Comics Plus is a database of new and backlist comics and graphic novels from more than 120 publishers. In addition to the comics, the resource contains topical and genre lists and well-designed training and publicity materials for library staff. New titles are added every Wednesday.

Publishers include some with international roots such as Kodansha; some with a focus on the very young, such as Toon Books; curriculum-related publishers such as Capstone; longtime comics publishers such as Andrews McMeel; companies that create graphic novel and prose works, such as Rosen; and widely recognized graphic novel publishers including Dark Horse Comics, Archie, and NBM and its youth imprint, Papercutz. The range of publishers excludes imprints from any of the “Big Five,” Drawn & Quarterly and Marvel and DC. At the time of this writing, negotiations are in process with Image Comics.

Categorization of titles is fine-grained, with each book described in multiple and searchable ways among more than 50 LibraryPass category tags, which include adaptations, LGBTQ, memoir, nonfiction, and political. For each title, users will find bibliographic information, intended audience age, and a plot summary provided by the publisher.