Cartoon & Comics Research

This guide provides an overview of cartoon related resources

Comics about Science

Comics about Science

The following resource provides a listing of materials held at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum on the topic of comics about science: LibGuide on Comics and Science.  

This guide includes but is not limited to the following topics:

  • Anatomy
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Genetics
  • Physics
  • Physiology

The following topics are not included in this guide:

  • Science fiction
  • Math
  • Politics of science

The goal of this list is to spur interest in science through art and comics. While fairly comprehensive, there are additional materials that are not included in the list. Therefore, search terms and subjects are included below to aid in finding additional resources in the library catalog.

Highlights from the Collection

Science Comics: Rockets

Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd

Additional Resources

While fairly comprehensive, there are additional materials that are not included in the list. Therefore, search terms and subjects are included below to aid in finding additional resources in the library catalog.

Additional Resources:

keyword: chemistry

keyword: ecology

keyword: engineering

keyword: genetics

keyword: physicists

keyword: physics

keyword: physiology

keyword: science

subject: Anatomy

subject: Animals -- Comic books, strips, etc

subject: Animals -- Humor -- Comic books, strips, etc

subject: Animals -- Pictoral works

subject: Computers -- Caricatures and cartoons

subject: Conservation of natural resources -- Juvenile literature

subject: Ecology -- Caricatures and cartoons

subject: Ecology -- Comic books, strips, etc

subject: Environmental protection

subject: Environmental protection -- Comic books, strips, etc

subject: Physicists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc

subject: Plants -- Comic books, strips, etc

subject: Pollution -- Caricatures and cartoons

subject: Science -- Caricatures and cartoons

subject: Science -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature

subject: Science -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Periodicals

subject: Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature

subject: Swamp ecology -- Comic books, strips, etc

subject: Swamps -- Comic books, strips, etc

author: Jim Ottaviani

author: Larry Gonick

author: Maki Naro

author: Maris Wicks

author: Rosemary Mosco

author: Sidney Harris