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Comics and Graphic Novels: Alumni Books

A guide to visual narrative resources at the SVA Library and beyond.

Comics - Alumni Books

"Comics are the most democratic mass storytelling medium." - Nate Powell (BFA 2000 Cartooning)

Comics - SVA Alumni Books (Past 5 years)

Slip by Aatmaja Pandya (BFA 2014 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .M246 S55 2022
ISBN: 9781616207892
Improve by Alex Graudins (BFA 2016 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6727 .G722 I67 2022
ISBN: 9781250208224
Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix by Drew Friedman (BFA 1981 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6727 .F75 M38 2022
ISBN: 9781683966555
Science Comics: Birds of Prey by Joe Flood (BFA 2002 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .F593 B57 2022
ISBN: 9781250269485
Specter Inspectors by Bowen McCurdy (BFA 2018 Cartooning); Kaitlyn Musto (BFA 2018 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727.M256 S74 2021
ISBN: 9781684157402
Tales from the Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death Volume 1 by Gerard Way (BFA 1999 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6727 .W38 Y68 2021
ISBN: 9781506719108
Run by Nate Powell (BFA 2000 Cartooning); John Lewis; Andrew Aydin
Call Number: PN 6727 .P695 R86 2021
ISBN: 9781419730696
Just roll with It by Veronica Agarwal (BFA Cartooning 2016)
Call Number: PN 6727 .D87 J87 2021
ISBN: 9781984896995
MPLS Sound by Joseph Phillip Illidge (BFA 1990 Media Arts)
Call Number: PN6727 .I455 M65 2021
ISBN: 9781643378404
On Tyranny Graphic Edition by Nora Krug (MFA 2004 Illustration), Timothy Snyder
Call Number: PN6727.K768 O6 2021
ISBN: 9781984859150
Chartwell Manor by Glenn Head (BFA 1982 Media Arts)
Call Number: PN 6727 .H425 C43 2021
ISBN: 9781683964254
Discipline by Dash Shaw (BFA 2005 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .S412 D57 2021
ISBN: 9781681375694
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag (BFA 2014 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727.O77 G57 2021
ISBN: 9781338540574
Save It for Later by Nate Powell (BFA 2000 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727.P695 S28 2021
ISBN: 9781419749124
Lugosi: the Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula by Koren Shadmi (BFA 2006 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .S405 L83 2021
ISBN: 9781643376615
Mumu: Monsters of the motherland by Choz Belen (BFA Computer Art 2006)
Call Number: PN 6727 .B3763 M86 2020
ISBN: 9780578783758
Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid by Yao Xiao (BFA 2013 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .X53 E84 2020
ISBN: 9781524852450
Guantanamo Voices by Edited by Sarah Mirk; illustrators include Alexandra Beguez (MFA 2016 Visual Narrative) and Hazel Newlevant (BFA 2014 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6726 .G83 2020
ISBN: 9781419746901
I Know You Rider by Leslie Stein (BFA 2004 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727.S745 I56 2020
ISBN: 9781770464018
Publication Date: 2020-05-05
Oak Flat by Lauren Redniss (MFA 2000 Illustration) and MacArthur Award Winner
Call Number: E99.A6 R335 2020
ISBN: 9780399589720
InvestiGators (BFA 1997 Graphic Design) by John Patrick Green
Call Number: PN 6727 .G7223 I68 2020
ISBN: 9781250219954
The Complete Hate by Peter Bagge (BFA 1977 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6727 .B32 C66 2020
ISBN: 9781683963554
Bionic by Koren Shadmi (BFA 2006 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .S405 B56 2020
ISBN: 9781603094788
A for Anonymous by Koren Shadmi (BFA 2006 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .S405 A47 2020
ISBN: 9781568588780
Publication Date: 2020-03-31
Lon Chaney Speaks by Pat Dorian (MFA 2003 Illustration)
Call Number: PN6727.D66 L66 2020
ISBN: 9781524747435
New Kid by Jerry Craft (BFA 1984 Media Arts)
Call Number: PN6727.C734 N49 2019
ISBN: 9780062691194
Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature.
Excellence Volume 1 by Khary Randolph (BFA 2000 Cartooning); Emilio Lopez (BFA 2004 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727.T446 E87 2019
ISBN: 9781534313620
All Time Comics Season 1 by Josh Bayer (MFA 2009 Illustration as Visual Essay) ; Benjamin Marra (MFA 2003 Illustration as Visual Essay), Herb Trimpe (BFA 1962 Cartooning), Samuel Bayer (BFA 1987 Media Arts)
Call Number: PN 6728 .A476 B36 2019
ISBN: 9781942801702
The Backstage of a Dishwashing Webshow by Keren Katz (MFA 2013 Illustration as Visual Essay)
Call Number: PN 6790 .I873 K388 2019
ISBN: 9780999193556
The Twilight Man by Koren Shadmi (BFA 2006 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .S405 T955 2019
ISBN: 1643375717
Art of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (BFA 1978 Media Arts)
Call Number: PN 6727 .M27 M887 2019
ISBN: 9781419736766
The Marvel Art of Joe Quesada by Joe Quesada (BFA 1984 Media Arts)
Call Number: PN6727.Q473 T56 2019
ISBN: 9781302917678
Under the Moon a Catwoman Tale by Isaac Goodhart (BFA 2010 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6728 .C38 M98 2019
ISBN: 9781401285913
Meyer by Shawn Martinbrough (BFA 1993 Illustration)
Call Number: PN6727.L3646 M49 2019
ISBN: 9781643375809
Off Season by James Sturm (MFA 1991 Fine Arts)
Call Number: PN6727.S78 O34 2019
ISBN: 9781770463318
Proxima Centauri by Farel Dalrymple (BFA 1999 Illustration)
Call Number: PN6727.D35 P766 2019
ISBN: 9781534310292
Pug Davis by Rebecca Sugar (BFA 2009 Animation)
Call Number: PN 6727 .S843 P84 2019
ISBN: 9781949889918
Theth: Tomorrow Forever by Josh Bayer (MFA 2009 Illustration as Visual Essay)
Call Number: PN 6727 .B373 T54 2019
ISBN: 9781532305108
Blackbird Volume 1 by Jen Bartel (BFA 2009 Illustration)
Call Number: PN6727 .H86 B519 2019
ISBN: 9781534312593
The Weatherman Volume 1 by Nathan Fox (MFA 2002 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .F69 W43 2019
ISBN: 9781534308732
The Midwinter Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag (BFA 2014 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727.O77 M53 2019
ISBN: 9781338540550
No Ivy League by Hazel Newlevant (BFA 2014 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727.N496 N6 2019
ISBN: 9781549303050
Wonder Woman by Phil Jimenez Omnibus by Phil Jimenez (BFA 1991 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6728 .W6 J56 2019
ISBN: 9781401288570
Publication Date: 2019-02-19
Credo : the Rose Wilder Lane story by Peter Bagge (BFA 1977 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6727 .B32 C74 2019
ISBN: 1770463410

Comics - SVA Alumni Books (Highlights)

BLACK by Khary Randolph (BFA 2000 Cartooning), Jamal Yaseem Igle (Studied at SVA)
Call Number: PN 6727 .O763 B53 2017
ISBN: 9781628751864
March: Book One by Nate Powell (BFA 2000 Cartooning) 2016 National Book Award winner:; John Lewis; Andrew Aydin
Call Number: PN6727.P695 M37 2013
ISBN: 9781603093002
Smile by Raina Telgemeier (BFA 2002 Illustration)
Call Number: PN6727.T294 S65 2010
ISBN: 9780545132060
How to Read Nancy by Mark Newgarden (BFA 1982 Media Arts); Paul Karasik
Call Number: PN 6728 .N28 K37 2017
ISBN: 9781606993613
The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way (BFA 1999 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727.W38 U6 2008
ISBN: 1593079788
Fire!! : the Zora Neale Hurston story by Peter Bagge (BFA 1977 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 672 7.B32 F57 2017
ISBN: 9781770462694
Brotherman by Brian McGee (BFA 1993 Illustration)
Call Number: PN 6727 .A59 B767 2016
ISBN: 9780989281942
Octopus Pie Volume 4 by Meredith Gran (BFA 1995 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727 .G72 O386 2016 v.4
ISBN: 9781632157553
Drew Friedman's Chosen People by Drew Friedman (BFA 1981 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6727.F75 C46 2017
ISBN: 9781683960591
The Realist: Plug and Play by Asaf Hanuka (BFA 2000 Illustration)
Call Number: PN6790.I873 H3613 2017
ISBN: 9781608869534
Chester 5000 (Book 2): Isabelle and George by Jess Fink (BFA 2003 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6727 .F563 C544 2016
ISBN: 9781936561698
Postal by Isaac Goodhart (BFA 2010 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN6728.P626 H39 2015
ISBN: 9781632155924
The Book of Underworld by Kaz (BFA 1982 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6728 .U53 K45 2016
ISBN: 9781606998847
The Amazing Spider-Man omnibus by Steve Ditko (BFA 1953 Cartooning); Stan Lee
Call Number: PN6728.S6 L44 2013
ISBN: 9780785125099
Race to Incarcerate by Sabrina Jones (MFA 2003 Illustration as Visual Essay)
Call Number: HV 9950 .J665 2013
ISBN: 9781595585417
Infinite Crisis by Phil Jimenez (BFA 1991 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6728 .I469 J64 2012
ISBN: 9781401210601
Mutts : the comic art of Patrick McDonnell by Patrick McDonnell (BFA 1978 Media Arts)
Call Number: PN6727.M27 M887 2003
Beg the Question by Bob Fingerman (BFA 1986 Cartooning)
Call Number: PN 6727 .F55 B5 2002
ISBN: 1560975024