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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.

Graphic Adaptations of Nonfiction Works

Studs Terkel's Working by Harvey Pekar (Artist); Paul Buhle (Editor)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - HD8072 .T4 2009
Publication Date: 2009-04-28
A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn; Mike Konopacki; Paul Buhle
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - E183.7 .Z56 2008
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
The 9/11 Report by Sid Jacobson; Ernie Colón
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - HV6432.7 .J33 2006
Publication Date: 2006-08-22
The Book of Genesis by Robert Crumb
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - BS1233 .A785 2009
Publication Date: 2009-10-19

Graphic Adaptations of Classic Fiction

Classics and Comics by George Kovacs (Editor); C. W. Marshall (Editor)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6725 .C57 2011
Publication Date: 2011-02-10
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1: From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons by Russ Kick
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6714 .G735 2012
Publication Date: 2012-05-22
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: from "Kubla Khan" to the Brontë Sisters to the Picture of Dorian Gray by Russ Kick
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6714 .G736 2012
Publication Date: 2012-10-02
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest by Russ Kick
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6714 .G737 2013
Publication Date: 2013-06-25
Nevermore: A Graphic Adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories by Dan Whitehead (Editor); Metro Media Staff (Produced by); Edgar Allen Poe
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6726 .N47 2008
Publication Date: 2008-04-15
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler; John Jennings (Illustrator); Damian Duffy (Adapted by)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PS3552.U827 K51 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-10
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation by Tim Hamilton (Illustrator); Ray Bradbury
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6727.H28 R39 2009
Publication Date: 2009-07-21
Romeo and Juliet: The Graphic Novel by William Shakespeare; Jenny Placentino (Compiled by); Joe Sutliff Sanders (Translator); Jim Campbell (Illustrator); Nigel Dobbyn (Other Primary Creator); John McDonald (Adapted by); Will Volley (Illustrator); Jim Devlin (Illustrator); Jo Wheeler (Designed by); Clive Bryant (Editor)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6728 .R65 2009q
Publication Date: 2009-11-24
Great Expectations: The Graphic Novel by Jen Green (Adapted by); Clive Bryant (Editor); Jo Wheeler (Designed by); Joe Sutliff Sanders (Translator); Charles Dickens; John Stokes (Illustrator); Jason Cardy (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6728 .G74 2009q
Publication Date: 2009-08-04
The Tempest: The Graphic Novel by William Shakespeare; Joe Sutliff Sanders (Translator); John McDonald (Adapted by); Gary Erskine (Other Primary Creator); Nigel Dobbyn (Other Primary Creator); Clive Bryant (Editor); Jo Wheeler (Designed by); Jon Haward (Illustrator)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6737.M342 T46 2009p
Publication Date: 2009-11-24
A Christmas Carol: The Graphic Novel by Charles Dickens; Karen Wenborn (Contribution by); Sean Michael Wilson (Adapted by); Keith Howell (Translator); Mike Collins (Drawings by); Clive Bryant (Editor-In-Chief); David Roach (Illustrator); James Offredi (Illustrator); Terry Wiley (Text by); Jo Wheeler (Designed by); Jenny Placentino (Compiled by)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6737.H68 C57 2008q
Publication Date: 2008-11-25
Henry V: The Graphic Novel by Keith Howell (Translator); William Shakespeare; John McDonald (Adapted by); Neill Cameron (Artist); Jason Cardy (Artist); Kat Nicholson (Artist); Nigel Dobbyn (Artist); Jo Wheeler (Editor-In-Chief, Designed by)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6737.M33 H45 2008q
Publication Date: 2008-11-05
Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel by Mary Shelley; Kat Nicholson (Illustrator); Joe Sutliff Sanders (Translator); Jason Cardy (Adapted by, Illustrator); Declan Shalvey (Artist); Jon Haward (Consultant Editor); Jo Wheeler (Designed by); Clive Bryant (Editor-In-Chief); Karen Wenborn (Contribution by); Terry Wiley (Text by)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6737.M34 C633 2008q
Publication Date: 2009-01-06
Macbeth: The Graphic Novel by William Shakespeare; Joe Sutliff Sanders (Translator); John McDonald (Adapted by); Jon Haward (Artist); Gary Erskine (Assisted by); Nigel Dobbyn (Illustrator); Jo Wheeler (Designed by); Karen Wenborn (Contribution by); Clive Bryant (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6737.S44 M33 2008p
Publication Date: 2008-11-05
Jane Eyre: The Graphic Novel by Charlotte Brontë; Joe Sutliff Sanders (Translator); Amy Corzine (Adapted by); John M. Burns (Artist); Terry Wiley (Text by); Clive Bryant (Editor-In-Chief); Jo Wheeler (Designed by); Carl Andrews (Compiled by); Karen Wenborn (Contribution by)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6737.S44 J36 2008q
Publication Date: 2009-01-06
City of Glass by Paul Auster; Paul Karasik (Adapted by); David Mazzucchelli (Adapted by); Art Spiegelman (Introduction by)
Call Number: DVC Graphic Novels & Comics - PN6727.K275 P38 2004
Publication Date: 2004-08-01