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Dear ARLIS-folks: Thanks for your help identifying comics/comix collections and archives—I received many responses which I will pass along to our faculty member. Some of you also asked me to summarize the responses for the list. I tried to organize the responses, eliminate duplicates, and retain the respondent’s own description . When several people recommended the same source, I kept only those with different or additional information. I did not attempt to verify the information. I accept responsibility for any mistakes that may have occurred in putting together the summary. Thanks again to everyone who took the time to answer—you’re terrific! Cris Here’s the summary: BOWLING GREEN UNIVERSITY Several people recommended Bowling Green’s very good popular culture collection http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/pcl/pcl.html BROWN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY We are indeed collecting comics. We have the Ciaraldi Collection and the Poulin Collection (total - about 70,000 items). Ciaraldi is particularly interesting; the dates are roughly mid-70s to the present and feature many smalll-press publishers of comics. This nicely complements our holdings of small press literary magazines from the same period and gives both collections an interesting added dimension. Here's the url for the online catalog record for the Ciaraldi Collection: http://library.brown.edu/search/l?SEARCH=collections+ciaraldi And an article on it in our Library newsletter: http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/publications/Bibliofile/Biblio29/MCC.html The Poulin Collection covers roughly the same dates, but is mostly Marvel and DC superheroes. We also have collections of Defiant and Valiant; one of the publishers was a Brown grad. Processing of all the collections is sketchy, and ongoing. We've essentially got lists of titles in databases; we can find anything a person wants, but there's no individual cataloging (yet). CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-FULLERTON has a special collection called "Archives of Popular Culture" which includes comics. I don't know if they try to be comprehensive. Check at http://library.fullerton.edu. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Many respondents recommended MSU. Here are several descriptions: Special Collections Library at Michigan State University as having a highly respected collection. http://www.lib.msu.edu/coll/main/spec_col/nye/comic/index.htm Comics Research Libraries web site maintained at Michigan State Univ.: http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/director/comres.htm (which includes descriptions of the collections) and to the Comics Scholars Discussion List & its home page at: http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~epk93002/comixschl/index.html. This latest group includes links to libraries & museums (but not all the links are up-to-date) MSU (http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/index.htm) has a substantial collection and even publishes a newsletter, so maybe they're currently doing the most comprehensive collecting in the U.S.: Comic art studies : a newsletter from the Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection. East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Libraries, Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection, (1992- ) ISSN: 1062-6964 OCLC NUMBER: 25698369 MOCA We do not have a comprehensive collection. However, MOCA and UCLA Hammer are organizing a joint exhibition on comics for 2005. UCLA will show the first part of the 20th century, we will do the second half. NAVARRO COLLEGE We have a comic book collection. About a year ago we received the first installment of a donation that will total approx. 30,000 items. Due to space limitations and staff limitations, we have not done anything more with the collection beyond the donor's database that he created. Comic books are no longer part of our collecting scope. We were committed to this donation by a previous administration so once this donation is received we will not continue to acquire comic books. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Also recommended by several. Here are the descriptions: Ohio State University published between 1994-1997 the magazine Inks. Comic and Comic Art Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State University: http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/cgaweb/. They attempt to be comprehensive for American comix. There is the Comic Reseach Library, in Columbus Ohio. They are part of Ohio State and mostly handle newspaper strips. RISD We are developing a significant collection of comics and graphic novels here at RISD, thanks entirely to the generosity and expertise of an alum. He clearly knows the subject and has made thoughtful purchases; he is particularly interested in building a comprehensive collection of all of the hardbound comic book reprints. Since he started this process as a student, he used a pseudonym as donor, so you can see the extent of the gift by doing a keyword search in the RISD catalog under Muhquay. http://library.risd.edu/search STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN We have comix, comics too. For comix, the best guide is Jay Kennedy's price guide. We have a number of "underground" comics and you can find most, if not all, on MadCat, the UW's online catalog. We are selective but have a number of interesting items. As there are so many items under comics, the researcher, or you, would have to be patient in looking through the records. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY We are collecting comic book, see our web site: http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/comicbk1.html OTHER REOURCES http://slis.cua.edu/ihy/sp2000/Comic/speccol.htm http://www.angelfire.com/comics/gnlib/ (graphic novel librarians listserve) Scott, Randall W. (Randall William), 1947- Comics librarianship : a handbook / by Randall W. Scott. Forewords by Sanford Berman and Catherine Yronwode. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1990. INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES Of course there are also quite a few comic book museums in the U.S. & abroad. Check the standard museum directories (or search the web) for specific locations. Did you hear the N.P.R. report about the comic book festival in Angouleme, France? That's where the French have their Musee de la Bande Dessinee and the Centre National de la Bande Dessinee et de l'Image (http://cnbdi.labd.com/). The Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinee also has a library (and in Belgium you'll even find public sculptures and murals of popular BD (comic book) characters....). And of course Japan has several Manga museums. -- Cristine C. Rom, Library Director Gund Library, Cleveland Institute of Art 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (216) 421-7440, (216) 421-7439 (fax) [log in to unmask] www.cia.edu __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]