Comic Book Collections for Libraries

This book will help librarians extend literary graphic novel collections to attract a large, untapped group of comic book readers with a sure-to-be-popular comic book collection.

• 60 A–Z entries on the comic book industry, publishers, and creators

• Helpful lists of recommended comic book titles, many of which are not usually found in libraries

• Numerous tables, comic book images, and illustrations

• A glossary of comic book-specific terms

• A title list actually used to begin a comic book collection at James Madison University

• Bibliographies for each chapter, plus a list of more than 50 web resources