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Art of the funnies: an aesthetic history.
A serious history and critique of a curiously robust medium, by an unabashed fan whose interest lies in teasing out the elements that make comic strips enduring. Also in print.

Oxford Art Online
Includes the Grove Dictionary of Art. See the entry for "Comic-strip Art" which has a good bibliography. Grove is also available in print at the Art Library

Image TexT
A web-based, peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to the study of comics and related disciplines. It is published by the English Department at the University of Florida.

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