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Overdrive provides access to the library's Overdrive eBook and eAudio collection. Browse by genre, format, or see only items that are available right now. With thousands on titles on offer, you're sure to find something of interest. More and more comic content is being added to OverDrive, so check back for new titles!

Publishers

Comic publishers each offer a different style and flavour of comics. Below are a selection of comic publishers, and the sorts of comics they specialise in.

Graphic novels & YA comics

• Marvel: Superheroes, including The Avengers, Spiderman & Captain America. (US)
• DC: Superheroes including Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman. Also sophisticated adult imprint Vertigo, publisher of Fables and Sandman. (US)
• Dark Horse: Creator owned comics and series e.g. Sin City, 300, Hellboy but also licensed content e.g. Buffy, as well as Manga series. (US)
• Fantagraphics: Leading independent publisher of original content, translated award winning foreign titles and underground comics. (US)
• Drawn & Quarterly: Influential alternative comics publisher specialising in original creator owned titles from around the world. (CANADA)
• Image Comics: Wide ranging, award winning comics including Chew, Saga and Fatale. (US)
• Jonathan Cape graphic novels: Respected publisher of character driven comics and translated works. (UK)
• SelfMadeHero: Adaptions of literary fiction and nonfiction but also original comics. (UK)
• Viz Media: Large Manga publisher of hugely popular Naruto, One Piece and Bleach series. (US/JAPAN)
• Yen Press: Manga publisher with diverse translated content variably suited for most ages and demographics (US/JAPAN)

Children's comics

• Graphix comics: All-original, award winning publisher of major children's comics authors and illustrators. (US)
• KaBoom: Specialist in adaptions of Adventure time, Garfield and Peanuts but also New Zealander Roger Langridge's award winning Snarked series. (US)
• Papercutz: Excellent translations of foreign language titles like Smurfs, Ariol, Benny Breakdown, Dance Class with distinctive humour and variety. (US)
• Cinebook: Translations of older, often charming European comic titles for children like Lucky Luke, Melusine and Billy & Buddy. (UK)

New Zealand publishers

NZ comic creator Dylan Horrocks has created a list on his website of NZ publishers, cartoonists, events, collectives etc. which is well worth checking out for NZ-based comic resources.

Webcomics

Webcomics are comics originally published online. Some are published exclusively online, although sometimes they may also be published in magazines or newspapers, or collected into printed volumes. You may even know some webcomics because of their print versions. We've listed some highly recommended webcomics for you here.

• XKCD
• Dinosaur Comics
• The Abominable Charles Christopher
• Girl Genius
• Hark! A Vagrant
• Questionable Content
• A Softer World
• The Pencilsword
• Supermutant Magic Academy
• Sticks Angelica
• The Sad Ghost Club
• Gunshow
• Nimona
• Rooster Tails
• Extra Ordinary
• Battlepug
• The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo
• Scary Go Round

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