"Graphic novel" is a term gaining acceptance that is used to describe bound narratives that tell a story through sequential art with or without text.  These may have been conceived originally as novel-length works or be compilations of previously serialized stories.

Read the CUL Collection Development Policy.  For more info on CUL’s graphic novel collection, or to make suggestions for the collection or for this page, e-mail Karen Green at klg19@columbia.edu.

• The Eisners
  Awarded annually, at the Comic Con International in San Diego
• The Harveys
  Nominated and selected by comic book professionals
• The Ignatz
  Selected by a panel of five cartoonists, and awarded at the Small Press Expo
• Comic Books Award Almanac

• Comics Journal
  Butler Stacks PN6000.C62
• IJOCA (International Journal of Comic Art)
• ImageTexT (content is online)
• gutter GEEK (content is online)
• The Journal of Popular Culture
  Butler Stacks/Offsite AP2.J68 (all content available via various e-Journal packages; check CLIO)

• Cartoon Research Library, Ohio State University
  A comprehensive research collection of all aspects of American cartoon art, including comic strips, comic books, graphic novels, editorial cartoons, sports cartoons, and magazine cartoons.
• Comic Art Collection, Michigan State University
  Over 200,000 items, primarily comic books, but also over 1000 newspaper comics and extensive secondary materials.
• San Francisco Academy of Art, Ohio State University
  Bill Blackbeard's collection of early American newspaper comics, as well as dime novels, penny dreadfuls, sci-fi fanzines, and a wide variety of popular narratives.
• Edwin and Terry Murphy Comic Book Collection, Duke University
  A comprehensive collection of Marvel and DC comics from the 1930s onward, featuring DC and Marvel titles as well as assorted small publishers and underground comics.
• Michael E. Uslan Collection, Indiana University
  Uslan, producer of "Batman" films and Indiana University professor, donated his collection to the university.
• Michael J. Ciaraldi Collection, Brown University
  Collection of comics, graphic novels, and other materials relating to comic art in popular culture
• Library of Congress, Serial and Government Publications, Popular Culture Collection
  A brief history of the genre, and a guide to using the collection
• NASAE (National Association of Comics Art Educators)
  Advice for including comics in the curriculum

• Comic-Con International
  The original, in San Diego, held in October
• Comic Arts Conference
  Academic conference held in conjuntion with Comic-Con International
• New York Comic Con
  A newcomer, since 2006, held in February
• Comicon.com
  A virtual convention
• Wizard World
  Possibly the largest pop culture convention ever, held in four US cities
• International Comic Arts Forum
  Scholarly conference on all aspects of the comics industry

• Newsarama
  Source for daily comics news, reviews, previews, and commentary
• Library Journal's Graphic Novels reviews
  Brief but thorough reviews, with target audience info
• The Comics Reporter
  Comics news from a long-time industry insider
• Comic Book Resources
  News, press releases, forums, and more
• ComicVine
  A comics database and social media venue for discussing comics, posting reviews, and more
• Thought Balloonists
  Reviews and discussion
• Comics 101
  Scott Tipton's encyclopedic comics blog
• The Beat
  Comics commentary from Publishers Weekly
• Comics for All
  Comics commentary from Marvel Comics
• Flog
  The Fantagraphics Books blog
• D+Q Blog
  The Drawn & Quarterly blog
• Journalista
  The blog from The Comics Journal
• Comixology
  A guide to what's out, week by week
• The Savage Critic
  More reviews and commentary
• Comics Comics
  Blog written by Dan Nadel, among others
• Comics Should Be Good
  The blog from Comic Book Resources
• Occasional Superheroine
  Blog by Valerie D'Orazio: cartoonist, editor, president of Friends of Lulu
• Sequential Tart
  Comics news and reviews from a female perspective
• BeaucoupKevin
  Blog written by a comics writer