Introductory:
Comics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
The Power of Comics: History, Form, and Culture by Randy Duncan and Matthew J Smith
Comics as a Nexus of Cultures: Essays on the Interplay of Media, Disciplines and International Perspective (2010) edited by Mark Berninger, Jochen Ecke, and Gideon Haberkorn
A Comics Studies Reader (2008) edited by Jeet Heer & Kent Worchester
The Graphic Novel: An Introduction (2014) by Jan Baetens and Hugo Frey
Production, Activities, Application:
Graphic Storytelling (1996) by Will Eisner
Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice (2007) by Ivan Brunetti
Making Comics (2019) by Lynda Barry
What it is? (2008) by Lynda Barry
Syllabus: Notes form an Accidental Professor (2014) by Lynda Barry
99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style (2005) by Matt Madden
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures (2008) by Jessica Abel & Matt Madden
Research and Theory:
The System of Comics By Thierry Groensteen
The Visual Language of Comics by Neil Cohn
Comics Versus Art by Bart Beaty
Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods edited by Matthew J Smith & Randy Duncan
Alternative Comics by Charles Hatfield
Pedagogy:
Lessons Drawn: Essays on the Pedagogy of Comics and Graphic Novels edited by David D Seelow
Teaching Comics and Graphic Narratives: Essays on Theory, Strategy and Practice (2012) edited by Lan Dong
Teaching Comics through Multiple Lenses: Critical Perspectives (2017) edited by Crag Hill
Teaching the Graphic Novel (2009) edited by Stephen E Tabachnick
Graphic Novels and Comics in the classroom: Essays on the Educational Power of Sequential Art (2013) edited by Carrye Kay Syma & Robert G Weiner
K-12
Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel (2007) edited by James Bucky Carter
Adventures in Graphica: Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Teach Comprehension, 2-6 (2008) by Terry Thompson