Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre.
Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
By:
Michael Pawuk,
David S. Serchay
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 258mm,
Width: 180mm,
Spine: 46mm
Weight: 1.600kg
ISBN: 9781598847000
ISBN 10: 1598847007
Series: Genreflecting Advisory Series
Pages: 760
Publication Date: 30 May 2017
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
,
Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1—Super-Heroes Super-Hero Icons Other Classic and Contemporary Crime Fighters Cosmic Heroes Super-Hero Teams Team-Ups and Epic Events Villains: Archenemies and Rogues Galleries Alternate Time Lines, Elseworlds, and What-If Worlds Slice-of-Life/Common Man Perspectives Anthologies Chapter 2—Action and Adventure Prehistoric Adventure Heroic Adventure Adventurers, Explorers, Pirates, and Soldiers of Fortune Fists of Fury and Sword of Steel—Fighting Adventure Stories War Stories Far East Adventure—Code of the Warrior: Samurai, Ninja, and Other Asian Influences Spies/Espionage Westerns Western Genre Blends: The Weird West Chapter 3—Science Fiction Space Opera/Space Fantasy Space Exploration Science Action New Wave Science Fiction Aliens from Outer Space Alternate Worlds, Time Travel, and Dimensions Dystopian and Utopian Worlds Post-Apocalypse Computers and Artificial Intelligence Psychic Powers and Mind Control Robots, Androids, and Cyborgs Science Fiction Anthologies Chapter 4—Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Fantasy Fairy Tales and Folklore Mythological Fantasy Magic Portal Fantasy/Parallel Worlds Contemporary Fantasy Dark Fantasy Chapter 5—Horror Supernatural Heroes A Beastiary Ghosts and Spirits Demonic Possession, Black Magic, Witches, and the Occult Slasher/Thriller Anthologies and Short Story Collections Chapter 6—Crime and Mysteries Detectives Crime and the Criminal Underworld True Crime Chapter 7—General Fiction Romance Coming of Age/Slice of Life Sports Food Historical Fiction Short Stories and Anthologies Chapter 8—Humor General Humor Cartoons, Animation, and Media Tie-Ins Funny Animals Black Humor/Satire Genre Blends Chapter 9—Non-Fiction Art—Comics, Comic Books, and Graphic Novels Biography/Autobiography/Memoir History Science and Math Miscellaneous Non-Fiction Appendix I—Recommended Additional Book Sources Appendix II—Publishing Companies on the Internet Appendix III—Other Online Sources Creator Index Title Index Subject Index
Michael Pawuk is librarian at Cuyahoga County Public Library. He received his master's degree in library and information science at Kent State University. David S. Serchay is librarian in the Broward County Library system, where his responsibilities include selecting graphic novels.
Reviews for Graphic Novels: A Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More
The Genreflecting Advisory series remains the gold star for librarians who have to talk about books they haven't read, and this is a much-needed update from the first edition of Graphic Novels, in 2006. . . . Recommended for librarians who know their patrons like graphic novels, but they just need to know where to point them. * Booklist Online *
