Comics Collective (Unrecognized)

About
The Comics Collective is a student group devoted to the creation and appreciation of comics and graphic novels. Since spring 2007, Comics Collective has increased availability of comics and graphic novels in the valley by purchasing a wide variety of comics to place in the Hampshire College Library. We send out a weekly spolight report and will soon also host comic creation sessions.

Mostly, we buy comics for the library.

We also have a facebook group and a twitter account that you can see what's up with us.

Comics Purchased for Library
Newest Additions to the Collections: Batman: Hush by Jeff Loeb


 * Parker: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke
 * Parker: The Outfit by Darwyn Cooke
 * Black Hole by Charles Burns
 * The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky and Kent Williams 
 * Fables Vol. 11: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham
 * Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham
 * Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover by Bill Willingham
 * Fables Vol. 14: Witches by Bill Willingham
 * Runaways: Pride &amp; Joy by Brian K. Vaughan
 * Runaways: Teenage Wasteland by Brian K. Vaughan
 * Runaways: The Good Die Young by Brian K. Vaughan
 * Market Day by James Sturm
 * All-Star Superman Vol. 2 by Grant Morrison
 * The Complete Strangers in Paradise Vol. 1 by Terry Moore
 * Kick-Ass by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.
 * The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack by Nicholas Gurewitch
 * Amulet Vol. 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse by Kazu Kibuishi
 * Amulet Vol. 3: The Cloud Searchers by Kazu Kibuishi
 * Incognito by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
 * Marvel Masterworks: Invincible Iron Man Vol. 1 by Stan Lee
 * Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol.1 by Stan Lee
 * The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
 * The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
 * The Essential Calbin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
 * Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar
 * Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
 * Empowered Vol. 1 by Adam Warren
 * Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
 * The Goon Vol. 0: Rough Stuff by Eric Powell
 * Beasts of Burden by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson
 * Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Vol. 1 by Hayao Miyazaki
 * Michael Chabon Presents...The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist Vol. 1 by Michael Chabon
 * Michael Chabon Presents...The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist Vol. 2 by Michael Chabon
 * Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley
 * Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman
 * The Escapists by Brian K. Vaughan
 * Will Eisner's The Spirit Vol. 2 by Darwyn Cookie and J. Bone

Graphic novels purchased for Hampshire by the Comics Collective include the following:


 * The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
 * Bone by Jeff Smith (stolen, to be replaced)
 * Lost Girls by Alan Moore
 * The Transmetropolitan Series by Warren Ellis
 * The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman
 * V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
 * Tom Strong, 1-6 by Alan Moore
 * Tom Strong's Terrific Tales 1-2 by Alan Moore
 * Promethea 1-5 by Alan Moore
 * Tank Girl, 1-3
 * Ronin by Frank Miller
 * Batman: Year 1 by Frank Miller
 * Y: The Last Man 1-10 by Brian K. Vaughan
 * Goodbye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson
 * American Flagg
 * Preacher, 1-9 by Garth Ennis
 * Batman: The Long Halloween
 * Awkward, Definition, Potential, and Likewise
 * Batman: Dark Victory
 * The Invisibles 1-7 by Grant Morrison
 * Finder 1-8
 * Seaguy by Frank Morrison
 * Swamp Thing, 1-9 by Alan Moore
 * Top 10, 3 volumes
 * All-Star Superman: vol. 1
 * Animal Man Vol 1-4 by Grant Morrison
 * The Adventures of Tintin Vol 1-7
 * Batman: The Killing Joke
 * Batman: The Long Halloween
 * Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection Vol 1-2
 * The Fart Party vol. 1 by Julia Wertz
 * Spaniel Rage
 * The Poor Bastard by Joe Matt
 * Spent by Joe Matt
 * Need More Love
 * Dogs and Water by Anders Nilsen
 * Castle Waiting
 * Long Tomorrow and Other Sf Stories
 * Heavy Liquid by Paul Pope
 * Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess
 * Batman and Son by Grant Morrison
 * Batman: The Black Glove by Grant Morrison
 * Laika
 * Batman: Gothic
 * The Filth
 * The Authority Vol 1-4 by Garth Ennis
 * The Boys Vol 1-3 by Garth Ennis
 * American Elf vols. 1-3 by James Kochalka

Webcomic Reference
This section is still under construction! There will be sporadic updates involving organization, new comics, and blurbs about each of them.

If you have a comic that you really love and want to add or something you want to say about one, please feel free to add it.

If I'm incorrect about something, don't label something as NSFW, or something along those lines, go for that too!

-Bea

Updates


 * A Softer World - http://www.asofterworld.com - 
 * Akimbo Comics - http://www.akimbocomics.com/
 * All Forsaken -http://orange-zombie.com/allforsaken/ - ZOMBIEEEEEEES!! 
 * AmazingSuperPowers - http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com
 * Awkward Zombie -http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0 – updates super irregularly
 * Bad Machinery - http://scarygoround.com/ - Bad Machinery is a fiercely English webcomic, which is charming, funny, clever, and just plain generally awesome.
 * Bearmageddon - http://bearmageddon.com/
 * Best Friends Forever - http://bff.nematodeinspace.com/
 * Billy the Dunce - http://www.duncepress.com/ - A favorite, Billy the Dunce follows the title character, Billy, as he attends a school for child geniuses. A place where he really shouldn't be. Especially given that the other attendees include a boy who can do magick (note spelling), a mad scientist, and a medical whiz. Still, at least the demon likes him.
 * Bite Me! -http://www.bitemecomic.com/ - Vampires in Reign of Terror France with Puns!
 * Buttersafe - http://buttersafe.com
 * Control Alt Delete - http://www.cad-comic.com/
 * Cyanide and Happiness - http://www.explosm.net/
 * Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell - http://dcisgoingtohell.com - It's goofy! his cat is a manticore.
 * Dead Winter - http://deadwinter.cc/ - Liz was a waitress until the zombies came. Fun story and compelling panel layout
 * Dinosaur Comic - http://www.quantz.com/index.php
 * Doomsday My Dear- http://doomsdaymydear.com/ - Heterochromia is a mark of the Plague. The British government will now take you into quarantine. The borders are sealed.
 * Dresden Codak - http://dresdencodak.com/ - Verges into pretention but the art is worth it. There are Robots!
 * Dumbing of Age - http://www.dumbingofage.com/ - About college life. Ensemble cast, funny with regular updates
 * Earthsong Saga - http://www.earthsongsaga.com/index.php
 * Everblue - http://everblue-comic.com/ - Pretty art, earnest hero, lots of boats.
 * Evil Diva - http://www.evildivacomics.com/ - Jesus goes by 'Dude'
 * Flipside - http://flipside.keenspot.com/chapters.php
 * Friends With Boys - http://www.friendswithboys.com
 * Girl Genius - http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php - Girl Genius is a comic of high adventure and mad geniuses (genii?). It will make your world a better place
 * Girls With Slingshots - http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/ - Drinking! Talking Cacti! Ghost kitten!
 * Goblins - http://www.goblinscomic.com/ - Come for the inside jokes, stay for the plot.
 * Gone With the Blastwave - http://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php - Post-apocalyptic battle-scape. Try to avoid the Yellows.
 * Gunnerkrigg Court - http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/index2.php - Personal favorite. Boarding school split between magic and technology. (the art gets better)
 * Gunshow - http://gunshowcomic.com/
 * Hanna is Not a Boy's Name -http://hanna.aftertorque.com/ 
 * Happle Tea - http://www.happletea.com
 * Hark! a Vagrant - http://www.harkavagrant.com/ - Oh, Kate Beaton. This is what happens when a history buff does a webcomic. And it is glorious.
 * Hijinks Ensue - http://hijinkensue.com/ 
 * Hipster Hitler - http://hipsterhitler.com/
 * Homestuck - http://mspaintadventures.com 
 * Hubris! - http://hubriscomics.com/
 * I Am Arg - http://iamarg.com/
 * Ice - http://www.faitherinhicks.com/ice/comic.html
 * Johnny Wander -http://www.johnnywander.com/ 
 * Knights Errant - http://knights-errant.smackjeeves.com/comics/
 * Kukuburi - http://www.kukuburi.com/ - Gorgeous dreamscapes you'll actually care about.
 * Lead Paint - http://www.leadpaintcomics.com/
 * Many Guys Doing Manly Things - http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/ - Manly Guys Doing Manly Things is a webcomic of pure, unadulterated machismo. Hilarious, and more than a little geeky.
 * Meaty Yogurt - http://rosalarian.com/meatyyogurt/
 * Minor Acts of Heroism - http://www.minoractsofheroism.com/chapters/8937/chapter-1-play-date/ Children, superheroes, children who are superheroes. Incredibly well drawn
 * Misfile - http://www.misfile.com/ - Misfile in Heaven leads to her loosing two years of her life! He's now a she! The angel's a pothead and everyone races cars.
 * Natalie Dee - http://www.nataliedee.com/
 * Next Town Over - http://www.nexttownover.net/ - Absolutely gorgeous art with a really neat style
 * Order of Tales - http://rice-boy.com/order/index.php - Order of Tales is a beautiful comic in every way. And, as a bonus, it's completed. It follows a lizard-frog-man-thing named Koark, the last surviving member of a society of storytellers, and his travels with a Bottle-Woman, trying to protect her and find out why she is being hunted. Shares a site with Rice Boy and Vattu
 * Our Valued Customers - http://ourvaluedcustomers.blogspot.com/
 * Phoenix Requiem- 'http://requiem.seraph-inn.com/archives.html
 * Pictures for Sad Children - http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php
 * Plume - http://plumecomic.com/ - Your magic necklace comes with a helpful ghost! Use it for vengeance.
 * Power Nap - http://www.powernapcomic.com/ - In the future, no one needs to sleep. Unless you're allergic to the pill that lets you stay awake. Funny sci-fi with a really compelling setting.
 * Questionable Content - http://www.questionablecontent.net/
 * Rice Boy - See Order of Tales, " What if Gandalf was a robot whose face was pop art?" 
 * Romantically Apocalyptic - http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/
 * Roza: The Cursed Mage - http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/ - Her blood is magic! That god is sort of a goat! Slow updates but look at those full color pages
 * Sailor Twain - http://sailortwain.com/
 * Sassy Creed - http://sassycreed.tumblr.com/
 * Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - http://www.smbc-comics.com/#comic - Funny one-shots. used to be one-panel, updates daily
 * Scandanavia and the World - http://satwcomic.com/
 * Scenes From a Multiverse -http://amultiverse.com/ - if you vote, you can bring back your favorite oneshot. (so many aliens!)
 * Secret Mystery Diary - http://kinokofry.com/archive/extra-my-first-days-in-melbourne/ - adorable art style, a little stream of consciousness
 * Selkie - http://www.selkiecomic.com/ - A story about adoption. The art isn't for everyone, but this one is ridiculously charming and often quite funny.
 * Sequential Art - http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php 
 * Sfeer Theory - http://sfeertheory.littlefoolery.com/ - so, the original working title for this was "Gay Wizards." Great art, great story, some heavy-weight world-building too.
 * Sin Titulo -http://www.sintitulocomic.com/ - Sin Titulo is an Eisner-winning comic, with a decidedly heavy and engrossing story. Can't explain it, just read it. 
 * Skin Deep - http://www.skindeepcomic.com/
 * So You're a Cartoonist -http://syacartoonist.com/ 
 * String Theory - http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/
 * Stupid Fox - http://stupidfox.net 
 * SUBNORMALITY! - http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html
 * Surviving the World - http://survivingtheworld.net/
 * Templar, AZ - http://templaraz.com/ - alternate history town, you'll never guess what is trendy.
 * The Adventures of Dr. McNinja - http://drmcninja.com - these are the adventures of a doctor who happens to be a ninja. His receptionist is a gorilla and one time he fought a giant lumberjack. The guy who created this worked for a while on Deadpool.
 * The Adventures of Superhero Girl - http://superherogirladventures.blogspot.com/
 * The Class - http://www.theclasscomic.com/ - So these highschool kids have super-powers and maybe not all of them are nice?
 * The Dreamland Chronicles - http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com
 * The Fox Sister - http://thefoxsister.com/
 * The Guns of Shadow Valley - http://www.gunsofshadowvalley.com/ - A truly badass webcomic which is not unlike the X-men meet Stephen King's Dark Tower series while they are camping with a steampunk Clint Eastwood. Read it. Now.
 * The Less Than Epic Adventures of Tj and Amal - http://tjandamal.com/ - Two guys go on a road-trip from Berkley to RISD.
 * The Meek - http://www.meekcomic.com/ - The Meek is an adventure with beautiful art and an excellent story. It tells the story of Angora, an inexperienced young girl who has been sent on a quest to save the world, even as war looms on the horizon. It follows many different characters and internal plot lines.
 * The Non-Adventures of Wonderella - http://nonadventures.com/
 * The Oatmeal - http://theoatmeal.com/
 * The Zombie Hunters - http://www.thezombiehunters.com/index.php - Zombie Apocalypse! have you heard of the Wastelander Project?
 * Things Could be Worse - http://tragedyseries.tumblr.com
 * Three Panel Soul - http://threepanelsoul.com/
 * Three Word Phrase - http://www.threewordphrase.com/
 * Toothpaste for Dinner - http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/
 * Unsounded - http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic+index -
 * Vattu -  See Order of Tales 
 * What Birds Know - http://fribergthorelli.com/wbk/ - these girls are laying golden eggs.
 * What it Takes - http://warofwinds.com/what-it-takes/ - Post-vaguely-defined-apocalypse. Colby can't seem to find her boyfriend Anywhere.
 * Wondermark - http://wondermark.com
 * XKCD -http://www.xkcd.com - onshots of stick-figures and math jokes
 * Zap! - http://www.zapcomic.com/ - Space! this comic goes on forever.
 * Zebra Girl - http://zebragirl.net - Come for the gags, stay for the tragic descent into madness

No longer updates, but is still worth reading (some are finished, some just got busy and make the world sad).


 * A Lesson is Learned, but the Damage is Irreversible - http://www.alessonislearned.com/
 * A Modest Destiny - http://www.squidi.net/comic/index.php
 * Anders Loves Maria - http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2006/09/11/2006-09-11/ An incredibly beautiful and frequently sad love story
 * Ascent - http://www.sylvanmigdal.com/?ix=ascent&amp;date=20040315  Magic and its discontents, often silly
 * Boo Hoo Boo - http://boohooboo.tumblr.com/
 * Bucko - http://www.buckocomic.com/  (complete)
 * Copper - http://www.boltcity.com/copper/ Copper follows the adventures of a boy, Copper, and his dog, Fred. It's charming, imaginative, and a bit sad. That it no longer updates is possibly a crime against humanity.
 * Coyote Tails and Crow Feathers - http://www.crowfeathers.net/webcomics.php (3 complete)
 * Darkness - http://english.bouletcorp.com/2012/02/01/darkness/
 * Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant - http://www.delilahdirk.com/ (complete)
 * Emily Carroll - http://www.emcarroll.com/comic/
 * Girly -http://girlyyy.com/go/1 (complete) (NSFW)- This bizarre, almost absurdist, story is about adventure, love, and wonderful things. Definitely worth reading past the giant surprise in the beginning.
 * FreakAngels - http://www.freakangels.com/ - Some teenagers were psychic and broke the planet a bit. Then they grew up.
 * KIWI'S BY BEAT! -http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/ (a few complete, 1 ongoing) ("Minus" is a classic favorite)
 * Mnemesis - http://www.graphicsmash.com/comics/mnemesis.php?view=archive&amp;chapter=5089&amp;mpe=0 A vision of the afterlife
 * Sorcery 101- http://www.sorcery101.net/ (a few complete, a few ongoing)
 * The Perry Bible Fellowship - http://www.pbfcomics.com/