume are citations regarding anthologies and reprints; criticism and reviews; exhibitions, festivals, and awards; scholarship and theory; and the business, artistic, cultural, legal, technical, and technological aspects of American comics.

Call Number: J 371.33:T253d
Location: Jafet Stacks
The essays in this collection discuss how comics and graphic narratives can be useful primary texts and learning tools in college and university classes across different disciplines ... more

Call Number: J 428.007:C333g
Location: Jafet Stacks
A comprehensive guide to embracing comics and effectively using them in any multilingual classroom. The book includes twenty-five proven activities for comics-based instruction in all classrooms ... more

Contributors analyze the problems of adapting one medium to another; the translation of comics aesthetics into film; audience expectations, reception, and reaction to comic book-based films; and the adaptation of films into comics.

Call Number: CMC 741.509:H342a
Location: Jafet - Archives and Special Collections
Traces the evolution of the comic book as a potent form of narrative art from its beginnings in the 1930s through the most contemporary of productions in the mid-1990s ... more

Call Number: J 741.503:G694c
Location: Jafet Stacks
A guide to characters, graphic novels, writers, and artists in the comic book universe. Gives a sense of how much quality work artists and writers produced over the last 100 years ... more

Call Number: J 741.569:G776c
Location: Jafet Stacks
Illustrated and accessible survey considering the vast output of comics culture from the late 19th century to today, including syndicated comics, graphic novels, and contemporary art and illustration ... more

Call Number: J 741.5:S116c
Location: Jafet Stacks
This book traces the history of the comic from early cartoon-like woodcuts through to the graphic strips of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The most recent artists are also illustrated and discussed ... more

Call Number: J 741.59:C733b
Location: Jafet Stacks
Essays from various critical disciplines, examining how comic books and graphic narratives move between various media, while merging youth and adult cultures and popular and high art ... more

Call Number: J 741.509:C934be
Location: Jafet Stacks
This one-volume reference contains over 65 essays covering themes and concepts of graphic novels, including genres, time periods, foreign language traditions, social relevance, and craftsmanship such as penciling and inking ... more

Call Number: R 741.403:E563b
Location: Jafet - Reference Department
Highlights the rich and enduring genre of comic books and graphic novels, from their emergence in the 1930s to their late-century breakout ... more

Call Number: CMC 741.509:P637e
Location: Jafet - Archives and Special Collections
A sweeping global survey of the history and evolution of the medium. A beautifully illustrated guide to the global comics phenomenon featuring images of international heroes ... more

Call Number: CMC 741.509:G766k
Location: Jafet - Archives and Special Collections
The articles collected in this volume provide an overview of this wildly diverse, increasingly popular, and widely accepted form of literature ... more

Call number: J 741.597:M127r
Location: Jafet Stacks
The book explores the inner workings of the worlds most misunderstood art form. Part One of this book covers the life of comics as an art form and as literature. Part Two paints a picture of comics' digital revolutions. The book includes a 25 page history of comics from 1380 to today ... more

Call Number: F 741.5:S838s:v.2
Location: Jafet Stacks - Folio
This book is the second of a projected series of six volumes tracing the historical and sociological development of visual storytelling in the medium of the comic book.

Call Number: J 741.5:M127u
Location: Jafet Stacks
Provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning ... more