WorldCat
worldcat.org
WorldCat is the world’s largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information. Search for a book and it will list the nearest libraries inside and outside the state!
Library of Congress
Library of Congress – Cartoon Cornucopia
Among the recent acquisitions of the Library of Congress is the world’s largest and most spectacular private collection of original cartoon art. Assembled over the course of sixty years by J. Arthur Wood, Jr., the Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon more than doubles the Library’s existing holdings in this area.
loc.gov/rr/print/swann/artwood
Library of Congress – Prints & Photographs Reading Room
The Swann Foundation Home Page for Caricature and Cartoon disseminates information about eligibility, requirements, and application procedures for the Swann Foundation Fellowship. The Home Page features links to Swann Gallery exhibitions, bulletins about newly processed or recently acquired collections of caricature and cartoon, a calendar of events listing related lectures, symposia, and upcoming exhibitions at the Library of Congress. It also furnishes information about other caricature and cartoon collections and resources.
loc.gov/rr/print/swann
University Libraries
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University
Indiana University Library
Michael E. Uslan Collection searchable database
indiana.edu/~liblilly/dbs/comic.shtml
Michigan State University Library Comics Research Links
er.lib.msu.edu/subject.cfm?cat=0&type=All&Subject=Comics
List of comics e-resources.
More Cartoon Resources Online
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2019-great-graphic-novels-teens
Essential links an resources for comics educators.
ComicsResearch.Org
comicsresearch.org
Information and links to annotated bibliographies of comics and comics-based scholarly works.
Cartoon Stock
cartoonstock.com
Online searchable database of over 90,000 gag cartoons, political cartoons, and illustrations from a plethora of printed publications. Features a large collection of pre-19th century cartoons.
Cartoon Bank
cartoonbank.com
Searchable database of New Yorker cartoons and cover illustrations.
New York Public Library Comic Books Research Guide
nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/comic
Underground & Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels
http://comx.alexanderstreet.com/
Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels is the first ever scholarly, primary source database focusing on adult comic books and graphic novels. Beginning with the first underground comix from the 1960’s to the works of modern sequential artists, this collection will contain more than 75,000 pages of comics and graphic novels, along with 25,000 pages of interviews, criticism, and journal articles that document the continual growth and evolution of this art form.