Comics Bibliographies

The Jews in Comics bibliography started out as a one-time hasafran posting which I had hoped might encourage at least one Judaica librarian attending the annual AJL conference in Toronto to purchase one of the items listed in it from a shop called The Beguiling (whose store was located just blocks away from the hotel where the convention was held in 1997). I also thought I could convince them to rent a table in the exhibit hall.

The Beguiling never had a table at the convention, but as I learned about more items that fit the category, my list grew. After reposting an updated version of the list, someone suggested putting my list online. After I learned how I could put my own pages online, I did so with the Jews in Comics list. Unfortunately, I haven't really had time to update it during the last 2 years.

The Librarians in Comic Books and Librarians in Comic Strips bibliographies grew out of the Libraries FAQ. I have been reading comics for a long time and am fairly good at remembering what I see and read in them. My interest in compiling a list of the libraries and librarians I remembered seeing in comics was sparked by the American Libraries issue that announced the launching of the irregular "AL Aside - Image" sidebar. The 2-page spread filled with cartoon librarians was wonderful, but was not exhaustive and didn't supply details. Since librarians seemed to like knowing about such cartoons, I made the topic a q-and-a in the first version of the FAQ. As with my other bibliographies, it is several years behind and will probably be lacking even after is is updated.

The bibliography for Maus by Art Spiegelman started as a more concise answer to a request for sources that was posted to the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.jewish.holocaust. I don't remember the wording of the post, but I remember thinking that Maus was one of the great multi-disciplinary topics, as it encompassed Jewish Polish and German history, writing, and artwork. Its critical and popular success made it a familiar subject to write about in both the academic and popular press. I compiled the bibliography partly as an exercise in multi-disciplinary research.

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