Comics and Graphic Novels: Bibliographic Databases

The Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists databases were created and are maintained by cartoonist MariNaomi as a way to spotlight marginalized comics creators.
12/2024 Given the current political climate, the creator of the databases feels it is necessary to remove them for the time being.

Women Who Draw is an open directory of female* professional illustrators, artists and cartoonists. It was created by two women artists in an effort to increase the visibility of female illustrators, emphasizing female illustrators of color, LBTQ+, and other minority groups of female illustrators. *WWD is trans-inclusive and includes women, trans and gender non-conforming illustrators.

An illustrated compendium of over 14,000 comic artists and comics industry professionals from around the world.

Largest databases of comic books on the Internet, the Grand Comics Database indexes over a million issues from around the world.

Specialized database dedicated to DC Comics. This site provides information about DC storylines across media formats, including comic books, television, and film adaptations.

A similar database for Marvel Comics.