Part 3 of 4: this section looks at the diverse range of stories told in comics and briefly looks at comics from around the world.

1. Comics are a form used to tell many kinds of stories

2. Art Spiegelman, Maus

3. Craig Thompson, Blankets

5. Hope Larson, Chiggers & Mercury

6. Posy Simmonds, Tamara Drewe

7. Debbie Drechsler, Daddy’s Girl

8. Chester Brown, Louis Riel

9. James Kochalka, American Elf

10. Alison Bechdel, Fun Home

11. Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis

12. Joe Sacco, Footnotes in Gaza

13. Emmanuel Guibert & Didier Lefevre, The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders

14. Jim Ottaviani & Leland Myrick, Feynman

15. Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos & Annie Di Donna, Logicomix: an Epic Search for Truth

16. Carol Lay, The Big Skinny

17. Shakespeare adapatations by various, including Gareth Hinds

18. Nicki Greenberg, Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Allen & Unwin)

19. Shary Boyle, from Kramer’s Ergot 7

20. David Raw, Drawing Silence

21. A selection of Christian tracts from Jack T. Chick comics

25. Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics Reinventing Comics Making Comics

26. Paul Gravett, Graphic Novels – Everything You Need to Know (also known as Graphic Novels – Stories to Change Your life)

27. The Best American Comics Cover art by Michael Cho (left), Jillian Tamaki (right)

28. Alan Moore (et al), Watchmen, Miracleman, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Top 10; James Sturm (et al), Unstable Molecules; Warren Ellis (et al), The Authority; Grant Morrison (et al), The Invisibles

29. Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons, The Watchmen

30. Neil Gaiman (et al), Sandman Brian K. Vaughan (et al), Y: the Last Man

31. Comics are everywhere

32. Blutch, Blotch: Le Roi de Paris Edmond Baudoin, Le Chemin de Saint-Jean Joann Sfar, Pascin Jacques Tardi & JeanVautrin, Le Cri Du Peuple Frederic Boilet & Ben ôit Peeters, Tokyo est mon Jardin Philippe Dupuy, Hanté BD

33. Amruta Patil, Parva/The Epic

34. Manga

35. Shojo Shonen Shojo Beat Shonen Jump

36. Osamu Tezuka, Buddha

37. Rumiko Takahashi, Ranma 1/2

38. Josei – manga for women Yayoi Ogawa, Tramps Like Us

39. Seinen – more mature ‘shonen’ manga Mochizuki Minetaro, Dragon Head Naoki Urasawa, Monster

40. Shimizu Yuki, Love Mode Clamp, Miyuki-chan in Wonderland Yaoi – Boy Love Yuri – Girl Love

41. Tetsu Kariya & Akira Hanasaki, Oishinbo A La Carte Gurume Gourmet comics

42. Shotaro Ishinomori, Japan Inc.: an introduction to Japanese Economics Information manga

43. Kazuichi Hanawa, Doing Time Alternative manga

44. Frederik Schodt, Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics Paul Gravett, Manga – Sixty Years of Japanese Comics