Comics and graphic novels
Comics and graphic novels showcase illustration and design like no other literary form. The V&A’s collection includes over 35,000 examples, ranging from early picture stories, through superheroes and funnies, to comix and graphic novels.
Collection highlights
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'Harvest: a Collection', by Asia Alfasi (UK: self-published, 2015) -
'Raw', No. 2, cover art by Joost Swarte, colours by Françoise Mouly (New York: Raw Books, 1980) -
'Real Love', No. 25, cover attributed to Alice Kirkpatrick (New York: A. A. Wyn Inc., April 1949) -
'Flashback, No. 20: New York World's Fair Comics, 1940', cover art by Jack Burnley (East Moline, IL: Special Edition Reprints, 1974) -
'Pretty Guardian: Sailor Moon', Vol. 2, by Naoko Takeuchi (New York: Kodansha Comics, 2011) -
'Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.', No. 4, cover art by Jim Steranko (New York: Marvel Comics Group, September 1968) -
'Zap Comix', No. 1, by Robert Crumb (San Francisco: Apex Novelties, November 1967) -
'2000 AD', No. 848, cover art by Brian Bolland (London: Fleetway, August 14, 1993) -
'Saga de Xam', cover photography by Tony Frank (Paris: Eric Losfeld, 1967) -
Love & Rockets', No. 20, by Gilbert Hernández and Jaime Hernández (Thousand Oaks, CA: Fantagraphics, April 1987) -
'Famous Funnies', No. 199, comic, April 1952, United States -
'Amar Chitra Katha', Vol. 529 (Mumbai: ACK Media, 1981, reprinted 2010) -
Walt Disney’s 'Anders And & Co.', No. 52/1968, cover art by Nils Rydahl (Copenhagen: Egmont, December 24, 1968) -
'Mandy', No. 125, cover art attributed to Peter Kay (London/Dundee: DC Thomson, June 7, 1969) -
'The Beano', No. 690, cover art attributed to Dudley D. Watkins (London/Dundee: DC Thomson, October 8, 1955)
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(Detail:) 2000 AD, No. 848, cover art by Brian Bolland (London: Fleetway, August 14, 1993)