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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)

Wang, Pei-gang. "The Origins and Evolution of Manga Expression Theory." Journal of Literature and Art Studies 15. (2025): 857–65.  
Added by: joachim 12/8/25, 8:49 AM
Moula, Evangelia and Konstantinos D. Malafantis. "Homer’s Odyssey: From Classical Poetry to Threshold Graphic Narratives for Dual Readership." Journal of Literary Education 2 2019. Accessed 7Dec. 2025. <https://turia.uv.es/ind ... /JLE/article/view/13779>.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 12/7/25, 10:45 PM
Moula, Evangelia. "Greek Classics Through Comic Books: Negotiating Cultural Tradition Under the Fidelity Pseudo-Dilemma." Journal of Literature and Art Studies 2. (2012): 587–605.  
Added by: joachim 12/7/25, 10:44 PM
Moula, Evangelia. "Comics and Literature in a Multivalent and Multidimensional Interplay: Debunking Cultural Stereotypes and Redefining Literariness." Advances in Social Sciences Research. Sydney: Australia International Cultural and Educational Institute, 2013. 141–56.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 12/7/25, 7:52 PM
Kern, Beate. "Mehrsprachigkeit im französischsprachigen Comic: Spracheinstellungen und Sprachideologie." Mehrsprachigkeit. Herausforderungen, Sprechereinstellungen und mediale Erscheinungsformen. Eds. Stephanie Schwerter, Nadine Rentel and Benjamin Meisnitzer. Stuttgart: ibidem, 2024. 119–44.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 12/5/25, 11:14 AM
Kern, Beate. "„Je tricote depuis l’enfance une langue constituée de deux fils“: Darstellung und Reflexion von Mehrsprachigkeit in französischen Comics." „It's all Greek to me“: Mehrsprachigkeit aus interdisziplinärer Sicht. Eds. Marc Lacheny, Nadine Rentel and Stephanie Schwerter. Stuttgart: ibidem, 2021. 363–99.  
Added by: Beate Kern   Last edited by: joachim 12/5/25, 11:05 AM
Grutschus, Anke, et al., eds. La bande dessinée pluriculturelle et plurilingue: Sprachwissenschaftliche, fachdidaktische und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven. Comicforschung à suivre. Berlin: Ch.A. Bachmann, 2025.  
Added by: joachim 12/5/25, 10:57 AM
Casey, Jim and Brandon Christopher, eds. Shakespeare and Comics: Negotiating Cultural Value. Shakespeare and Adaptation. New York: Bloomsbury, 2024.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 12/1/25, 10:46 PM
Myklebost, Svenn-Arve. Shakespeare Comics: Art, Time and Character. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2025.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 12/1/25, 10:41 PM
Goodrum, Michael and Philip Smith. "‘This is the end of the road for science’: The mad doctor in Cold War horror comics." Horror Studies 14. (2023): 61–85.  
Added by: joachim 11/30/25, 7:54 PM
WIKINDX 6.12.1 | Total resources: 14912 | Username: -- | Bibliography: WIKINDX Master Bibliography | Style: Modern Language Association (MLA) | Time Zone: Europe/Berlin (+01:00)
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