Graphic Novels: A Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More, 2nd Edition (Genreflecting Advisory)

Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels. Introduces users to approximately 1,000 currently popular graphic novels and manga Organizes titles by genre, subgenre, and theme to facilitate finding read-alikes Helps librarians build and balance their graphic novel collections Covering Genres From Action/adventure And Fantasy To Horror, Science Fiction, And Superheroes, This Guide Maps The Vast And Expanding Terrain Of Graphic Novels, Describing And Organizing Titles As Well As Providing Information That Will Help Librarians To Build And Balance Their Graphic Novel Collections And Direct Patrons To Read-alikes. Superheroes -- Action And Adventure -- Science Fiction -- Fantasy -- Horror -- Crime And Mysteries -- General Fiction -- Humor -- Non-fiction -- Appendix I. Recommended Additional Book Sources -- Appendix Ii. Publishing Companies On The Internet -- Appendix Iii. Other Online Sources. Michael Pawuk And David S. Serchay. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Michael Pawuk helps libraries start, update, and maintain a graphic novel collection. The text covers more than 2400 graphic novel titles, including series titles, and organises them according to genre, subgenre, and theme - from superheroes and adventure, to crime and humour