Researching comic history

Not sure if this is worthy of its own thread, but...

So, long story short: I want to make a Web Video series about the history of American comic books. Does anyone know of any resources I can use to help me out?

I'm aware of the articles on the Ages of comics on this wiki, as well as what Wikipedia's got. Recommended comics to read, important facts/events that usually get glossed over in these types of things, general advice, I'll take whatever you've got.

One thing I would actually recommend is using the CBR Comic Legends Revealed articles to get some extra backstory behind some major things. (Actually, the Comics Should Be Good blog has a lot of good stuff you can check out.)

Toonopedia is a fantastic resource that covers all the genres from the very beginning of the 20th century and before, up to the present. Only caveats: not all the entries are American, and some are primarily/only newspaper comics.

edited 20th May '14 7:00:45 AM by Jhimmibhob

Augh! I'm kicking myself for not thinking of that one, since I've been a reader of CSBG since high school. Thanks!

I imagine this will be especially helpful in researching the pre-Golden Age stuff, which is what I'm having trouble finding information on at the moment. I thank you as well.

If you want to talk intelligently about the medium in general I recommend reading Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud if you haven't already. As to actual history, I PBS recently produced a documentary about just that. I don't know if it's any good but it's probably worth a look.

That book is something amazing. I've read it multiple times, but should really buy my own copy. And I'll have to check out that documentary, thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/Superhero-Comics-Golden-Age-Illustrated/dp/087833808X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402500054&sr=1-4&keywords=Golden+Age+of+Comics This is a book that I found very helpful, giving me a solid grounding in a lot of 40's comics history back when I was younger.