A Great General Resource for Comics Studies
Searchable Bibliographies
The Bonn Online Bibliography of Comics Research: An international database of scholarly literature about comics and graphic novels
Comics Research Bibliography: The topical bibliographies are very useful, but for a limited number of topics
Information about Specific Comics, Characters, or Creators
The Grand Comics Database: An open database with authorship, publication, and some content information about printed comics throughout the world
Comic Book Database: Similar to the database above, but better for searching for character appearances.
Lambiek Comiclopedia: An illustrated compendium of over 13,900 comic artists
Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Archives and Special Collections
The Comic Art Special Collection at Michigan State University: The granddaddy of university comic book collections and still one of the largest and most comprehensive collection of comic books in the world
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at the Ohio State University
Graphic Novels Archival Collections at Columbia University
The Comic Arts Collection at Virginia Commonwealth University: Contains more than 175,000 items, and serves as the repository for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
Comics Book Collection at Library of Congress
Comic Books and Graphic Novels at Bowling Green State University
Comics Collection at University of Florida
Gary Lee Watson Comic Book Collection at University of South Carolina
Manuscript and Archival Collections at San Diego State University
Comic Art and Popular Culture at University of Missouri
Edwin and Terry Murray Fanzine Collection at Duke University
Museums
Cartoon Art Museum (San Francisco)
Belgian Comic Strip Center (Brussels)
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (Columbus)
The Cartoon Museum (London)
Society of Illustrators Museum (New York)
Galarie Lambiek (Amsterdam): The world's oldest comic shop and sequential art gallery
Where to Read Comics For Free
Public Domain Comic Books
Comic Strips
Web Comics
Professional Organizations
The Comics Studies Society: A professional society of comics scholars, promoting the critical and teaching of comics
Other Centers
Scottish Centre for Comics Studies: The SCCS, based at the University of Dundee, exists to bring together researchers, teachers, students, archivists, artists and writers, and industry professionals to promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the medium and its history.
Companion Sites (for books about comics)
Drawing Words & Writing Pictures
The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture
Teaching Graphic Novels
Comics in Education (based on Gene Luen Yang鈥檚 master thesis)
Blogs
Spin Weave & Cut: The blog of comics creator and educator Nick Sousanis. A great resource for teachers.
Comic Book Historians: Interesting interviews and well-researched history
The Fabulous Fifties: Comics from the 1950s
Comics Forum: A blog to accompany the Comics Forum conferences
The Comics Professor: Reviews and commentary about superhero comics
Barry's Pearls of Comic Book Wisdom: Detailed history, accompanied by many images
Timey Atlas Comics: The history of the company that became known as Marvel Comics
Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae: Well-researched comics history