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Cartoons & Comics
 Websites presented in alphabetical order A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge 
 This Webcomic is a "is a true story told in 12 parts about six different people ... who escape and survive Hurricane Katrina." Includes the chapters (which run from January through December 2007), material about artist Josh Neufeld, and related video, audio, news, and background material about the Webcomic and Hurricane Katrina. From Smith Magazine. Drake Enterprises LTD Topics: Art, Hurricane Katrina Last updated Apr 4, 2008 American Political Prints, 1766-1876
A collection of over 750 political prints originally published in Harper’s Weekly. Site presents an essay on the history of political printmaking in the United States. Browsable and searchable. From the Library of Congress. http://loc.harpweek.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Media, Politics by Place Last updated Jul 7, 2006 Argon Zark!
An "all-digital 'virtual comic book' created entirely on the computer and designed to be viewed over the Internet. It is a free humor/adventure comic story about a slightly eccentric computer genius (read: geek), [and] his companions." http://www.zark.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Computers, Computers, Literature: Fiction Last updated May 28, 2005 Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection
This site provides background about "nineteenth-century French satirist Honoré Daumier" and his prints, drawings, paintings, and sculpture. Includes selected images of a dozen works, including some from the exhibit "The Cutting Edge of Fashion," which poked fun at the modes of 19th century Paris. Also includes a short bibliography. From the UCLA Hammer Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/collections/1/ Topics: Art, Artists Last updated Sep 25, 2006 Art to the People
A collection of political prints and illustrations from the 1880s through the 1930s, featuring brief profiles and works of Walter Crane (Great Britain), Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen (France), Albert Hahn (Netherlands), Frans Masereel (Belgium), and Gerd Arntz (Germany). Browsable by artist and symbol (light, labour, capital, death, and woman). Digital version of a 1997 exhibition of the National Trades Union Museum in Amsterdam, organized by the International Institute of Social History. http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/art/ Topics: Art, Arts and Humanities, Media, Regions of the World Last updated Dec 27, 2002 Arthur Szyk: Artist for Freedom, Masterpieces of Illumination
Fifteen annotated images of works from Polish-born Arthur Szyk, "one of America's leading political artists during World War II." From the Library of Congress, Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/szyk/szyk-ex.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Back to School Cartoons
A compilation of back-to-school humor. Includes the name of each artist, a link to the artist's syndicate or newspaper, and contact information. Users may comment or visit an archive of the artist's most recent cartoons. From Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoon Index. http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/School2006/main.asp Topics: K-12 Education, Media Last updated Aug 30, 2006 Blondie Gets Married!: Comic Strip Drawings by Chic Young
"Presents twenty-seven drawings" of the comic strip Blondie by its creator, Chic Young. Browsable by topic (courtship, wedding, family, mailman, work, love, homemaking, food, naps, and baths). Includes background essay. From the Library of Congress, Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/blondie/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 1, 2004 The California Recall Starring Arnold
A compilation of political cartoons about the California recall election. Includes the name of each artist, the artist’s syndicate or newspaper, and contact information. Users may comment or visit an archive of the artist's most recent cartoons. From Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index. http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/Arnold/ Topics: 2003 California Recall Election, Art, California: Government, California: Politics, Government, Humor, Media, Notable People: Government, Politics Last updated Aug 14, 2005 Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin and Hobbes are a boy and his stuffed tiger, who were featured in a popular comic strip from 1985-1996. This site brings viewers a new Calvin strip each day, eleven years after it was originally published and allows viewers to view any of the strips from the first three years. There are also links to information about the strip's creator, Bill Watterson, and articles about the strip. http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction Last updated Jun 7, 2006 Cartoonbank.com
This is a division of The New Yorker magazine company, "with more than 85,000 records in our central archive-including all the cartoons ever published in The New Yorker . More than 20,000 of those images are available right here on our web site." These cartoons can be searched by keyword, caption, publication date, artist, and other fields. http://www.cartoonbank.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated May 28, 2003 CartoonHub
A database "of over 90,000 British 20th century cartoon drawings. Most of the records in the catalogue are based on original cartoon drawings held by the Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature, though some of the more recent records were catalogued from daily newspapers." Requires registration (free). From the Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature at the University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom. http://library.kent.ac.uk/cartoons/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated Dec 2, 2004 Comic Art Collection
This site provides access to the catalog records of the comic book holdings of the Libraries of Michigan State University, which owns over 150,000 comic books strips and related items. Although not searchable, the index features a number of hierarchical indexes for access by author, artist, title, publisher, keyword, or subject. They are connected to The Grand Comic-Book Database . http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction Last updated May 25, 2002 Comic Art in Scholarly Writing: A Citation Guide
A guide to citing comic art (comic books, comic strips, editorial cartoons, graphic novels), with the primary goal of providing location information so that readers can track down the cited source. "This citation guide leans toward the style of the 'MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.'" From the Comic Art and Comics Area of the Popular Culture Association. http://www.comicsresearch.org/CAC/cite.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Literature & Books, Literature: Fiction, Writing Last updated Jul 6, 2008 Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF)
Web site for a "non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of First Amendment rights for members of the comics community." Contains news, information on legal cases the CBLDF has helped defend, and a bibliography and timeline of censorship and comics. Searchable. http://www.cbldf.org/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Social Issues Last updated Sep 22, 2003 Comic Book Resources
Looking for comic books on the Web? This is the ultimate resource site for comic book links, news, and reviews. Fans can also post messages on one of the many message boards or chat with others who share their interests. http://www.comicbookresources.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction Last updated May 25, 2002 Comic Books for Young Adults
This serves as an excellent first stop for librarians planning to develop comic book collections to serve teens at public libraries. Pithy answers to questions about the value of comic books to teen readers, collection development policies, recommended titles, and sample artwork from a wide variety of comic books can be found quickly. Includes an extensive, well-organized selection of Internet Resources . http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/comics/pages/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Literature & Books, Literature: Fiction Last updated Nov 21, 2001 Comics Bibliographies
Steven Bergson, a Canadian Judaica librarian and comics fan, compiled this bibliography of comics with Jewish characters or Jewish themes. He includes graphic novels, anti-Semitic propaganda works, reviews, and articles about Jews in comics. There are links to publisher and bookseller Web sites in many of the entries. Move over Superman and Wonder Woman, here come Sabraman, Ragman, and Matzogirl! http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5756/bibs.htm Topics: Arts and Humanities, Communications, Judaism, Literature: Fiction, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jul 11, 2002 Comics Research Bibliography
This searchable, international bibliography "lists both monographs and articles from popular magazines and academic journals pertaining to comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinees, and related topics." Contains nearly 9,000 entries, arranged alphabetically by author. http://www.rpi.edu/~bulloj/comxbib.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Literature: Fiction, Media, Media Last updated May 25, 2002 The Comics Scholarship Annotated Bibliographies (CSAB)
The keyword searchable, international CSAB bibliographies "cover book-length works about comic books and comic strips, from 'fannish' histories to academic monographs. This site was designed to provide more information and guidance on such books than you'd normally find in a library catalog entry." Most entries include the book's Table of Contents, ISBN numbers, reprints of comics contained within, and reviews - either directly available on the site (or linked), or listed from print sources. http://www.comicsresearch.org/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated May 25, 2002 Comics.com: The Home of Comics on the Web
Daily posts and archives for dozens of the nation's top comic strips and editorial cartoons. http://www.comics.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Media, Media Last updated Apr 2, 2006 Comics: Farley by Phil Frank
Collection of cartoons and related material for this comic strip that was inspired by San Francisco events and that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle until its creator, Phil Frank, retired in September 2007. Includes an archive with comics back to 2002, a biography of Frank, a list of books by Frank, and a 2005 article about three decades of Frank cartooning. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/09/BAFARLEY.DTL&hw=phil+frank&sn=006&sc=187 Topics: Humor Last updated Sep 10, 2007 Crimeboss: Crime Comic Books of the 1940s & 1950s
This site explores the popular crime comics of the 1940s and 1950s, known for their violent content. See History for information on titles and publishers, the 1954 Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, and the eventual end of crime and horror comics after the adoption of the comics code. Also features a gallery of comic covers (browsable by title) and links. http://www.crimeboss.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Mysteries and More, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jun 25, 2003 Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index
Features an archive of political and editorial cartoons dating back to 1999, a teachers' guide to using the site, and more. Also includes "Best Of" yearly overviews. http://cagle.msnbc.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated Aug 31, 2005 The David Claypool Johnston Collection
A brief biography and samples of this American artist's satires, drawings, watercolors, portraits, political prints, and other illustrations. Johnston, who worked mainly in Philadelphia and Boston in the 1800s, is best known for "his contribution to the early years of lithography in America" and for his humorous and satirical works on such topics as the militia, temperance, religion, and politics. An online exhibit from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Johnston/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Humor, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Social Issues Last updated Feb 24, 2007 David Levine Gallery
The New York Review of Books presents around 2,000 works by David Levine, "whose brilliant caricatures have graced the Review 's pages since 1963." The subjects include presidents, statesmen, writers, scholars, artists, performers, and other celebrities and notorious folk from the past and present. To get a complete list, type the letter "a" in the search box. http://www.nybooks.com/gallery/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated Jun 20, 2002 Disney Archives: Characters
Illustrated histories of human and animal Disney characters. Some entries include brief profiles, and others (such as Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, and Pluto) feature more extensive histories. From the Disney Archives. http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters_ai.html Topics: Animals, Humor Last updated Feb 7, 2006 Ditko Looked Up
This site contains biographical information, articles, a browsable checklist of published work, current news, and an annotated list of links about comic book artist Steve Ditko. See "The Creations" section for samples of characters he has drawn, including Dr. Strange and Spider-Man. http://www.ditko.comics.org/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge
This browsable encyclopedia of "toons" includes listings for hundreds of cartoons (animated and print media) and cartoon characters. Each entry includes the original medium (theater animation for Mickey Mouse), the publisher or distributor, and the date the character first appeared. Site also includes sections for newspaper and Web comics, cartoon producers, and "Today in Toons." ToonSearch, found at the bottom of encyclopedia entries, does not work. http://www.toonopedia.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Film: Genres & Themes, Literature: Fiction, Media, Media, Recreation Last updated May 25, 2005 Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons
"Over 400 editorial cartoons" created by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) during 1941-1943 for the New York newspaper "PM." Browsable by date, and subject (people, countries/regions, war/domestic issues, battles and battlefields). Also includes a set of war bonds cartoons by Geisel. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/ Topics: Art, Arts and Humanities, California: Libraries & Archives by Type, Media, Media, Politics, World War II Last updated Oct 26, 2004 Drawing From Life: Selections of Caricatures & Cartoons From the American Art/Portrait Gallery Library Collection
The collection of caricature and cartoon books at the Smithsonian Institution's American Art/Portrait Gallery Library Collection "number[s] over 600 volumes, ... [and] has a strong focus on the works by American artists — the oldest dating to the Civil War period." This site presents a selection of annotated images from the collection. Browsable by title, artist, or subject. Also includes biographies of some of the artists and a bibliography. http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/caricatures/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated Feb 4, 2004 Foto-Novelas
Includes brief essay, "What is a Foto-Novela?" and interview with filmmaker Carlos Avila, creator of the program "FOTO-NOVELAS." From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series Independent Lens. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/fotonovelas2/qa.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature by Place, Literature: Fiction Last updated Oct 17, 2004 Frank and Ernest: Tax Relief
Tax-themed cartoons from this syndicated comic strip that "chronicles the adventures of two 'every man' characters who are anything but ordinary." Also includes an interactive tax cartoon story and a searchable archive. http://www.frankandernest.com/view/theme-tax.html Topics: Art, Humor, Tax Filing Season Last updated Feb 16, 2005 Fred O. Seibel (1886-1968) Editorial Cartoonist, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Images of correspondence to Fred Seibel from Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, J. Edgar Hoover, John L. Lewis, James Hoffa, Barry Goldwater, and Harry Byrd. "All of them found themselves as subjects in his political cartoons and wrote Seibel asking him for copies of the originals. Scanned images of the cartoons that are referred to in the letters are also shown." From the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Virginia Commonwealth University. http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/exhibit/seibel1.html Topics: Artists, Arts and Humanities, Correspondence, Media, Media, Politics, Presidents by Name Last updated Dec 15, 2003 From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig
Companion to a 2007-2008 exhibit on the centennial of the birth of cartoonist and author William Steig (1907-2003), featuring "a wide selection of original drawings for both his New Yorker cartoons and his children's books such as 'Sylvester and the Magic Pebble' ... and of course 'Shrek!'" Includes an online exhibit with many images of his work, and audio of actor Meryl Streep reading from "Spinky Sulks." From the Jewish Museum, New York. http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/site/pages/onlinex.php?id=172&live_stat=Steig Topics: Children's Literature, Humor, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Nov 29, 2007 Garfield.com: Fun and Games
Games and other activities for children, from the official website for this cartoon cat created by Jim Davis. Features a comic creation tool, electronic greeting cards, puzzles, a lasagna game, scavenger hunts, and more. Note: Other sections of this website contain commercial content. http://www.garfield.com/fungames.html Topics: Animals, Humor Last updated Feb 7, 2006 Guardians of the North/Protecteurs du Nord
Historical overview of comic books in Canada. Includes profiles of "the nine most significant costumed heroes to personify the Canadian spirit" (Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Johnny Canuck, Canada Jack, the Northern Light, Captain Canuck, Northguard, Capitaine Kébec, and the two Captain Canadas) and their creators. Available in English and French. From the National Library of Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/superheroes/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Media, Media Last updated Aug 13, 2008 H. Daumier and His Lithographic Work
This site provides information about 19th century French artist Honoré Daumier, including "a detailed biography, a bibliography ... a list of more than 700 Daumier exhibitions," tips for collectors, a list of significant collections, and more. Also features a link to the "Daumier Register," a "digital work catalogue giving detailed information and at least one photograph for each of the 4,000 Daumier lithographs." From two Daumier collectors. http://www.daumier.org Topics: Art, Artists Last updated Aug 9, 2005 Happy Smurfday
This site celebrates the 50th anniversary (in 2008) of the creation of the Smurf cartoon characters by Belgian cartoonist Peyo. Includes background about the creation of these blue cartoon creatures and about individual Smurfs (such as Brainy and Jokey), and material about the 2008 celebrations in Europe, which include contests for decorating Smurf figurines. (The auction of Smurfs decorated by celebrities will benefit UNICEF.) Available in several languages. http://www.happysmurfday.com/ Topics: Humor Last updated May 9, 2008 Illingworth Cartoons in the National Library
A collection of over 4,500 cartoons by Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (1902-1979), a Welsh political cartoonist who worked mainly in the 1930s to the 1960s. Cartoons are searchable, or browsable by time period or by topic, such as nuclear weapons, Welsh events, Second World War, the space race, and everyday life. In English and Welsh. From the National Library of Wales. http://www.llgc.org.uk/illingworth/ Topics: Arts and Humanities | |||