Directly or otherwise, these are all books I own that involve the history or creation of comics. The ones that I would especially recommend are in bold, and lucky for you, I bolded a lot of them! Some–particularly the Haines books–are too outdated to be very useful, but they’re still novel from a historical perspective.

Fun Side Note: I actually met Grant Morrison ever so briefly once and got my copy of Supergods signed. He was nice as could be, and he actually seemed to care when I told him he was a big influence on my writing. Gotta love moments like that.

Books Involving the History or Creation of Comics	Author
Alan Moore’s Writing for Comics	Alan Moore
Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero	E. Paul Zehr
The Business of Comics	Lurene Haines
Comics and Sequential Art	Will Eisner
Comics Creators on Spider-Man	Tom DeFalco
The Dark Age: Grim, Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics	Mark Voger
DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics	Mark Chiarello, Todd Klein
The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics	Freddie E. Williams II
The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics	Klaus Janson
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics	Dennis O’Neil
Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy	Christopher Hart
Dynamic Anatomy	Burne Hogarth
Dynamic Figure Drawing	Burne Hogarth
The Essential Batman Encyclopedia	Robert Greenberger
Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative	Will Eisner
Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative	Will Eisner
How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way	Stan Lee, John Buscema
The Insider’s Guide To Creating Comics And Graphic Novels	Andy Schmidt
Making Comics	Scott McCloud
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story	Sean Howe
Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers	Nat Gertler
Perspective! for Comic Book Artists	David Chelsea
Reinventing Comics	Scott McCloud
Spider-Man Chronicle	Alan Cowsill, Matthew K. Manning
Stan Lee’s How to Draw Comics	Stan Lee
Stan Lee’s How to Write Comics	Stan Lee
Supergods	Grant Morrison
The Romita Legacy	Tom Spurgeon, Brian Cunningham
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art	Scott McCloud
Wisdom from the Batcave: How to Live a Super, Heroic Life	Cary A. Friedman
Working Methods: Comic Creators Detail Their Storytelling And Artistic Processes	John Lowe
The Writer’s Guide to the Business of Comics	Lurene Haines
Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games	Christy Marx
Writing for Comics and Graphic Novels with Peter David	Peter David