Research Guides: ENGL 348: Comics and Ecology: Comics & Graphic Novels

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Moomin Deluxe Anniversary Edition by Tove Jansson
It has been more than sixty years since the Moomin comic strip debuted in the London Evening News. By the end of its run in 1975, Moomin was syndicated in more than forty newspapers around the world and hailed for its light-handed, charming stories. The comics were revived in 2005 by Drawn & Quarterly and published to widespread acclaim, sparking a new generation of devoted Moomin fans with international editions around the world. Moomin Deluxe: Volume One celebrates the classic comics the world adores, and will feature an essay about creator Tove Jansson's work on the Moomin strip.
What It Is by Lynda Barry
Barry's What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive mind who wishes to write or to remember. In this exploratory workbook, confessional, and memoir each page is a full-color collage that is a gentle guide to the creative process packed full of swirling collaged images with pen and ink drawings on Barry's signature legal paper.
This Place by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm; Sonny Assu; Brandon Mitchell; Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley; Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; David A. Robertson; Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair; Jen Storm (Illustrator); Richard Van Camp; Katherena Vermette; Chelsea Vowel; Tara Audibert (Illustrator); Kyle Charles (Illustrator); G. M. B. Chomichuk (Illustrator); Natasha Donovan (Illustrator); Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator); Andrew Lodwick (Illustrator); Scott A. Ford (Illustrator); Donovan Yaciuk (Illustrator); Alicia Elliott (Foreword by); Ryan Howe (Illustrator); Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel.
A Fire Story by Brian Fies
From celebrated author and illustrator Brian Fies comes the graphic novel A Fire Story, a firsthand account of the Northern California wildfires of 2017--revised and expanded. A Fire Story is a candid testimony of the wildfires that left homes destroyed, families broken, and a community determined to rebuild. This revised and expanded edition includes 32 pages of bonus material, extending the story with updates on rebuilding, wrestling with insurance, wrangling with contractors, the management of sometimes volatile emotions, and the threats of yet another wildfire.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Box Set by Hayao Miyazaki
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is an epic fantasy tale written and illustrated by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki.

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Krazt and Ignatz SECOND SUNDAYS (1925-34) by George Herriman (Artist)
Krazy + Ignatz: Second Sundays(1925-1934) collects the black-&-white, second decade of the Kat Sundays.
Krazy and Ignatz 1931-1932 by George Herriman
Krazy Kat is a love story, focusing on the relationships of its three main characters, Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse and Offisa Pup. This volume, the third in the series, is packed full of nearly two years of the revolutionary strip.
The Adventures of Tintin: Volumes 1-7 by Hergé
Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.
A. D: New Orleans after the deluge by Josh Neufeld
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is a masterful portrait of a city under siege. Cartoonist Josh Neufeld depicts seven extraordinary true stories of survival in the days leading up to and following Hurricane Katrina.
Watchmen: the Deluxe Edition by Alan Moore
In an alternate America, a murder mystery evolves into an ominous, planet-wide conspiracy in a world where superheroes shifted the course of history as we know it. Watchmen is a groundbreaking masterpiece from comics legends Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons that took apart the infallible superhero archetype, forever changing graphic storytelling.
Birds of Maine by Michael DeForge
Michael DeForge's post-apocalyptic reality brings together the author's quintessential deadpan humor, surrealist imagination, and undeniable sociopolitical insight. Appearing originally as a webcomic, Birds of Maine follows DeForge's prolific trajectory of astounding graphic novels that reimagine and question the world as we know it. His latest comic captures the optimistic glow of utopian imagination with a late-capitalism sting of irony.

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Browsing Comics & Graphic Novels

The majority (but certainly not all) of the comics and graphic novels in Williams Libraries circulating collection are located in one, very distinctive, shelf on the first floor of Sawyer library (see image to left). The call number range is PN6151 - PN9999. It can be a useful searching strategy to go to this section in Sawyer and take a look at the materials in person. However, using subject headings and genre terms will ensure that you find all of the graphic novels in our collections, not just those shelved in this area. Some graphic novels are shelved with specific topics, instead of shelved by genre/form. See examples below:

Suffrage Song: the haunted history of gender, race, and voting rights in the United States by Caitlin Cass
Call Number: Sawyer ; JK1896 .C28 2024
Milk Without Honey by Hanna Harms
Call Number: Schow ; SF523 .H3713 2024
Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi; Una Dimitrijevic (Translator)
Call Number: Sawyer ; HQ1735.2 .F44613 2024

ENGL 348: Comics and Ecology: Comics & Graphic Novels