Hot Topics @ SDPL: San Diego Comic-Con International

See our Hot Topic Archives. Hot Topic: SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL The 2008 San Diego Comic-Con International is being held at the San Diego Convention Center July 24-27 (with a preview night on July 23). Since its founding in San Diego in 1970, Comic-Con has grown to become the world's largest convention related to comics and the popular arts, with annual attendance now exceeding 120,000. In addition to the numerous vendors, there are a wide variety of events, including awards presentations, autograph signings, anime and film screenings, gaming tournaments, celebrity appearances, an art auction, and a costume show. Below are related books, articles, and Web sites. -- Prepared by the San Diego Public Library, July 2008
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Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga, & Anime (PDF: 120K) See all Research Guides.
Print Materials
The Marvel Comics encyclopedia: a complete guide to the characters of the Marvel universe London: DK Publishing, 2006. 796.352/CHASTAIN	The mammoth book of best new manga Ed Hillyer. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006. GN 808.831/MAMMOTH
Making comics: storytelling secrets of comics, manga and graphic novels Scott McCloud. New York: Harper, 2006. 741.5/MCCLOUD	Graphic novels: everything you need to know Paul Gravett. New York: Collins Design, 2005. 741.5973/GRAVETT
Men of tomorrow: geeks, gangsters, and the birth of the comic book Gerard Jones. New York: Basic Books, 2004. 741.50973/JONES	Anime explosion!: the what? why? and wow! of Japanese animation Patrick Drazen. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2003. 791.433/DRAZEN

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

COMIC-CON OUTGROWS ITS ROOTS IN GEEKDOM Sharon Eberson. Pittsburgh Post - Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Jul 22, 2008. p. C.1.

The Colossus of Con | With 1 foot in comics and the other in film, Frank Miller is Comic-Con Peter Rowe. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.:: Jul 20, 2008. p. E.1

FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS OF CULT TV | Fans go to great lengths to get fix, catch glimpse of shows' stars Karla Peterson. The San Diego Union - Tribune San Diego, Calif.: Jul 20, 2008. p. A.1. (ProQuest)

Web Sites

http://www.comic-con.org/ Comic-Con International San Diego 2008

http://www.koyagi.com/Libguide.html This guide describes Japanese animation ("anime") and comics ("manga") and points to websites, books and magazines, clubs, conventions, and other resources for fans of this medium.

http://www.rpi.edu/~bulloj/comxbib.html This searchable, international bibliography "lists both monographs and articles from popular magazines and academic journals pertaining to comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinees, and related topics." Contains nearly 9,000 entries, arranged alphabetically by author.

http://www.cablenet.ne.jp/~japanime/tutorial/tutorial.html Illustrated instructions by artist Julie Dillon for drawing the Japanese-style comics known as manga. Includes instructions for anime style hair, clothing and folds, general anime faces, female figures, and specific characters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic-Con_International From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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