| 1. Standard Catalog of Comic Books | 
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By: John Miller, Maggie Thompson
Publisher: Krause Publications
September 20, 2005
The Overstreet Comic Price Guide has been around so long that it's become ubiquitous in the industry. It's the default standard of most collectors. Now while Krause Publications does out their own yearly price guide, the Standard Catalog of Comics is a whole other animal. This massive, 1600 plus page tome lists more comic titles than any other guide at over 165,000 comics, far more than any other... more
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| 2. Standard Catalog of Comic Books DVD | |
By: Brent Frankenhoff
Publisher: Krause Publications
November 12, 2008
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| 3. Tuff Stuff Standard Catalog Of Football Cards | 
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By: Editors Of Tuff Stuff Magazine
Publisher: Krause Publications
October 10, 2005
This catalog is arranged by manufacturer, then within each manufacturer, by year. That's OK if you collect by card maker, but I prefer a catalog that is organized by year, then by manufacturer.
The arrangement of the Tuff Stuff catalog makes it very difficult to see which sets were released in a given year, and therefore to know how "complete" your collection is for any given year.more
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| 4. The Animated Film Collector's Guide: Worldwide Sources for Cartoons on Videotape and Laserdisc |
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From: John Libbey Publishing
Publisher: John Libbey Publishing
May 01, 1998
This book is essential for any animation fan or scholar. It contains cross-referenced information which cannot be found anywhere else. In the week that I have owned it, I have used it at least ten times to find information I need. Now if only I had the budget to buy all of the animated films listed in the book! If you have any interest in animation at all, buy this book and become an expert!... more
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| 5. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America | 
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By: David Hajdu
Publisher: Picador
February 03, 2009
It's never been easy to publish comic books for all ages in America. While other countries long ago incorporated the medium into their reading habits, comics and graphic novels have remained, here in the States, the domain of the young--at least in the popular mindset. And while many have pointed out that comics have grown up--and that there's a wealth of material available for all age ranges--it's... more
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| 6. ACME Catalog: Quality is Our #1 Dream |
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By: Charles Carney, ACME
Publisher: Chronicle Books
October 25, 2006
Viewers of "The Road Runner" and other Looney Tunes cartoon shows are very familiar with the products of the Acme Company. Whenever a character receives a new gadget or product, the source is the Acme Company. My favorites were the antics of Wile E. Coyote in his constant attempts to catch the Road Runner, the gadgets were generally spectacular and always flop for one reason or another.
This... more
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| 7. The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture |
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By: Randy Duncan, Matthew J. Smith
Publisher: Continuum
July 10, 2009
Randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith have produced a solid introductory textbook for courses in comics studies. The work is comprehensive and well-organized in its coverage of the history of comic books, the structure of the comics industry, the creation of comic books, the growth of comics fandom, the major comic-book genres, the ideological aspects of comics, and the modes of critical analysis of comic... more
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| 8. A Complete History of American Comic Books |
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By: Shirrel Rhoades
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
2008-01
American comic books had their origins as reprinted compilations of newspaper comic strips. It was with the introduction of super heroes beginning in the 1930s with Superman and Batman that illustrated books of original material began to appear on the market along side the popular 'pulp fiction' magazines of the day. In "A Complete History Of American Comic Books", former Marvel Comics publisher and... more
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| 9. Demanding Respect: The Evolution of the American Comic Book | |
By: Paul Lopes
Publisher: Temple University Press
May 28, 2009
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| 10. Casper The Friendly Ghost 60th Anniversary Special |
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By: Various
By: Various
Publisher: Dark Horse
December 09, 2009
If you'd like some proof that comics now are quite sugarcoated compared to those of decades past, take a gander at page four, panel four of the first Casper the Friendly Ghost story, in which an evil, unnamed man has killed his brother and aims to do the same to his nephew. The look on his face and this little snippet of nefarious dialogue sum it up best: "Your father, the king, is dead. The executioner... more
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