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"Associated with the Graphic Narrative Project at Stanford University (graphicnarratives.stanford.edu). Academic and non-academic reference database on all sorts of issues related to graphic narratives, including graphic novels, manga, comics, webcomics, illustration of literature, cartooning, etc."

"Full of practical advice and innovative ideas for librarians, educators, and archivists, this book provides a wide-reaching look at how graphic novels and comics can be used to their full advantage in educational settings. Topics include the historically tenuous relationship between comics and librarians; the aesthetic value of sequential art; the use of graphic novels in library outreach services; collection evaluations for both American and Canadian libraries; cataloging tips and tricks; and the swiftly growing realm of webcomics. "

Graphic novel adapted by Robert Berry from the novel by James Joyce

It hovers between picture book and graphic novel but another cool introductory book (to show it's not all Bam! and Pow!) might by Arrival by Shaun Tan. Entirely wordless, it depicts the diversity of the immigrant experience. The illustrations are hard to describe, but 'amazing' and 'otherworldly' will do for now.

Emmanuel Guibert and G.I. Alan Cope recount Cope's experiences of WWII.

Comics and graphic novels from First Second, :01, an imprint of Roaring Books

"Dan Archer creates non-fictional, journalistic comics to offer a new perspective on US foreign and domestic policy"

Official blog of the DC universie

"What if the Smiths' songs were comics? An American publisher is taking that idea to the printing-press, organising a new anthology that transforms songs such as Girlfriend in a Coma and How Soon Is Now? into comic-book stories. Each tune will unspool as a four-to-eight-page comic strip, with the whole thing published in November."