Useful reading material
The following list highlights additional reading material on graphic novels:
Anderson, H & Styles, M, Teaching Through Texts: Promoting literacy through
popular and literary texts in the primary classroom, London: Routledge, 2000
Barker, M, A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics
Campaign, London: Pluto Press, 1984
Barker, M, Comics: Ideology, Power and the Critics, Manchester: Manchester
University Press, 1989
Barker, M, 'Seeing how you can see: On being a fan of 2000AD'. In:
Buckingham, D (ed.), ReadingAudiences: Young People and the Media,
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1993
Coleridge, S. T. & Emerson, H, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, London:
Knockabout, 1989
Conlan, C, Hairy Mary, Brighton: Slab-o-Concrete, 1998
Daniels, L, Superman: The Complete History, London: Titan Books, 1998
Daniels, L, Batman: The Complete History, London: Titan Books, 1999
Eisner, W, Comics and Sequential Art, Poorhouse Press, 1985
Gaiman, N. et al, Sandman, New York: DC Comics, 1989-96
Goscinny, R. & Uderzo, A, Asterix at the Olympic Games, London: Hodder.
Gravett, P, Manga:Sixty Years of Japanese Comics, London: Laurence King
Publishing, 2004
Gravett, P, Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life, London: Aurum
Press, 2005
Gravett, P, Great British Comics, London: Aurum Press, 2006
Herge, Red Rackham’s Treasure, London: Mammoth, 1991
Marsh, J. & Millard, E, Literacy and Popular Culture: Using Children’s Culture
in the Classroom, London: Paul Chapman Publishing, 2000
McCloud, S, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, New York: Harper
Perennial, 1993
McCloud, S, Reinventing Comics, New York: Harper Perennial, 2000
McCue, G. S. & Bloom, C, Dark Knights: The New Comics in Context,
London: Pluto Press, 1993
McRobbie, A, Feminism and Youth Culture: From Jackie to Just 17, London:
Macmillan, 1991
Millard, E, Differently Literate: Boys, Girls and the Schooling of Literacy,
London: Falmer Press, 1997
Miller, F, The Dark Knight Returns, New York: DC Comics, 1986
Moore, A. & Gibbons, D, Watchmen, New York: DC Comics, 1986
Pearson, R. E. & Uricchio, W (eds.), The Many Lives of Batman, London:
BFI/Routledge, 1991
Pratchett, T & Ross, S, The Light Fantastic, London: Corgi, 1991
Pratchett, T, Briggs, S, & Higgins, G, Guards! Guards!: A Discworld Graphic
Novel, London: Gollancz, 2000
Pumphrey, G. H, Comics and your children, London: Comics Campaign
Council, 1954
Pumphrey, G. H, Children's Comics: A Guide for Parents and Teachers,
London: The Epworth Press, 1955
Pumphrey, G. H, What children think of their comics, London: Epworth Press,
1964
Reynolds, R, Superheroes: A Modern Mythology, London: Batsford, 1992
Robbins, T, From Girls to Grrrlz, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999
Sabin, R, Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels, London: Phaidon, 1996
Saraceni, M, The Language of Comics, London: Routledge, 2003
Schodt, F. L, Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga, Berkeley, CA:
Stone Bridge Press, 1996
Spiegelman, A, Maus I: A Survivors Tale, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987.
Initially published as a series in Raw (Raw Books & Graphics), 1980-91.
Spiegelman, A, Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, Harmondsworth:
Penguin, 1992. Initially published as a series in Raw (Raw Books & Graphics),
1980-91.
Talbot, B, The Tale of One Bad Rat, London: Titan Books, 1996
Waid, M., Ross, A. & Klein, T, Kingdom Come, London: Titan Books, 1997.
Walkerdine, V, Daddy’s Girl: Young Girls and Popular Culture, London:
Macmillan, 1997
Weiner, S, 100 Graphic Novels for Public Libraries, Princeton: Kitchen Sink
Press, 1996
Wertham, F, The Seduction of the Innocent, New York: Rinehart, 1954
Wilson, B, StanleyBagshaw and the Mafeking Square Cheese Robbery,
London: Barn Owl Books, 2003
Wilson, B, StanleyBagshaw and the Short-sighted Football Trainer, London:
Barn Owl Books, 2003