The official website of the creator of Owly.

A webcomic by Charley Parker, Argon Zark! is a high quality webcomic that was the first to not only match the style and content of a longer form comic book but to expand upon it adding interactive elements that would be impossible in a print comic.

Atlas Tales is an attempt to organize all the information about the comics published by Martin Goodman's Timely/Marvel/Atlas line from 1939 to 1960 (or so)

"The British Cartoon Archive is a research center and library of British cartooning located in the Templeman Library at the University of Kent, Canterbury. Its Web site features a catalog with images of over 130,000 cartoons published in the British press, as well as information about the archive, announcements of special events, featured cartoons and cartoonists, teaching aids, and other useful material. The primary draw for most Web users is the catalog database of images, which extends beyond the archive's physical collection. Whereas the archive's collection of original artwork dates back to 1904, the catalog features cartoons as far back as the 1790s (including some 50 works by William Hogarth). Users may display images as JPGs or as Flash movies with zoom and pan features. Higher quality images are available for purchase on request; the archive assists users with copyright permissions through an online form.

Cataloging is detailed and extensive, including artists, publishers, transcriptions of captions and embedded text, thesaurus keywords for content details, listed personalities, implied text (allusions to recognizable icons), and explanatory notes. Despite this abundance of useful fields, the search engine allows only keyword and date searching. On testing, site content was occasionally a little slow to load, and on one occasion the site was down entirely. However, the archive's active efforts to further improve the site's content and features are clearly evident. This site is unrivalled as a Web resource for researchers delving into the work and commentary of British cartoonists; it is also an enjoyable browsing experience for the curious." Choice May 2009.

" The serious scholarly analysis of comic art (or as the Library of Congress says, "Comic Books, Strips, etc.") has grown at a significant rate in recent years. Witness the articles in journals such as the Journal of Popular Culture and the late, lamented INKS: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies, as well as the tremendous growth of papers delivered at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association and Modern Language Association conferences. All of these are indications that we are on the threshold of a New Age of academic inquiry into the comic medium.

This maturation of comics scholarship requires attention in an area heretofore neglected. Bibliographic citation, one of the hallmarks of scholarly writing, becomes problematic when dealing with comic art. Comic books are particularly troublesome, as they incorporate aspects of both books and periodicals. Established citation manuals do not allow for the bibliographic uniqueness comics represent. Further, while established style guides may maintain that their primary aim is to establish credit, the primary aim of comic art citation is to provide location information: assisting those who wish to track down the cited source. Credit, if only because of its potentially convoluted complexity, is secondary. The Comic Art and Comics area of the Popular Culture Association, having recognized and wrestled with these concerns for several years, has established the following criteria for citing comic art."

"The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was officially incorporated as a non-profit charitable organization in January of 1990 from the money left over from donations raised to defend Friendly Frank's arrest for selling "obscene comics" in Lansing, IL in 1986. Since then, the CBLDF has helped over a dozen comic book retailers and professionals fend off the censors, some successfully, some not.

The CBLDF exists to fight censorship and defend the first amendment rights of comic book professionals throughout the United States. In the past five years, the CBLDF has raised over $200,000 to pay expenses related to defending freedom of speech and expression, and the battle continues. As new waves of conservatism flood the publishing industry and the country, the CBLDF continues to raise the money and awareness needed to fight the censors every step of the way."

Not only does the CBLDF fight against comic censorship, they provide a wealth of information about it including an excellent bibliography of comic censorship resources.

Comic information, news, database and more

Current events in comics and related popular culture by Rob Allstetter.

Comics Worth Reading is just what one would expect, reviews and critiques of new comics and comic related books.

An extensive, searchable collection of cover scans of comics, pulps and books drawn from a number of international sources.  Also included are some other things like scans of games, CDs and food packages.

Drawn and Quartery is one of the most important publishers of independent comics and graphic novels.