Reference list

our catalogue:
the place to start

McCloud, Scott. Understanding comics, New York : HarperPerennial, 1994.

741.5 MACC

Here are some places to begin, plus there are specific links added to each post.

websites:
a great place to get to know graphic novels
http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/02/collection-development/drawing-on-reality-graphic-nonfiction-collection-development/
http://cbldf.org/graphic-novels-suggestions-for-librarians/
https://www.tcj.com/
http://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/

http://bookriot.com/2017/02/10/100-must-read-graphic-memoirs/

http://cbldf.org/graphic-novels-suggestions-for-librarians/

http://noflyingnotights.com/

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/explore/topic/graphic-novels

http://www.comicsbeat.com/
https://www.lambiek.net/comiclopedia.html
https://www.comics.org/

graphic memoir:

sources on memoir in particular
http://wellesleyreference.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/graphic-novel-memoirs.html

http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/reviews/genres

http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2015/02/16/genre-guide-graphic-memoirs/

libguides:
further research
http://guides.library.yale.edu/c.php?g=295905&p=1975637
http://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=282879&p=1888259

http://guides.library.columbia.edu/graphic-novels

publishers:
just a few to browse
http://www.fantagraphics.com/
https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/
http://knopfdoubleday.com/genre/graphic-novels/

cover image:
constructed from
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=graphic+memoir+workshop&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifl6f8yq_UAhXCj5QKHdqZAr4Q_AUICigB&biw=1119&bih=895#tbm=isch&q=graphic+novel+memoir+covers