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Look up Japanese manga titles in ENGLISH. New free online comics. Comic book resourses.

Manga (漫画, Manga?) listen (help·info) (pl. manga) is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons. The drawers of these comics are called mangaka. Outside of Japan, it refers specifically to comics originally published in Japan, or works derivative of the style. Native Japanese are often unaware of the use of manga to refer to Japanese comics specifically. As of 2007, manga represents a multi-billion dollar global market.[1] Manga developed from a mixture of ukiyo-e and foreign styles of drawing, and took its current form shortly after World War II. Recently, Manga are read by almost all Japanese social classes and age groups. Themes include sports, romance, historical drama, comedy, soap operas, fantasy, mystery, sexuality and horror. Manhua (Traditional Chinese: 漫畫; Simplified Chinese: 漫画; Pinyin: Mànhuà) are Chinese comics originally produced in China. Due to their greater degree of artistic freedom of expression and their higher standard of living, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been the places of publication of most manhua thus far, often including Chinese translations of Korean manhwa and Japanese manga.

Manhwa (Hangul: 만화, Hanja: 漫畫) is the general Korean term for comics and cartoons (including animated cartoons). Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics.

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Gravitywell Productions offers free comic books online, as well as various short stories and pinup images for downloading.

Two of the greatest obstacles that comics have in reaching readers are exposure and cost. Fortunately, the internet has provided remedies for both. There are now a plethora of comic books that can be read in full online, completely legally (at least, 99% of them) and at absolutely no cost. Here I have endeavored to collect as many of these as possible, now totalling over 300 full issues and stories, in one place.

	Comics.com Comic strips from United Feature Syndicate.
	Comic Alert! - Providing free RSS feeds for over 7,400 web published comics.
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	ComicsPage.com Comic strips and Cartoons from Tribune Media Services.
	Comixpedia Covering the digital frontier of comics online.
	Creators.com Comic strips from Creators Syndicate Inc.
	Danscartoons.com Cartoons by Dan Rosandich, Michigan, USA.

Golden Age Comic Books digitally scanned and restored for presentation on the web. Each comic book page is restored to bring out the color and artwork of the original image. See Golden Age heroes, villains, Jungle Action, pre-code horror tales, and just golden age campy fun.

Prints & Photographs comic book collection Online Catalog

1. [Drawings and artwork by Jules Feiffer, including childhood drawings, comic books drawings, offprints, and The Spirit comic books]
   [between 1946 and 1975] | still image
2. [Captain America]
   Simon, Joe, artist. | [ca. 1978] | still image. Illustration shows comic book character Captain America flying from a window holding his shield.
3. Peanuts. You give me that comic magazine
   Schulz, Charles M., artist. | 1952 Oct. 9 [publication date] | still image
4. Iron Vic. Vic has been transferred as sergeant to a big marine recruit depot on the west coast
   Dibble, Bernard, artist. | [between 1940 and 1947] | still image
5. Charles Schulz
   Jones, Douglas, 1916-1987, photographer. | 1968 June 6 (date added to Look's library) | still image

Collections of comic strips, comic books and periodicals.

COMIC BOOK IN Library of Congress

1. COMIC BOOK ARTISTS and ILLUSTRATORS and 9/11: Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for ...
   Subpage description - The Swann Foundation Home Page for Caricature and Cartoon disseminates information about eligibility, requirements, and application procedures for the Swann Foundation Fellowship. It also features …
2. COMIC BOOK ARTISTS AND ILLUSTRATORS AND 9/11 - CyberLC
   The Library of Congress — CyberLC
3. Events in Caricature and Cartoon: Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and ...
   Subpage description - The Swann Foundation Home Page for Caricature and Cartoon disseminates information about eligibility, requirements, and application procedures for the Swann Foundation Fellowship. It also features …
4. The Learning Page - Her Story - Bibliographic Records
   The Learning Page: bibliography resources for Civil Rights.
5. Bibliography of Published Baseball Music and Songs in the Collections of the Music Division ...
   Bibliography of Published Baseball Music and Songs in the Collections of the Music Division at the Library of Congress (Performing Arts Reading Room, Music Division, Library of
   1. Comic Books:Serial and Government Publications Division
      
   2. The unappreciated joke /
      1903. | moving image
   3. POPULAR CULTURE COLLECTIONS:Serial and Government Publications Division
      
   4. USING THE COLLECTION:Serial and Government Publications Division
      
   5. Making books of comic strips. Grade school, San Augustine, Texas
      Lee, Russell, 1903- photographer. | 1939 Apr. | still image
   1. 12 O'Clock High. [Comic Book]
      Dell, N.Y. | text
   2. 1984. [Comic Book]
      Warren | text
   3. 1994. [Comic Book]
      Warren | text
   4. 2-Gun Western. [Comic Book]
      Atlas | text
   5. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. [Comic Book]
      text
   1. [Drawings and artwork by Jules Feiffer, including childhood drawings, comic books drawings, offprints, and The Spirit comic books]
      [between 1946 and 1975] | still image
   2. [Captain America]
      Simon, Joe, artist. | [ca. 1978] | still image
   3. Peanuts. You give me that comic magazine
      Schulz, Charles M., artist. | 1952 Oct. 9 [publication date] | still image
   4. Iron Vic. Vic has been transferred as sergeant to a big marine recruit depot on the west coast
      Dibble, Bernard, artist. | [between 1940 and 1947] | still image
   5. Charles Schulz
      Jones, Douglas, 1916-1987, photographer. | 1968 June 6 (date added to Look's library) | still image

British Cartoon Archive

University of Kent comic book collection

The Archive is located in the Templeman Library at the University of Kent, Canterbury. It contains over 100,000 drawings of editorial, socio-political, and pocket cartoons as well as comic strips. The collection dates back to 1904 and includes work by W.K.Hasleden, Will Dyson, Sidney 'George' Strube, David Low,Vicky, Emmwood, Michael Cummings, Ralph Steadman, Mel Calman, Nicholas Garland, Chris Riddell, Carl Giles amongst many others. Large donations and extended loans have been made by individuals, cartoonists and institutions. Part of cartoon by Strube Daily Express 23/3/1929

No purchases of cartoons are ever made. The British Cartoon Archive accepts not only entire portfolios of an artist's work but also representative examples usually selected by the artists themselves. The collection continues to grow rapidly. Along with its original drawings, the British Cartoon Archive has a library of over 5,000 books, periodicals and cuttings on cartoons, caricature and humour.

British Cartoon Archive's Database

The British Cartoon Archive has added cataloguing and contextual information to the cartoons, but the database is consulted by thousands of academics and researchers, many of whom have detailed specialist knowledge. In 2006 the Archive recognised this expertise by enabling users to edit the database themselves.

British Comics books Collection

History of the Collection British Library

British Library Newspapers has been receiving British comics via legal deposit since the 1870s, when Funny Folks (1874-1894) became the first publication to meet what would probably be the generally accepted definition of a comic. Originally designed as a pull-out supplement to the Weekly Budget, its publisher, James Henderson, soon realised he was on to a good thing and launched it as a weekly paper in its own right. Its success inspired the engraver and publisher, Gilbert Dalziel, to bring out what became the most famous and most popular of all Victorian comics, Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday (1884-1916).

Select List of British Comics

Introduction for searh

The following titles are held in the British Library Newspapers, for the given dates. Some runs are imperfect, with issues wanting. All are consulted on the Security Tables in the Newspapers Main Reading Room in Colindale, north west London:

Comic Art Collection: Michigan University Libraries

Over 150,000 comic books published in the United States since 1935 are included in this collection, which is the largest cataloged library collection of comic books. Index of the Michigan State University Libraries Comic Art Collection.

Animation, Caricature, and Gag and Political Cartoons

Animation, Caricature, and Gag and Political Cartoons in the United States and Canada: An International Bibliography by John A. Lent. 420 pgs. Read the complete book a questia.com member.

Review
“Lent is a prolific writer of books and articles on mass communication and a leading proponent of comic art scholarship. With these three compilations, he offers an enormous contribution to that scholarship. These works reflect long years of independent, painstaking compilation. What Lent has given us, is marvelous, and as comic art continues to be recognized and analyzed by various disciplines, these volumes should prove indispensable. All these titles are highly recommended for all academic collections.”–Choice

“...an invaluable research tool that will save countless hours in the library....Lent is to be commended for his efforts. Scholars working in any discipline related to comic arts should encourage their institutions to add his bibliographies to the library reference collection. Those who have chosen comic arts as their primary field of research should seriously consider purchasing these bibliographies for their own research collection.”–Studies in American Humor

“Contains a tremendous amount of information and are of immense value to serious comics scholars. ...a necessary purchase for collections specializing in popular culture, comics, and mass media.”– ARBA95

“If a good laugh is necessary to enable us to withstand life, as Abraham Lincoln discovered, then John Lent provides many buffers to life's bumps. In this fourth volume dealing with comic art, Lent provides a comprehensive bibliography of all kinds of art throughout the U.S. and Canada....A necessary book on the shelves of all people and libraries interested in the history of voluminous literature of humor.”–Journal of Popular Culture

Comic Art Of The United States Through 2000, Animation And Cartoons: An International Bibliography

Part of a ten-volume bibliography series on comic art compiled by John A. Lent during the past decade, this volume provides more information on U.S. and Canadian comic art, animation, caricature, and gag, political, illustrative, and magazine cartoons than any other printed source in the world. Lent, founding editor of International Journal of Comic Art and longtime scholar of cartooning globally, takes great pains to be exhaustive, representative, and accurate in providing 11,367 citations of books, chapters, articles, and "fugitive" materials gleaned from a variety of sources worldwide, including about 400 periodicals and journals. Easy to use, incorporating a well-structured outline that includes categories and sub-categories, Lent spans every conceivable aspect of comic art. Other features include periodical directories for both Canada and the United States with addresses, typical contents, and inaugural dates of 101 comic art-related journals, magazines, and fanzines, and citations to hundreds of cartoonists and animators and their characters and works. Undoubtedly, this volume and the other nine in the Greenwood/Praeger series are unequalled as the definitive comic art bibliographies.