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Comic Books and Graphic Novels

This guide provides useful information about comic books and graphic novels as topics of academic research at Diablo Valley College.

Biographies

Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography by Andrew Helfer (Editor); Randy DuBurke (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics BP223.Z8 L5745 2008
Publication Date: 2006-11-14
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics PN6737.P34 T48 2015
Publication Date: 2015-04-21
Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker by Julian Voloj; Claudia Ahlering (Illustrator); Jeff Chang (Introduction by)
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics HV6439.U7 V65 2015
Publication Date: 2015-05-01
Nat Turner by Kyle Baker
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics F232.S7 B345 2008
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
The Carter Family by Frank M. Young; David Lasky
Call Number: ML421.C33 Y68 2012
ISBN: 9780810988361
Publication Date: 2012-10-01
Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness: A Graphic Memoir by Reinhard Kleist; Michael Waaler (Translator)
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics ML420.C265 K54 2009
Publication Date: 2009-10-01
"21": The Story of Roberto Clemente: A Graphic Novel by Wilfred Santiago
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - GV865.C45 S26 2011
Publication Date: 2011-04-12
Marx: An Illustrated Biography by Corinne Maier; Anne Simon (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics HX39.5 .M25339 2013
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
Ronald Reagan by Steve Buccellato (Illustrator); Joe Staton (Illustrator); Andrew Helfer
Call Number: E877.2 .H45 2007
Publication Date: 2007-09-04
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Box Brown (Illustrator); Brian Brown (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics GV1196.A53 B76 2014
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography by Rick Geary
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics HV7911.H6 G43 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-08
The Beats by Harvey Pekar; Paul Buhle (Editor); Ed Piskor (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PS228.B6 P45 2009
Publication Date: 2009-03-17
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming; Ann Fleming
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - GV1545.L66 F54 2007
Publication Date: 2007-09-04
Sentences by Percy Carey; Ronald Wimberly (Artist, Cover Design by)
Call Number: ML420.C25553 A3 2007
Publication Date: 2007-09-05
Feynman by Jim Ottaviani; Leland Myrick (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC - Pleasant Hill Library - Graphic Novels & Comics - QC16.F49 O88 2011
Publication Date: 2011-08-30

Memoirs

The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East by Riad Sattouf
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - NC1499.S337 A2 2015
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
The Arab of the Future 2 by Riad Sattouf
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - NC1499.S337 A2 2016
Publication Date: 2016-09-20
Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag by Ariel Schrag
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6727.S287 A85 2008
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics PN 6727.G466 C35 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-22
Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - DS135.P63 S68 2011
Publication Date: 1996-11-19
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics PN6747.S245 P4713 2003
Publication Date: 2003-04-29
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics PN6727.B3757 Z46 2006
Publication Date: 2006-06-08
Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir by Amy Kurzweil (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics PN6727.K879 F59 2016
Publication Date: 2016-10-11
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir - eBook by Thi Bui
Call Number: online eBook
Publication Date: 2017-03-07
Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics by Miriam Engelberg
Call Number: DVC - Graphic Novels & Comics RC280.B8 E57 2006
Publication Date: 2006-04-25
The Story of My Tits by Jennifer Hayden
Call Number: DVC - Pleasant Hill Library - Graphic Novels & Comics - RC280.B8 H3885 2015
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - TX649.K597 A3 2013
Publication Date: 2013-04-02
You'll Never Know by C. Tyler
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6727.T954 Y68 2009 v.1
Publication Date: 2009-06-23
Invisible Ink: My Mother's Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist by Bill Griffith
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6727.G75 I58 2015
Publication Date: 2015-10-03
Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6727.H3775 Z46 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-12
Fatherland: A Family History by Nina Bunjevac
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - DR1305.B86 A3 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-19
A Chinese Life by Philippe Otie; Li Kunwu (Illustrator); Edward Gauvin (Translator)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - DS778.K86 A3 2012
Publication Date: 2012-09-01
Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale by Belle Yang
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PS3575.A53 Z46 2011
Publication Date: 2011-06-06
Drawn Together by R. Crumb; Aline Crumb
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6727.C7 K66 2012
Publication Date: 2012-10-08
Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey by G. B. Tran
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - E184.V53 T73 2010
Publication Date: 2011-01-25
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6727.S54465 S75 2009
Publication Date: 2009-09-08