While at CMRC 2010 I found out about this range of books from Continuum. Looks really interesting – especially the ‘Graven Images’ book.

“Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books & Graphic Novels” (Continuum)

“Comics and the City: Urban Space in Print, Picture and Sequence” (Jorn Ahrens, Arno Meteling)

“The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture” (Randy Duncan, Matthew J. Smith)

“Secret Identity Crisis: Comic Books and the Unmasking of Cold War America” (Matthew J. Costello)

And related to the religion and comic books theme, Newsarama has had a number of brief articles on interaction of the Islam inspired comic book series “The 99″ with DC Comics mainstream titles and characters.

• Newsarama.com : Islamic Archetypes THE 99 Meets DC’s JUSTICE LEAGUE This Fall
• Newsarama.com : THE 99 Part 2: Who Are These Islam-Based Superheroes?
• Newsarama.com : East Meets West As Comic Book Pros Bring THE 99 TO DC