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Australian DC Comics Reprint Gallery
Documents Australian DC Comic reprints from the 1940s to 1980s by Colour Comics, Planet Comics, Murray Comics, Federal Comics and Australian Edition DC.
Autobiography, Masculinity and Comic Books
http://ntpaul.sprog.auc.dk/paul/research/past-autobiog.htm
A study of auto/biographical comics focuses on different issues surrounding masculinity.
BGSU Popular Culture Library
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/pcl.html
Founded in 1969 to support innovative teaching and research in cultural studies. It is the largest and most comprehensive research facility in the United States dedicated exclusively to the acquisition and preservation of primary research materials on 19th and 20th century American popular culture.
BZZURKK! - The Thesaurus of Champions
http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200/300/ktaylor/kaboom/bzzurkk.htm
Thesaurus of comic book onomatopaea. Starting from the sound, this site lists the different words used to express it. By Kevin Taylor.
Camelot In Four Colors
A survey of the Arthurian legend in comic books and strips
Comic Art & Graffix Gallery Virtual Museum & Encyclopedia
Offers a chronological and pictorial history of the medium, biographies of creators and publishers, and a gallery of comic book art.
Comic Book Awards Almanac
http://users.rcn.com/aardy/comics/awards/index.html
The nominees and winners of various awards, including Wizard Fan, Will Eisner, and Jack Kirby Awards.
Comic Colors
Originally designed for colorists, now pencillers and inkers as well can unite and share. Includes a very informative look at the visual aspects of comics.
Comics 1 - Fine Arts 0 : The Site
http://www.zarcrom.com/users/comics/
This site presents the American scientist Roger Franck Black's notebook, in which he tries to prove that fine art is derived from comics, and not vice versa. A very nice piece by Laurent Bourrouilhou
Comics Librarianship Resource Page
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7875/comics.html
Web resources that can help academic librarians develop a research comic book collection.
Comics Research Libraries
http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/otherlib.htm
The libraries in this list all have some special collecting interest in the area of comics or cartoons.
COMIXSCHL-LIST Home Page
http://www.english.ufl.edu/comics/scholars/
The comics scholars' discussion list, serves as an academic forum for those involved in research, criticism and teaching related to comics art.
Fredric Wertham: Anti-Comics Crusader Who Turned Advocate
http://art-bin.com/art/awertham.html
A page about the famous American psychiatrist who believed comic books inspired young people to commit crime, and who later became a comic book fan himself.
Grand Comic Book Database
Indexing every comic book ever made from all over the world. Online searchable database and email chat.
Index of syndicated comic strips, 1924-95
Comprehensive print-based index of all newspaper comic strips syndicated between 1924 and 1995; more than 4300 strips. Also includes list 3700 artists, and the strips they worked on.

