Comic Books

""They're like the movies people would make if people had access to an infinite supply of bendy actors who would freely get naked, talk about way-too-personal issues and destroy each other on command.""

- Nicholas Gurewitch, author of The Perry Bible Fellowship

Ongoing series or individual works of sequential art in book or magazine form; not noted on the list are the vast number of independent or 'underground' publications available. Despite the name, many such are not particularly "comic" at all, which has lead to the use of the term "Graphic Novel" in describing works with True Art aspirations, though some consider such phrasing needlessly pretentious. It has since acquired a more technical meaning, but debate and pretension rage on.

What it has happened is that the term has helped give original sequential art in a dedicated publication format a long overdue respectability in North American mainstream culture as evidenced by its growing presence in public library collections.

Compare Newspaper Comics.

See also:


 * The Ages of Super Hero Comics
 * Comic Book Tropes
 * Comic Book Creators
 * Comic Book Companies


 * Comic Books by Genre:
 * Fantasy Comic Books
 * Horror Comic Books
 * Military and Warfare Comics
 * Science Fiction Comic Books
 * Underground Comics


 * Comic Books by Country of Origin
 * Belgian Comics
 * British Comics
 * Franco Belgian Comics
 * Manga
 * Manhua
 * Manhwa
 * OEL Manga

Argentina

 * Cybersix
 * Domestico
 * El Eternauta
 * Quino
 * Mafalda

Australia

 * Pink Chickens
 * Rover and the Captains

Belgium

 * Achille Talon
 * Alix
 * Blake and Mortimer
 * The Bluecoats (Les Tuniques Bleues)
 * Boule et Bill
 * La Brigade Chimerique
 * Buck Danny
 * Cubitus
 * De Cape et de Crocs
 * Les Femmes en Blanc
 * Garulfo
 * Gaston Lagaffe
 * Le Génie des alpages
 * Gil Jourdan
 * Idées noires
 * Inspector Canardo
 * Johan and Peewit
 * Jommeke
 * De Kiekeboes
 * Kid Paddle
 * Lanfeust
 * Largo Winch
 * Léonard
 * Lucky Luke
 * Marsupilami
 * Nero
 * Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber
 * The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs)
 * Spirou and Fantasio
 * Suske en Wiske
 * Thorgal
 * Tif et Tondu
 * Tintin
 * Titeuf
 * Valérian and Laureline
 * Wake (Sillage)
 * Urbanus
 * XIII
 * Yoko Tsuno

Brazil

 * Monica's Gang
 * Novas Aventuras De Megaman

Chile

 * Condorito
 * Doctor Mortis

Denmark

 * Rasmus Klump
 * Valhalla

France

 * Asterix
 * Barbe Rouge
 * Iznogoud
 * The Incal
 * Before the Incal (Avant l'Incal)
 * After the Incal (Après l'Incal)
 * Les Légendaires
 * Persepolis
 * Philémon
 * Titeuf

Germany

 * Fix und Foxi
 * Gothic Sports
 * Lula und Yankee
 * Mingamanga
 * Nicht Lustig
 * Nick Knatterton
 * Rudi
 * Schindelschwinger
 * Werner

Israel

 * Zbeng

Italy

 * Batty and Gay
 * Cattivik
 * Diabolik
 * Dylan Dog
 * Little Ego
 * Monster Allergy
 * Paperinik New Adventures
 * Ramba
 * Rat-Man
 * Sturmtruppen
 * Tex Willer
 * WITCH
 * Zannablu

Japan

 * See Manga

Kuwait

 * The 99

Lebanon

 * Malaak: Angel of Peace

Mexico

 * Chanoc
 * Fantomas
 * Kaliman
 * Rius

Netherlands

 * Agent 327
 * Douwe Dabbert
 * Tom Poes

New Zealand

 * Love Is

Norway

 * Jason Comics

Philippines

 * Darna
 * Trese
 * The Courageous Princess

Poland

 * Gorsky and Butch
 * Orient Men

Portugal

 * As Incriveis Aventuras De Dog Mendonca E Pizzaboy

Spain

 * Cinco Elementos
 * Blacksad
 * Fanhunter
 * Mortadelo Y Filemon
 * Superlopez
 * Torpedo
 * Zipi y Zape

Sweden

 * Arne Anka
 * Bamse
 * Johanna and Helena
 * Whatever Love Means

Global Anthologies

 * Yuri Monogatari