Tatum, Charles (1980) Lágrimas, risas y amor: Mexico's Most Popular Romance Comic Book Journal of Popular Culture 14.3:413-423 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1980.1403_413.x Topic comics/manga Mexico
Giet, Sylvette (1990) "Un récit sentimental en images: Le roman-dessiné " Le roman sentimental: actes du colloque des 14-15-16 mars 1989 à la Faculté des lettres de Limoges, volume 1 81-92 Topic comics/manga
Paizis, George (2006) "Category Romance in the Era of Globalization: The Story of Harlequin " The Global Literary Field 126-151 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon Publishing comics/manga
Nolan, Michelle (2008) Love on the Racks: a History of American Romance Comics Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Topic comics/manga
Wood, Andrea (2008) Radicalizing Romance: Subculture, Sex, and Media at the Margins PhD, University of Florida Topic LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors m/m romance lesbian romance comics/manga race/ethnicity pornography sex/sexuality
Pagliassotti, Dru (2010) "Better than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction " Boys’ Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre 59-83 Topic m/m romance fanfiction comics/manga readers LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Gardner, Jeanne (2011) 'True-To-Life': Romance Comics and Teen-Age Desire, 1947-1954 Forum for World Literature Studies 3.1:118-128 Topic comics/manga sex/sexuality YA/teenage romance United States of America
Gardner, Jeanne (2012) "Girls Who Sinned in Secret and Paid in Public: Romance Comics, 1949-1954 " Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962: Essays on Graphic Treatment of Communism, the Code and Social Concerns 92-102 Topic comics/manga sex/sexuality social/economic class Publishing YA/teenage romance United States of America
Gardner, Jeanne Emerson (2012) ""Dreams May End, But Love Never Does": Marriage and Materialism in American Romance Comics, 1947-1954 " Comic Books and American Cultural History: An Anthology 94-109 Topic comics/manga
Hayton, Christopher J. Hayton, Sheila (2012) "The Girls in White: Nurse Images in Early Cold War Era Romance and War Comics " Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962: Essays on Graphic Treatment of Communism, the Code and Social Concerns 129-145 Topic comics/manga medical romance work gender war/armed forces
Hayton, Christopher J. Hayton, Sheila (2012) "The Girls in White: Nurse Images in Early Cold War Era Romance and War Comics " Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962: Essays on Graphic Treatment of Communism, the Code and Social Concerns 129-145 Topic comics/manga medical romance work gender war/armed forces
Gardner, Jeanne Emerson (2013) She Got Her Man, but Could She Keep Him? Love and Marriage in American Romance Comics, 1947–1954 The Journal of American Culture 36.1:16-24 DOI: 10.1111/jacc.12009 Topic comics/manga sex/sexuality history YA/teenage romance marriage United States of America
Wood, Andrea (2015) Making the Invisible Visible: Lesbian Romance Comics for Women Feminist Studies 41.2:293-334 DOI: 10.15767/feministstudies.41.2.293 Topic sex/sexuality comics/manga lesbian romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Gillingham, Erica (2018) Representations of same-sex relationships between female characters in all-ages comics: Princess Princess Ever After and Lumberjanes Journal of Lesbian Studies 22.4:390-401 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2018.1450600 Topic comics/manga LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Ramsdell, Kristin (2018) Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Topic Publishing paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance comics/manga Christian romance marriage Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Barbara Cartland Janet Dailey Daphne du Maurier Ethel M. Dell erotic romance feminism science fiction/futuristic romance Elinor Glyn Margaret Mitchell Harlequin Mills & Boon Georgette Heyer Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert historical romance E. M. Hull romance scholarship LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors libraries/librarians romantic suspense Samuel Richardson rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Bertrice Small Mary Stewart translation Patricia Veryan Phyllis A. Whitney Kathleen Winsor Kathleen Woodiwiss race/ethnicity
Brunet, Peyton Davis, Blair (2022) Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age Austin: University of Texas Press Topic comics/manga African American romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Brunet, Peyton Davis, Blair (2022) Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age Austin: University of Texas Press Topic comics/manga African American romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Roach, David (2023) A Very British Affair – The Best of Classic Romance Comics Oxford: Rebellion Topic comics/manga UK
Cho, Hyerim Adkins, Denice da Silva Santos, Diogenes Long, Alicia K. (2024) Platform, Visuals, and Sound: Webtoon’s Immersive Romance Reading Engagement Lecture Notes in Computer Science 14597: Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win. iConference 2024.: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57860-1_28 Topic comics/manga readers
Cho, Hyerim Adkins, Denice da Silva Santos, Diogenes Long, Alicia K. (2024) Platform, Visuals, and Sound: Webtoon’s Immersive Romance Reading Engagement Lecture Notes in Computer Science 14597: Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win. iConference 2024.: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57860-1_28 Topic comics/manga readers
Cho, Hyerim Adkins, Denice da Silva Santos, Diogenes Long, Alicia K. (2024) Platform, Visuals, and Sound: Webtoon’s Immersive Romance Reading Engagement Lecture Notes in Computer Science 14597: Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win. iConference 2024.: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57860-1_28 Topic comics/manga readers
Cho, Hyerim Adkins, Denice da Silva Santos, Diogenes Long, Alicia K. (2024) Platform, Visuals, and Sound: Webtoon’s Immersive Romance Reading Engagement Lecture Notes in Computer Science 14597: Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win. iConference 2024.: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57860-1_28 Topic comics/manga readers