We have a wide range of comics for you to enjoy. You can find them in our branches as well as through our subscription to Overdrive.
We have over 5000 different comics and graphic novels including 2500 in our digital library from a variety of publishers including Marvel, DC Comics, Vertigo, Disney, Dark Horse and a collection of Manga.
Did you know that you can find the following in our collections?
Did you know that you can find the following in our collections?
- Preacher by Garth Ennis [1996] Which is now a major Amazon Prime TV show
- Y: The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan[2002] Soon to be a TV show
- Watchmen by Alan Moore[1986]
- A movie, a TV show in the making. Maybe the most famous graphic novel ever published
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore[1988]
- Was made into a movie.
- Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis[1997]
- Ex Machina by Brian K Vaughan[2004]
- Locke and Key by Joe Hill (Son of Stephen King) 2008
- Soon to be a Netflix show
- Blankets by Craig Thompson [2003]
- Autobiographical coming of age story
- Maus by Art Spiegelman [1980]
- A holocaust tale based on his father’s experiences but with the Jews as mice and the Germans as cats
Comics through OverDrive
We have thousands of comic books that are free to access with your library card. Download Libby/Overdrive from the Appstore or Playstore to get started.
How to access comics through Overdrive
There are 3 main ways to access comics through Overdrive.
There are 3 main ways to access comics through Overdrive.
- Though the app Libby
- Through the app Overdrive,
- Through your web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari or Internet Explorer.
Currently UK libraries do not support access through eReaders.
Other Places to find Comics
If you are a member of any other public library you may also be able to access comics through their subscriptions. Other apps include Comics Plus
Based at Ohio State University, the Library and Museum's primary mission is to develop a comprehensive research collection documenting American printed cartoon art. They have a great image database that is fully searchable.
The British Cartoon Archive is located in Canterbury at the University of Kent's Templeman Library. It has a library, archive, and exhibition gallery, and is dedicated to the history of British cartooning over the last two hundred years. The Cartoon Museum and BCA often collaborate in exhibitions.
British Library Comics Collection
British Library has been receiving comics via legal deposit since 1870. Some other comics are Beezer, Bunty, Judy, Knockout, Lion, Magic, Radio Fun, and Tiger.
British Museum catalogue
The British Museum's Prints and Drawings collection has a very extensive collection of British satirical prints and drawings from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It also includes some 20th century cartoons and caricatures by artists such as Ronald Searle, H.M. Bateman and Steve Bell. The collection is searchable online and the original works can be viewed in the museum's print room.
Cartoon Museum
British cartoon & comic art from the 18th century to the present day.
The House of IllustrationA dedicated home for the art of illustration in all its forms. From adverts to animation, picture books to political cartoons and scientific drawings to fashion design.
Library of Congress
The collection includes U.S. and foreign comic books--over 12,000 titles in all, totaling more than 140,000 issues.
Lambiek Comic Encyclopedia
The Comiclopedia is the world's largest overview of comic artists, and the brainchild of comic shop founder Kees Kousemaker.
Procartoonists.org
The UK's professional cartoonists' organisation. If you are interested in commissioning cartoons, this is the place to go.
Punch
A searchable archive of Punch magazine.
V&A National Art Library
The V& A's aim is to create a study collection of contemporary comics, including a selection of works in all formats, representative of major centres of production, of innovative design and art-work, or particularly evocative of some aspect of contemporary life. Material about comics is also collected, as a scholarly back-up research tool.
Wilhelm Busch, Deutsches Museum für Karikatur and Zeichenkunst
This museum in Hanover, Germany, features the world's largest collection of works by Busch, as well as contemporary comic art, illustrations and drawings. It also houses the archive and personal collection of caricatures and cartoons of Ronald Searle. The Museum also holds the largest collection of work by Searle in any one museum or gallery in the world.
The William Heath Robinson Trust
The Trust was established to conserve and exhibit the collection of the works of William Heath Robinson made by his daughter, Joan Brinsmead.
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