UIUC has a trial subscription to the unique new database Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels through the end of March.

According to the description on this database’s website:

Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels is the first ever scholarly, primary source database focusing on adult comic books and graphic novels. Beginning with the first underground comix from the 1960’s to the works of modern sequential artists, this collection will contain more than 75,000 pages of comics and graphic novels, along with 25,000 pages of interviews, criticism, and journal articles that document the continual growth and evolution of this artform.

The current release contains 215 comic series, 1,065 comic books totalling 66,109 pages.

Take a look at this new resource and let us know what you think!