BOBC

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)

Pedler, Martyn. "“I’m Eight Years Old Again”: Batman’s Tragedy, Memory, and Continuity." Refractory 32 2019. Accessed 13Jun. 2021. <https://web.archive.org ... -memory-and-continuity/>.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 06/01/2026, 17:13
McLean, Duncan. "Not Another Superhero Movie: Genre Blending in the Marvel Cinematic Universe." Refractory 32 2019. Accessed 6Jan. 2026. <https://refractory-jour ... vel-cinematic-universe/>.  
Added by: joachim 06/01/2026, 17:10
Licari-Guillaume, Isabelle. "Two Distant Soils: Colleen Doran’s Authorial Journey." New Readings 18. (2022): 14–29.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 02/01/2026, 16:40
Bumatay, Michelle. On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power. Studies in Comics and Cartoons. Columbus: Ohio State Univ. Press, 2025.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 02/01/2026, 15:56
Baetens, Jan. "Reading Comics in Time." New Readings 18. (2022): 1–13.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 02/01/2026, 14:13
Lefèvre, Pascal. "“Modesty Blaise” Cut up in Sweden: The Challenges of Adapting a Newspaper Comic Strip to the Comic Book Format." New Readings 18. (2022): 70–87.  
Added by: joachim 30/12/2025, 16:51
Exner, Eike. Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 2025.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 30/12/2025, 16:33
Bishop, Chris. "An Unconscious Reception of Homer’s Odyssey – Marvel’s Silver Surfer." Antiquity in Progress. Intermedial Presences of Ancient Mediterranean Cultures in the Modern World. Eds. Markus Stachon, Antonella Lipscomb and Penelope Kolovou. Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025. 13–30.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 29/12/2025, 23:31
Dong, Lan. "Thinly Disguised (Autobio)Graphical Stories: Will Eisner’s Life, In Pictures." Visualizing Jewish Narrative. Jewish Comics and Graphic Novels. Ed. Derek Parker Royal. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. 15–28.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 28/12/2025, 12:20
Dong, Lan. "Thinly Disguised (Autobio)Graphical Stories: Will Eisner’s Life, in Pictures." Shofar 29. (2011): 13–33.  
Added by: joachim   Last edited by: joachim 28/12/2025, 12:17
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