How Do I Find Comic Books and Graphic Novels?

The UChicago library system has over 2000 graphic novels in the collection.

When searching the catalog, the following terms are useful. (Use the "Subject" search option.)

Subject Headings:

• Graphic novels
• Comic books, strips, etc.
• Cartoonists
• Graphic arts
• Cartooning
• Underground comic books, strips, etc.
• Caricatures and Cartoons
• Stories without words
• Wit and humor, pictorial
• Illustrated books

Comics can be found by browsing on the shelves virtually or physically.

The Library Catalog offers a shelf browse function based on call numbers, which allows the examination of various materials.

The majority of comics are between PN6700-6790

US Comics are mostly between PN6725-6728

Some materials are in NC1300-1766

Many graphic novels are folio sized and are found in the folio section of the third floor.