Graphic Novels at WMU

In addition to the browsing collection on the 1st floor of Waldo, there are many other locations where you can find graphic novels. 

Graphic Novels Browsing Collection (1st floor Waldo Library)

• New and popular graphic novels
• Scholarship on graphic novels

General Stacks

• Browsing collection may only have one volume of a complete set. The rest may be in the general stacks

In Children's Collection (2nd floor Waldo Library)

• sub categories include: easy reader, fiction, and non-fictions collections

Finding Graphic Novels in Library Search

You can combine several search terms together. When you identify a title, before to note the location of the book, It may be held in several locations. 

To find more titles in our collection, use Library Search. 

Search by Keyword

• character name as keyword
• publisher as keyword

Search by Subject heading

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels - United States

 Human beings -- Comic books, strips, etc 

Human beings -- Caricatures and cartoons

What is a graphic novel?

Also called an illustrated novel, graphic novels are full-length length works that are primarily depicted with images. It is a format of a novel . The format can be use for all genres: fiction, non-ficton, science-fiction, fantasy, etc...  and for all ages.

CBR: for current and archived comics news and reviews.

Eisner Award Winners: a complete list of past winners of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, often considered the "Oscars" of comics and graphic novels, given ever year in many categories at the San Diego Comic Convention.