D. Aviva Rothschild

268 Pages·1995·22.737 MB·English

by  Novels, Graphic

Graphic Novels
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GRAPHIC NOVELS
A Bibliographic Guide to
Book-Length Comics
by
D. Aviva Rothschild
1995
LIBRARIES UNLIMITED
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Westport, Connecticut • London
To my parents, without whom...
Copyright © 1995 Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rothschild, D. Aviva.
Graphic novels : a bibliographic guide to book-length comics / D.
Aviva Rothschild.
xxii, 245 p. 17x25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 1-56308-086-9
1. Graphic novels-Bibliography. I. Title.
Z5956.C6R68 1995
[PN6714]
016.7415-dc20 94-23984
CIP
05 04 03 EBAA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 32
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Preface: The Midnight Library by Donna Barr ix
Introduction xiii
1—ACTION/ADVENTURE 1
2—CLASSICS 17
General 17
Operas 18
Shakespeare 19
3—CRIME AND MYSTERY 21
4__FANTASY 31
Adaptation 31
General 35
Heroic 48
5—FICTION 59
Anthologies and Collections 59
General 79
Historical 95
War and Armed Services 103
6—FUNNY ANIMALS 106
General 106
Walt Disney Characters 114
7—HORROR/OCCULT 117
Adaptation 117
General 119
8—MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE 126
9—NONFICTION 128
Autobiography and Biography 128
General 135
History 137
Music 141
Politics 141
Science 142
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10—SCIENCE FICTION 144
Adaptation 144
Doctor Who 151
General 152
Judge Dredd 195
11—SUPERHEROES 197
Anthologies 197
General 199
12—WESTERNS 227
Glossary of Comic Book Terminology and Slang 231
Index 233
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A number of individuals provided invaluable assistance in the preparation of this book:
Jean Geist and the graduate students at the Bowling Green State University Popular Culture
Collection; Randall Scott and all the other librarians at the Michigan State University Russel B.
Nye Popular Culture Collection; Koraljka Lockhart, publications editor of the San Francisco
Opera; Lynn Williams, professor of English at Emerson College in Boston; Mark Hamilton
and all the guys at Fantasy Works Comics in Aurora, Colorado; Jamie Riehle of Kitchen
Sink Press; Donna Barr, for all her hard work; Robin Lehmann, who patiently endured having
graphic novels shoved under her nose and who supplied some of the interesting trivia; David
Loertscher, for making this book possible in the first place; Constance Hardesty, project
editor; Ramona Gault, copy editor; and Joan Garner, art director; Libraries Unlimited; and,
most important, my parents, Marilyn and Bertram Rothschild, who have been supportive
and enthusiastic since Day One.
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