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Bonn Online Bibliography of Comics Research

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Objective: The Bonn Online Bibliography of Comics Research (BOBC) is an international bibliographic database for scholarly literature about comics, graphic novels, manga and related fields. Not included so far (with a few exceptions) are articles from fan magazines, newspapers and blogs.

Usage: A click on the title shows more details of the individual references. Selected titles (ONLY the titles, of course not the texts themselves!) can be downloaded in various export formats (RTF, RIS, BibTeX, XML, …) for further use in your own documents or bibliographic software using the basket. Various standard bibliographic formats (MLA, APA etc.) can be selected in the preferences. Registered users can enter new references of their own, add private or public comments and excerpts to the entries, and create individual bibliographies. Authors can provide their texts for download as PDFs. Indications of errors or missing titles and supplementary information, especially in form of abstracts and short critical reviews, are always welcome!

Project manager: Dr. Joachim Trinkwitz, Dept. of German, Comparative Literature, and Cultural Studies, University of Bonn, Germany

 

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Recent additions or edits (WIKINDX Master Bibliography)

Stupak, Svitlana. "Playing on the Expectations: Seth’s It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken (1993–1996) as Graphic Autofiction." Anglia 141. (2023): 117–34.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 02/02/2026, 17:26
Busi Rizzi, Giorgio. "Portrait of the Artist as a Nostalgic: Seth’s It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken." Comics Memory. Archives and Styles. Eds. Maaheen Ahmed and Benoît Crucifix. Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. New York [etc.]: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 15–36.  
Added by: Okwuchi Mba   Last edited by: joachim 02/02/2026, 17:25
Nijdam, Elizabeth. "Towards a Graphic Historicity: Authenticity and Photography in the German Graphic Novel." Comics of the New Europe. Reflections and Intersections. Eds. Martha Kuhlman and José Alaniz. Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels. Leuven: Leuven Univ. Press, 2020. 177–97.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 31/01/2026, 20:16
Eedy, Sean. "Co-Opting Childhood and Obscuring Ideology in Mosaik von Hannes Hegen, 1959–1974." Comics of the New Europe. Reflections and Intersections. Eds. Martha Kuhlman and José Alaniz. Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels. Leuven: Leuven Univ. Press, 2020. 143–57.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 31/01/2026, 20:15
Alaniz, José. "Igor Baranko and National Precarity in Ukrainian Comics." Comics of the New Europe. Reflections and Intersections. Eds. Martha Kuhlman and José Alaniz. Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels. Leuven: Leuven Univ. Press, 2020. 215–39.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 31/01/2026, 20:13
Stupak, Svitlana. "Shaping Post-Colonial Identity: Cossacks and Ukrainian Comics." ImageTexT 14. 3 2024. Accessed 31Jan. 2026. <https://imagetextjournal.com/stupak-shaping/>.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 31/01/2026, 19:38
Ciraulo, Darlena. "Superhero Shakespeare in Golden Age Comics." Multicultural Shakespeare 24. (2021): 137–51.  
Added by: joachim 30/01/2026, 19:47
Ricker, Aaron. Hellboy and the Apocalyptic Imagination: Christs, Antichrists and Comics in Historical Context. Studies in Comics and Religion. Jefferson: McFarland, 2026.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 28/01/2026, 10:56
Bunyavejchewin, Poowin. "The Queer if Limited Effects of Boys Love Manga Fandom in Thailand." Queer Transfigurations. Boys Love Media in Asia. Ed. James Welker. 2022. 181–93.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 23/01/2026, 11:42
Elliott, Michael A. "Beyond the “fandom as religion” comparison: Measuring the sacred dimensions of Comic-Con fan devotion." Transformative Works and Cultures 46 2025. Accessed 23Jan. 2026. <https://journal.transfo ... p/twc/article/view/2683>.  
Added by: joachim 23/01/2026, 11:26
WIKINDX 6.12.1 | Total resources: 14943 | Username: -- | Bibliography: WIKINDX Master Bibliography | Style: Modern Language Association (MLA) | Time Zone: Europe/Berlin (+01:00)
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