Start with high-confidence comics reference & guides books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Monster Book of Manga
Estudio Joso, Fernando Casaus
The Simpsons
Matt Groening
Reinventing Comics
Scott McCloud
Understanding Comics
The Simpsons Forever!
The Cartoon Guide to Calculus
Larry Gonick
The Cartoon Guide to Algebra
The Cartoon Guide to Geometry
The Essential Batman Encyclopedia
Robert Greenberger
Marvel Encyclopedia Collector's Edition
Alan Cowsill, Melanie Scott
The Marvel Encyclopedia
Daniel Wallace, Tom Brevoort
The Superhero Book
Gina Misiroglu, Gina Renée Misiroglu
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia
Patrick Thorpe, Michael Gombos
Making Comics
Lynda Barry
The Art and Making of the Boys
Peter Aperlo
Artists on Comics Art
Mark Salisbury
My Hero Academia: Ultra Analysis—the Official Character Guide
Kohei Horikoshi
